OPINION: This film, starring Tisha Campbell, Joe Torry and Paula Jai Parker, does not get the recognition it deserves. The ’90s were a good time for Black romantic comedies on the big screen. This is the era that gave us The Wood, The Best Man and Love Jones. Nestled among those blockbusters is a film…
Youngkin confused state senators Louise Lucas and Mamie Locke Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has apologized after mistaking one Black legislator for another in a text message. Youngkin issued the apology after Sen. Louise Lucas called attention to the mistake on Twitter. She noted that she received a text message from Youngkin congratulating her for a…
When fictional sorority sisters Valerie, Cassandra, Simona, and Dominique, played by a star-studded cast of award-winning singers and actresses LeToya Luckett, Kierra Sheard-Kelly, Ta’Rhonda Jones, and Drew Sidora reunite for a Black Greek weekend celebration, it’s not long before the girls’ getaway is plagued with a series of weird and unexplainable events and things take…
The party followed Bieber’s private concert at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California Four people were shot and wounded early Saturday after a fight broke out outside a Los Angeles restaurant hosting a party that followed a Justin Bieber concert, police said. The gunfire erupted outside The Nice Guy restaurant, striking and injuring…
“We have a fight on our hands” said Dinelle Hardin, the sister of Ronald Greene, who died at the hands of police in a brutal beating on May 10, 2019. Greene’s family has been on a long winding road while seeking justice, however, within the last few weeks the investigation into Greene’s death has gained…
“I’m proud of the students who took a stand and decided that they were tired of hearing racists things,” one parent said. A substitute teacher at Farmington Hills High School was removed from the school Thursday after using a racist phrase toward a Black student. The incident was captured on camera and shared online. The…
Autherine Lucy Foster no longer has to share Alabama campus building-name honors with former KKK leader Bibb Graves The name of Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student at the University of Alabama, will no longer be honored alongside that of a former Ku Klux Klan leader after the school’s trustees voted Friday to remove…
Rick Ross and Shaquille O’Neal found themselves making headlines this week for an unexpected reason, after images of their unkempt feet went viral. O’Neal’s feet were broadcast on Feb. 9 during an episode of “NBA on TNT” after he walked barefoot into the studio. The clip showcased a close-up look of the 49-year-old’s dry and…
Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty A white Kansas man pleaded guilty to threatening a Black person in September 2019 while walking down the street. On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced that Colton Donner, 27, brandished a knife at a Black person and yelled that Paola is a “white town.” It’s unclear from local…
Purdue Police Chief John Cox said the involved officer has been placed on indefinite leave while an internal investigation into the incident takes place The Purdue University police officer seen violently pinning a Black college student to the snow-covered ground — in a cell phone video that went viral on social media earlier this week…
