Source: Granger Wootz / Getty UPDATED: 7:24 a.m. ET, Nov. 24, 2021 — The holidays are here again and there is nothing like a good ol’ black folks Thanksgiving! A time when the family from all over the country get together to enjoy a good meal and even better conversation that is sure to be…
More than four years after hundreds of racist white supremacists and neo-Nazis gathered for the so-called “United The Right” rally to hold tiki torches and inflict terroristic violence against anyone who opposes them in Charlottesville, Virginia, a jury has found the organizers and organizations involved guilty of federal conspiracy charges … to the tune of…
Source: Caiaimage/Robert Daly / Getty Two books about LGBTQ+ experience previously banned have been returned to school shelves in a Missouri School District. George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel was removed from four high schools in North Kansas City last month, according to the New York Daily News. Part of the…
Tyrese Gibson‘s video of his daughters Shayla Somer Gibson,14, and 3-year-old Soraya Lee Gibson bonding had fans gasping after they zoomed in on the girls’ similar features. Gibson shares Shayla with his ex Norma Gibson. The former couple were married from 2007 to 2009. The actor’s youngest child, Soraya, is with his estranged wife, Samantha…
In the thick of the COVID pandemic, deaths among Black Americans soar due to the opioid addiction crisis The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a ripple effect on the country as an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. According to health officials at the Center’s for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a span…
Prosecutors made final closing arguments Tuesday morning in the racially-charged trial that has gripped the nation. Twelve jurors will now decide the fate of the three white males accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery last year in Brunswick, Georgia. Prosecutors made final closing arguments Tuesday morning in the racially-charged trial. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael…
Source: GoFundMe/Tricia Rojo Bushnell / GoFundMe/Tricia Rojo Bushnell Locked away at the age of 18, Kevin Strickland will finally be free. Joining the ranks of exonerated people, Strickland had spent his entire adult life locked away for a crime he didn’t commit. His release comes over 42 years after he was convicted of a triple…
The City of Orangeburg, South Carolina, will be forking over more than half a million dollars to a Black man brutally assaulted by a police officer in the municipality. The cop used excessive force on the 58-year-old man, stomping him on his head. Clarence Gailyard will receive $650,000, an apology from Orangeburg politicians, and a…
Talk show host and comedian Nick Cannon recently spoke with actor Don Johnson on his talk show, “The Nick Cannon Show,” and ended up trading stories about fatherhood, especially as it relates to being a dad to daughters. Johnson is a father to five children from various relationships. Most noticeable of the bunch is his…
I’m bout to play my, ‘Y’all broke’ card in a second,” the NBA star tweeted Monday night. NBA star Kevin Durant wasn’t feeling all the jokes Black Twitter made at his expense Monday night after a photo of what appeared to be extremely dry skin on Durant’s left ankle went viral on social media. The…
