Ledisi will take on the role of the famed gospel singer Columbus Short will soon be back on your big or small screen. The former Scandal actor is playing Martin Luther King, Jr., in the upcoming biopic Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story. Short is calling it the role of his career. Read More: 7 inconvenient truths…
Source: JIM WATSON / Getty UPDATED: 7:25 p.m. ET, Jan. 21 — Congress voted Thursday to approve granting a waiver to Joe Biden‘s pick for Secretary of Defense, setting the stage for Lloyd Austin to become the first Black person to lead that federal agency. The next step is for the U.S. Senate to confirm…
Kim Burbrink was in charge of the officers that were involved in the raid that led to Taylor’s death last March While the world waits for the officers who killed Breonna Taylor to be arrested and charged in her death, there has been some progress with an officer related to the case. Read More: Columbus,…
The two rap stars were among the people who were pardoned or had sentences commuted by Trump on his last day in office This week, while much of the country celebrated the inauguration of President Joe Biden, Lil Wayne took to his social media to instead thank former president Donald Trump, whose administration pardoned the…
It has been less than a month since Keyshia Ka’oir gave birth to her and Gucci Mane’s first child together and, already she can boast about her stomach regaining its flatness. On Monday, Jan. 18, she uploaded a series of seven pictures sporting a black latex tutu style dress, a half-up, half-down crimped hairstyle and…
TIME wrote that Biden now leads a nation that is divided by facts and fellow Americans who distrust them This week, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made history, and now TIME Magazine has released their commemorative cover celebrating the first day of the administration, which also sends a clear message about the proverbial mess…
Just around the corner from Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center, the site of one of the first all-Black schools in Bulloch County, Georgia, lies 19 acres of land owned by a generational farmer, Roy Mosley. He says he chose to follow in the agricultural footsteps of his late grandfather Robert “R.L.” Williams, who was…
Thursday’s 326-78 vote would grant a waiver that would exempt Austin from the seven-year rule The Democratic-controlled House easily passed legislation required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense, brushing aside concerns that his retirement occurred inside the seven-year window that safeguards civilian leadership of the military. Thursday’s 326-78…
The Bailey sisters Chloe and Halle finally have their own Instagram accounts, and fans are excited that they will get not just one account from Beyoncé’s protégés but now three. It has only been two days since their separate IG launches, and already Chloe is crushing the internet with her derriere as she bounces it…
The cast of latest installment of the Real Housewives franchise take their first official trip The first season of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is beginning to wind down, which means the official ‘cast trip’ episodes are officially underway. In last night’s episode, the ladies of Salt Lake City touched down in Las…
