Little, Brown Books for Young Readers announced that Pinkney died Wednesday at age 81 after a brief, non-COVID related illness Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the Mouse” to “The Sunday Outing,” has died….
Bow Wow……YOU ARE THE FATHER! A month after seemingly disowning his 1-year-old son Stone Moss on Twitter, rapper Bow Wow has been confirmed by a court as the baby’s biological father. The court documents were obtained and posted by gossip blog The Neighborhood Talk. Bow Wow’s son Stone Moss, Olivia Sky, Bow Wow. (Photos: @olivia.sky/Instagram,…
Prosecutors asked for a sentence of 10 to 12 years A Mount Holyoke College art professor who pleaded guilty to using a rock, a fire poker and garden shears in a four-hour attack on a colleague that left the victim with permanent injuries has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison. A Professor’s…
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Often talked about as a thing of the past, redlining is still a barrier to equity in homeownership. The Department of Justice recently announced a new program to combat redlining and discrimination in lending. As reported by Reuters, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department…
A white Illinois teenager has been disciplined nearly two years after he listed his Black schoolmate as a “slave for sale” on the popular selling platform, Craigslist. The Naperville Central high school student, who has remained unnamed because he is a juvenile, was hit with two years’ probation and 100 hours of community service by…
Mary J. Blige and her long-time friend Lil Kim seem to have similar fashion tastes. The two music legends attended the Bottega Veneta fashion show in Detroit where the fashion company debuted “Salon 03,” its Spring/Summer 2022 collection. While they sat and watched the models strut in the pieces from the new line, Blige and…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says deal was ‘very possible’ as Democrats scale back initial $3.5 trillion spending plan A deal within reach, President Joe Biden and Congress’ top Democrats edged close to sealing their giant domestic legislation, though the informal deadline appeared to slip as they worked to scale back the measure and determine how…
Source: jean-Louis Atlan / Getty Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history. The former secretary of state – who died on Oct. 18, 2021, at 84 as a result of COVID-19 complications – was a pioneer: the first Black national security advisor in U.S. history, the first Black chairman of the joint chiefs…
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center raises $500,000 from donors in bid for statue that once stood in Charlottesville, Virginia For more than a year, officials have debated what to do with Confederate monuments that once peppered or currently stand in the American South for decades. While some statues have been placed in storage,…
Video of Howard, Davis confrontation went viral on social media Dwight Howard and Anthony Davis both say their physical confrontation on the Los Angeles Lakers’ bench was a momentary disagreement that has already been resolved. Even if their big men are getting along again, the Lakers have a whole lot more repairing to do. Chris…
