A New York high school senior has become the first Black valedictorian in her Albany high school’s 152-year history. Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield is graduating from the top of her class at Albany High School with a near-perfect GPA. Before Otitigbe-Dangerfield’s accomplishment, there had never been a Black valedictorian at Albany High. The school’s history dates back…
Haddish has worn the infamous white gown during some of her most significant moments in Hollywood A few years ago, Tiffany Haddish went viral for repeatedly wearing the same white dress during several significant occasions, and now it appears the infamous garment is back! Hollywood starlets usually consider it a cardinal sin to be seen in the…
Experts also say that the available vaccines are exceeding their expectations Drug makers continue to test the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Read More: Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine batch fails quality check On Thursday, Pfizer and BioNTech revealed its vaccine protects against a variant that drug makers were concerned about, per NBC News. It…
Romeo Miller recently revealed the details of a tense encounter with police that left the rapper with some lingering thoughts on the state of race relations in America. Miller recalled the incident on an episode of “The Mix,” telling hosts about the day he was driving near the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) when…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty UPDATED: 1:30 p.m. ET, April 1, 2021 — When the voice of Marvin Gaye was silenced forever by his father on April 1, 1984, when he shot and killed him in Los Angeles, CA, the world lost not only a brilliant talent, but a man in tune with the…
No. 23-seeded Maria Sakkari upset Osaka 6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open As Naomi Osaka’s 23-match winning streak neared an end Wednesday, she paused before serving to crane her neck and study the sky, as if seeking intervention from above. Then she carried on, and so did No. 23-seeded Maria Sakkari, who…
Twitter’s favorite “you had to be there” moment has not only gotten a film adaptation but a trailer and release date that’s just in time for the summer. Independent movie company A24 has released the official trailer for “Zola,” a film based on the infamous 148-part Twitter thread shared by Twitter storyteller A’Ziah Wells King. The…
The government denied any link between the departure of Samuel Kasumu and the report, which activists and academics have accused of ignoring the experiences of ethnic-minority Britons The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report on racial disparities concluded that Britain…
Coogler says he was invited to the Academy and said no, crediting his experience as a college athlete for his decision. During a new interview, film writer and director Ryan Coogler opened up about declining membership to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that awards the Oscars, back in 2016. Read…
Alison Collins filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court, alleging violation of her constitutional rights including free speech The former vice president of San Francisco’s school board is suing the district and her colleagues after they voted to strip her of the position because of tweets she wrote in 2016 that said Asian Americans used…
