REVIEW: Hulu documentary, ‘Oscar Peterson: Black + White,’ is the definitive chronicle of the genius jazz pianist, showing his journey to greatness and the sacrifice that came with it. The mark of a truly transcendent musician is establishing a signature sound. Whether it’s the voice, the saxophone, trumpet, or bass, if the listener can make…
“I just wanted to go around the middleman,” Ernest Crim III says of his TikTok lessons. “I don’t want to have to worry about a racist school board—and I wanted to get directly to the people.” During the summer of 2016, Ernest Crim III and his wife, Cassie, were the victims of a vicious verbal…
OPINION: One of the greatest mysteries in Black cinema needs some investigation and resolve. For starters, and just as a matter of journalistic due diligence, even Tyler Perry—the writer, director and producer of Acrimony—doesn’t have a good answer for how in the hell Melinda Gayle (Taraji Henson) got on the yacht at the end of…
“The scientific brilliance cultivated at America’s higher education institutions, like HBCUs and other MSIs, is unrivaled,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will have the opportunity to cash in on more than $2 million in funding from the Department of Energy for student training and research aimed at…
Jada Pinkett-Smith disclosed on Feb. 16, during the second installment of her story-time session that she’s participating in on Instagram the reason why her character was brutally murdered during her cameo appearance on “Scream 2.” “Scream 2” follows the lives of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and other survivors of the Woodsboro murders, which occurred in…
Coach Karen Healy-Silcott said the castigating shouts began as soon as the women’s team entered Presbyterian College’s stadium. The women’s lacrosse team of Howard University says its squad was verbally assaulted with racial slurs and demeaning sexual terms at their Presbyterian College game in Clinton, South Carolina, on Friday. According to a report from NBC News,…
Wendy Williams opened up about her current state of health and her possible return to her daytime television show on Feb. 16, after sharing a video on her new official Instagram account. Williams, who has been absent from “The Wendy Williams Show” since September of last year, has been dealing with complications from her Graves…
Last year, a 13-year-old Black girl spent 11 days in a Florida juvenile detention center all because someone impersonated her on Instagram and sent threatening messages to her teacher and school—and because it took the tech company and the investigating authorities the better part of two weeks to figure out that an IP address didn’t…
‘Love & Marriage’ officially becomes a franchise as its first spin-off sets its sights on the DMV Love & Marriage is expanding. The popular OWN series Love & Marriage: Huntsville has announced its first official spinoff, Love & Marriage: DC, which will see the return of Monique Samuels to reality television after her exit from…
J Alexander Kueng, a rookie officer charged with violating Floyd’s civil rights, testified that he deferred to “senior officer” Derek Chauvin. J Alexander Kueng, one of the three officers charged with violating the civil rights of George Floyd, took the stand in his defense Wednesday and repeatedly explained his decisions during the fatal arrest as…
