With the gesture, Staley fulfilled a promise she made to former Purdue coach Carolyn Peck, who won an NCAA Tournament championship in 1999 Before Dawn Staley became the second Black woman to head coach a college basketball team to a national championship in 2017, she was gifted a boost of motivation — a piece of…
Montoyae Dontae Sharpe finally received a pardon after his case was dismissed in 2019 for lack of evidence Montoyae Dontae Sharpe, who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not do, was pardoned on Friday. “I have carefully reviewed Montoyae Dontae Sharpe’s case and am granting him a Pardon of Innocence,” said…
Three unidentified Black Civil War soldiers from the U.S. Colored Troops were properly honored last weekend 157 years after they were lined up and shot execution-style and left on the side of a road in Virginia. Thanks to the efforts of Howard Lambert, who heads the nonprofit organization Freedom Foundation, and in partnership with Civil War…
Kevin Hart pulled fans’ heartstrings on Tuesday, Nov. 9, after uploading a video of his son Hendrix Hart receiving special gifts from Los Angeles Lakers players in honor of his birthday. The comedian shares Hendrix with his ex-wife Torrei Hart. Kevin and Hendrix, who turned 14 earlier this week, attended a Lakers game on Monday,…
Source: Bloomberg / Getty During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” PresidentJoe Biden’s top economic advisor urged Congress to pass the president’s major economic package arguing that the piece of legislation would help offset the rising cause of inflation. “Well, inflation is high right now, and it is affecting consumers in their pocketbook…
Blaise Bennett, 1, was found safe and healthy within a mile of his Clarkson, Georgia home after a national search A 1-year-old boy was reunited with his mother on Thursday after being abducted in an alleged carjacking outside the family’s Georgia apartment over 36 hours earlier. Mother Deonna Bray said she was overcome with emotion…
The House has been moving toward approval of the massive Democrat-only-backed bill even as the measure faces bigger challenges in the Senate President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser expressed confidence Sunday that the White House’s $1.85 trillion domestic policy package will quickly pass the House this week and said approval couldn’t come at a more…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty The holiday season is the perfect time to binge-watch your favorite shows with your family. Whether you’re spending Thanksgiving with the kids or celebrating Christmas with a close loved one, there’s something everyone can enjoy on the tube on this list; from comedy and feel-good family flicks to TV…
The Facebook and Instagram social media blackouts last month taught many businesses lessons about how tenuous social media promotion can be. Countless Black businesses, for one, rely on social media to promote their establishments. Photo by Yan Krukov from Pexels A Visual Objects survey found that 78 percent of small businesses use Facebook. On top…
Federal prison workers in nearly every job function have been charged with crimes More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sexual abuse, an associate warden charged with murder, guards taking cash to smuggle drugs and weapons, and supervisors stealing property…
