Jackson said she wants to update digital interaction, expand engagement and increase fundraising A Chicago executive will be the first woman to lead the Muhammed Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Marilyn Jackson, 57, chief strategy and engagement officer at United Way of Metro Chicago, will assume leadership of the museum dedicated to the late boxing…
Guidance counselors told Crumbley’s parents that they had to get him into counseling within 48 hours The Michigan teenager charged with killing four classmates and wounding seven other people at his high school this week told guidance counselors that drawings showing a gun, bullet and a bleeding gunshot victim were part of a video game…
From launching fashion brands to inking production deals tennis powerhouse Serena Williams has expanded her repertoire beyond the realm of sports, and her next project will be centered on empowering youth through literature. According to People, she’s releasing a children’s book next year. Serena Williams Writes Kids’ Book About Daughter’s Favorite Doll: ‘Dedicated to All…
James and Jennifer Crumbley plead not guilty hours after they were found hiding in a Detroit warehouse The parents of Ethan Crumbley, the suspect in a suburban high school mass shooting in Michigan, on Saturday pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges they face in connection to the massacre. James and Jennifer Crumbley entered the…
Weeks after Will Smith dropped his New York Times best-selling memoir, “Will,” a petition has been created beseeching reporters to call a long timeout on interviewing the star and his wife. In less than a week, the organizers have garnered over 17,000 signatures. The Change.org petition titled “Stop Interviewing Will and Jada Smith” was started…
Humphrey played 11 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons before finishing his career in Philadelphia Pro Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey, one of the NFL’s most fearsome pass rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons but long overlooked on mostly losing teams, has died at the age of 77. Humphrey, who also reached the…
Mo’Nique‘s workout video on Dec. 3 proved to the comedian‘s followers that the show must go on regardless of any mishap. In the Instagram clip, Mo’Nique and her trainer Dwight Holt Jr. are seen dancing along to a Dypo Mantra when the expected happens: her ponytail clip-on extension comes loose. Dypo Mantra is a new dance…
The business mogul bids $3.3 million on Wednesday in an attempt to reacquire the Sean Jean apparel brand he founded 23 years ago Sean “Diddy” Combs is trying to rescue the Sean Jean apparel brand he founded 23 years ago following a bankruptcy filing by the company’s current owner. On Wednesday, Combs bid $3.3 million…
Allen Toussaint, one of New Orleans’ most famous musicians, died in 2015 A member of the New Orleans city council is pushing to change a street currently named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and replace it with one the city’s most famous musicians, Allen Toussaint, who died in 2015. Councilmember Jared C. Brossett introduced an…
The number of missing and murdered Black women and girls is at a crisis level when compared to women of other racial groups in the country. Minnesota state Rep. Ruth Richardson noted at a press conference this week, “between 64,000 and 75,000 Black women and girls that are currently missing.” Lakeisha Lee knows all too…
