Actress Hattie McDaniel was a pioneer in Hollywood after becoming the first Black actor to be nominated and win an Oscar at the 12th annual Academy Awards for her role as Mammy in the 1939 Civil War drama “Gone With the Wind.” Though celebrated on screen, Hollywood’s treatment of the trail blazer was a constant…
Following their NFC Championship loss on Sunday to the Rams, the San Francisco 49ers are making coaching moves. The first move reportedly was asking assistant head coach and tight ends coach Jon Embree to take a big 60 percent pay cut. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images) Embree, who was sent packing after he…
EXCLUSIVE: Presently, in comparison to the overall national homeownership rate of 65.5%, Black ownership has drifted around 43%. Racism in the housing market is not new, but the ways entrepreneurs are using technology to overcome it are groundbreaking. Blockchain technology offers a digital ledger system that can streamline the home lending process. Bryan Young, CEO…
West referred to February as ‘Black Future Month,’ while T-Pain says Black history should last all year. February is Black History Month and millions of people and numerous organizations are commemorating it this year as they have for decades. But Kanye West and T-Pain are not in that group, as both took to social media…
“I decided to pull my music and my podcast from Spotify but it’s dual,” Arie stated. India Arie is speaking out on her decision to pull her music and “SongVersation” podcast from Spotify amid outcry over Joe Rogan having a voice on the platform. The singer-songwriter appeared on the Feb. 4 episode of Tamron Hall…
OPINION: To be truly effective, the institute will need to dive deep—going beyond race and economics—to craft solutions that can effectively change Black men’s destinies. Last month, Morehouse College announced the establishment of the Black Men’s Research Institute, a new initiative funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “to study the economic,…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty In a case that sounds eerily similar to that of Crystal Mason, a Black Lives Matter activist from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to six years in prison because voting laws are often unclear and because America loves throwing the lives of Black people away for no real or practical…
Emmy Award-winning actress Thandiwe Newton is facing backlash after she broke down while discussing the topic of colorism in Hollywood and dealing with how her fair-toned skin color has brought her both privilege and prejudice. During the conversation, The Westworld star apologized to darker-skinned actresses for taking “their roles, their men,” but her admission garnered…
A view of the billboard truck at Clark Atlanta University for #ALLINFORVOTING Get Out The Vote Billboard Campaign on October 31, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty Innovation has always been a natural gift for young Black minds. Opportunity on the other hand has always been more of a struggle to…
Gregory and Travis McMichael reverse course after a judge rejected the terms of their plea agreement. Gregory McMichael reversed course Thursday after a judge rejected the terms of a plea agreement the 66-year-old retired Georgia police officer and his son reached last week with the Justice Department. On Friday morning, his son, Travis McMichael, 36,…
