More details have emerged in the wake of Regina King’s son’s untimely death. The aspiring musician and only child of the Academy Award winner committed suicide last week, days after celebrating his 26th birthday. A week before Ian Alexander Jr.’s death, the rising star took to his Twitter account, where he shared several posts reflecting…
Words can do more than tell a story. They can also paint a beautiful picture, filled will rich detail and history. Talented black orators, poets, and wordsmiths of the past, born with the gift to articulate words like an artist stroking a paintbrush across an open canvas, captivated the world in all aspects of life….
Zion Foster was officially reported missing Jan. 5. A relative of missing Detroit teenager Zion Foster has been named a person of interest and today, Detroit police asked for a homicide warrant in the case. Jaylin Brazier, 23, was arrested Saturday on a felony warrant for lying to police in connection to the Jan. 4…
EXCLUSIVE: “Despite the outside world’s low expectations of her as a Black woman, she never limited herself.” After insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, destroying anything they could get their hands on, including desecrating a memorial placard of civil rights icon U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis, there was one historic structure…
Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close and Aunjanue Ellis will also star in the untitled horror film. Lee Daniels has been shopping a new horror film and Netflix has emerged as the buyer. The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker will direct and write the untitled project, which will star Andra Day, as reported by Deadline. Seven different studios engaged…
There’s a new money trend on social media that features musical artists standing near messages spelled out with legal tenders. However, as popular as it is becoming, rapper and hip-hop loan shark 50 Cent is here to let the younger generation know who started it first. All week, rappers YoungBoy Bever Broke Again, Lil Durk,…
“There’s no room for it in our game,” Subban told reporters on Sunday. New Jersey Devils star P.K. Subban had a message on Sunday for hockey fans and Jacksonville Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta, who on Saturday was accused of directing monkey chants at Subban’s brother. “There’s no room for it in our game,” Subban told…
Source: Leif Skoogfors / Getty Fifty years since Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announced her run for president, she remains a shining example for Black women in politics and beyond. More than simply a campaign slogan, “unbought and unbossed” has become a mantra for Black women in politics and their daily lives. Officially launched on Jan….
The seminar was going to unpack the civil rights movement before and after the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A Florida history professor is speaking out after his civil rights lecture was canceled by a school district citing concerns over critical race theory, according to NBC News. J. Michael Butler, a history professor…
In one of his final messages, Ian Alexander Jr. promoted his upcoming DJ set in Los Angeles. A week before Regina King’s son, Ian Alexander Jr. died by suicide, he noted in a final message on Twitter that the popular Instagram app is not “healthy for me.” Alexander Jr., who worked as a deejay, died on…
