Poet Nikki Giovanni speaks during the 12th Annual Afropunk Brooklyn Festival at Commodore Barry Park on August 27, 2016, in Brooklyn, New York. | Source: Mireya Acierto / Getty Legendary poet, author and activist Nikki Giovanni recently sat down for an interview with New York Times journalist David Marchese where the 78-year-old icon shared her…
Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have climbed over the past two weeks from an average of 1,200 per day to around 1,500. More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average,…
Tiffany Haddish is bringing in the New Year’s by going to enjoy her grandfather’s village once again in Eritrea. The comedian has been sharing videos and pictures since Dec. 28 about her expedition. In her Tuesday post, she shared three clips of her dancing with the people of Eritrea and two more of her receiving…
theGrio breaks down how to celebrate day five of the Kwanzaa holiday On Dec. 30, which marks day five of Kwanzaa, we light the second green candle to the right of the black candle. This candle represents the principle of Nia, or purpose. Pledge: On this day, we pledge to make our collective vocation the…
Opinion: Throughout the series, from the first ‘Matrix‘ to the recent film, ‘The Matrix Resurrections,’ we see a world that values Black people. The Matrix isn’t just a series of films you watch; it’s more like a cinematic universe you travel into, a universe with its own sense of physics, its own modes of transportation,…
Source: Bruce Glikas / Getty Phylicia Rashad does it all from acting and singing, to even stage direction. You’re probably familiar with her seminal role as Claire Huxtable on the classic sitcom The Cosby Show. It was a role that propelled the Mexico native into stardom and earned her two Emmy nominations in both 1985…
Preservation Hall was the first fully integrated music venue in the South, according to an obituary written by Ben Jaffe. Sandra Jaffe, who co-founded Preservation Hall in New Orleans, introducing countless people to jazz through the intimate French Quarter venue over six decades, has died. Jaffe died Monday, her son, Ben Jaffe, creative director of…
The autopsy of a Kansas African-American teen who became unresponsive after being subdued while in the custody of a Wichita Sedgwick County juvenile detention facility has determined the boy’s death was a homicide. The family wants the video of the Sept. 24 altercation resulting in the death of 17-year-old Cedric Lofton to be released and…
The 23-year-old poetess penned a five-stanza, 48-line resolution with themes of struggle and healing to close the year. Amanda Gorman is ending her extraordinary year on a hopeful note. The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration made her an international sensation, posted a new work…
Tracee Ellis Ross recently opened up about what she will be missing in 2022 as the cast and crew of the hit show “black-ish” will be wrapping up its eighth and final season this month. Ross says she will miss her TV family the most. Ross took to Instagram to announce the bittersweetness of the…
