REVIEW: Even with its constantly rotating cast of characters, all of which are underdrawn and indecipherable, and its progressively madcap plot, ‘First Date‘ is a weak entry into the genre We’ve seen it before. The shy, doe-eyed teenage boy that is awkwardly pulled into a whole host of hijinks as he secretly pines for the…
Actress Tiffany Haddish and rapper Common were the big talk on social media last week after the couple did their “Silhouette Challenge.” Now Haddish is revealing just how she got her man to agree to participate in the viral TikTok trend. On Feb. 5, Haddish said in an interview on “The Late Show With Stephen…
The Washington DC tailor shop previously counted on big orders for special occasion outfits, but many of those orders have been canceled due to the pandemic Julius “Eddie” Lofton’s family has been in the tailoring business since 1939. Lofton remembers as a kid riding around on the conveyor belt at the shop while his…
Source: File / South Carolina State University UPDATED: 12:41 p.m. ET, Feb. 8, 2021 — One of the most stirring tragedies of the civil rights movement during the 1960s took place in the small town of Orangeburg in South Carolina. On this day in 1968, police officers fired in to a crowd of Black students…
Pew Research and other surveys have painted millennials as a more inclusive demographic than their parents’ and grandparents’ generations, suggesting a post-racial America is on the horizon. But actions speak louder than words. A new housing study by a white UCLA sociology professor S. Michael Gaddis suggests that notion may be a misconception. Gaddis used…
REVIEW: ‘Ailey‘ attempts to demystify an admired yet enigmatic man, but only manages to provoke more unanswered questions It seems like fans have been waiting forever to see a comprehensive film on beloved choreographer Alvin Ailey, the man who revolutionized dance and opened a now iconic theater, where artists from all backgrounds have mastered their…
Exclusive: Alphonso David tells theGrio he believes timelines on progress are often assigned without fully appreciating the landscape Alphonso David is enshrined as the first civil rights lawyer and person of color to lead the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, in its 40-year history. He’s a trailblazer determined to pave a…
Colin Kaepernick may not have been playing in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. However, the former athlete found himself trending on social media due to his absence in another area. The NFL was slammed for its “Inspire Change” Super Bowl commercial, which debuted during Sunday night’s game at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa,…
On Tuesday, federal safety officials are expected to announce the long-awaited probable cause of the crash that unleashed worldwide grief for the retired basketball star In the year since the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant crashed into a hillside on a foggy morning, killing all nine aboard, there’s been plenty of finger-pointing over the cause of the tragedy. Bryant’s…
OPINION: The attention that Tessica Brown’s story received is yet another example that for Black women, hair is not simply hair. As a collective, our hearts broke when we saw Tessica Brown share on TikTok that she mistakenly used Gorilla Glue on her hair. Brown’s post quickly went viral and thousands responded to #GorillaGlueGirl with…
