According to the report, the child’s nose and lip were swollen, there was a scrape on his lip, scratches on his nose, and several bumps on his forehead. A 1-year-old was injured in police custody in Pensacola, Florida after his father was charged with shooting at a Pensacola Police SWAT officer last week. Corey Joseph…
Gabrielle Union‘s daughter Kaavia James Union-Wade has been rocking naturally curly hair since she was a baby. In their latest photo shared on Union’s Instagram Monday, the 3-year-old toddler posed in a bathing suit by the pool. But all anyone could focus on was Kaavia’s big brown afro. “Yes to the fro!” wrote one fan…
Texas A&M University assistant coach Sydney Carter isn’t apologizing to critics furious over her recent fashion choices. The former college basketball star made headlines last week after she showed up to a women’s game wearing a white turtleneck, pink leather pants and stilettos. Someone tweeted, Sydney Carter, Women’s basketball coach, is her outfit appropriate as…
The young Black FedEx worker, who was violently harassed by two white men while delivering packages in a suburb in Mississippi, has hired a lawyer after his supervisors refused to change his route and asked him to complete his deliveries after the altercation. News conference video screengrab As a result of him refusing to work…
Civil rights leader Marc Morial of the National Urban League speaks as (L-R) Melanie Campbell of the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation, Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference for Civil & Human Rights, the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Damon Hewitt of…
Cole and her partner Derrick Hayes say their daughter, D Ella Hayes, is “smart, funny and a joy to be around.” Restauranteur Pinky Cole and her partner Derrick Hayes have welcomed a new daughter. According to an exclusive report in People, Cole, the founder of the wildly popular Slutty Vegan restaurant, said there’s a reason…
Tyler Perry caused an uproar on social media after tackling Mary J. Blige‘s Super Bowl performance look on Feb. 16, to promote his upcoming Netflix project “A Madea Homecoming.” Blige, who wore a white bodysuit donned with crystals, performed at the event this past weekend alongside rappers Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent….
‘Read the books they don’t want you to,’ urged the beloved ‘Reading Rainbow’ host in a skit for ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.’ Beloved actor and literacy enthusiast LeVar Burton has inspired generations of youngsters to love books, spending decades reading aloud to America’s children as the host of Reading Rainbow. Coincidentally, the long-running…
Fans of rapper and television boss Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson were pleasantly surprised after the “Power” creator made a surprise musical appearance during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime show Sunday evening with a performance of his 2003 breakout hit “In Da Club.” However, the legendary performance, which paid homage to the song’s music video,…
“God did this for me today,” said Vincent Simmons, a Black Louisiana man convicted of attempted rape in 1977. A Black Louisiana man who has maintained his innocence for nearly 45 years after being accused and convicted of trying to rape a pair of 14-year-old white twin girls in 1977, was granted his freedom on…
