OPINION: Former First Lady Obama’s impact as a Black woman on the national stage set a new kind of tone about who we were and are as Black women cannot be overstated As we slide into Women’s History Month with Black History Month now in the rearview mirror, I can’t help but feel a sense…
A Black Michigan prosecutor found there was no evidence to prosecute a 31-year-old white man who hung a red KKK flag in a window facing the home of JeDonna Dinges, a Black woman and resident of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. Dinges recently learned that Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, would not pursue charges. “There is…
The ‘Home Improvement’ star opened up during an interview on Marc Maron’s ‘WTF’ podcast. Actor Tim Allen revealed that he enjoyed the controversy around President Donald Trump while the former president was in the White House. Read More: Trump, Melania were quietly vaccinated before leaving the White House As a guest on the podcast WTF…
Source: Christian Petersen / Getty A popular movie chain is being sued for racially profiling a Black man who its staff falsely accused of sneaking into a theater nearly two years ago in Arizona. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and other lawyers announced the lawsuit against AMC Theatres on Wednesday at a press conference alongside…
‘I believe it should have been more, but I feel good,’ Flowers remarked Curtis Flowers has been awarded $500,000 from the state of Mississippi after being wrongfully imprisoned for more than 20 years. Read More: Mississippi has gone 2 weeks without safe drinking water since storm theGrio reported charges against Flowers were dropped in September…
‘I look forward to returning to work to continue to make a difference in racial injustices,’ said Rev. Jackson. Rev. Jesse Jackson has healed and says he’s ready to get back to work. The civil rights icon was released from the Northwestern-affiliated Shirley Ryan AbilityLab after a three-week stay. According to Chicago Suntimes, he was initially…
Bryant is featured in People magazine’s ‘Women Changing the World’ issue Vanessa Bryant, on the latest cover of PEOPLE Magazine, says that her pain is still “unimaginable” after the loss of her husband Kobe Bryant and her daughter Gianna Bryant, but that they still “motivate her.” It’s been over a year since Kobe Bryant and…
Last year, fans of the popular ’90s sitcom “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” were elated to discover that Will Smith and his former co-star Janet Hubert had hashed out their differences after following her nearly three-decade-long dispute with him. The pair reunited during a reunion special that debuted on HBO Max in mid-November 2020, where they shared an…
Rapper Bun B had some harsh words for Texas’ governor recently after the Lone Star State’s top government official lifted mask mandates and all coronavirus restrictions on businesses even as the pandemic continues to rage. The Houston native took to his Instagram account on Tuesday, March 2, where he uploaded a news article’s screenshot announcing the controversial…
A white Dutch author has stepped down from translating U.S. Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s work into the Dutch language after a supposed “uproar” the job didn’t go to a Black person. However, not everyone is upset about it. Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, 29, a white writer that made history in 2020 as the youngest person…
