A Black man was tased by deputies in Los Angeles County after witnesses say he flagged down a patrol car to try and assist someone who’d been in a car crash. A Twitter user identified as a rapper named Slang with the handle @dopeslandjr_ posted a video on Dec. 1 which shows the encounter. Slang…
Berlinda Fontenont-Jamerson explains how she went from Corporate America to the world of the arts In the seventh episode of Eric’s Perspective Podcast, the president of the Museum of African American Art, Berlinda Fontenont-Jamerson shares how she moved from a successful career in Corporate America to become a leading figure in sharing the African American…
He doesn’t have the authority to order a nationwide mask mandate, but Biden could pressure states and local governments. President-elect Joe Biden plans to urge all Americans to wear face masks for his first 100 days in office to help end the coronavirus pandemic. While he did not explicitly call it a national mask mandate,…
TheGrio.TV, debuting Jan. 15, ‘is especially important to me,’ says Allen, ‘as it will both serve and uplift all viewers.’ TheGrio.TV is set to enter 100 million households next month, debuting on Martin Luther King Day weekend. On Friday, Jan. 15, Byron Allen is transitioning his newly-acquired MGM over-the-air broadcast network Light TV, rebranding it…
As Black Lives Matter protests and social uprisings spread across U.S. cities in the summer, the civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson wrote a personal letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte over an annual tradition that many believe to be racist. Every Dec. 5, people across the Netherlands paint their faces black and…
Quad Webb was spotted showing off her curves in an itty-bitty orange bikini while on vacation at an undisclosed location. The 40-year-old “Married to Medicine” star dipped out for a bit of relaxation after the hustle and bustle of the Thanksgiving holiday and soaked up some sun next to clear blue skies and water to…
UPDATED 6:00 a.m. EDT, Dec. 4, 2020 — Fred Hampton, one of the major figures in the original Black Panther Party that rose to prominence during the civil rights era in the 1960s, was assassinated on Dec. 4, 1969. Friday marks the 51st year since he was killed by police in an example of the…
On Nov. 30, Peter Thomas responded to his ex-wife, “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Cynthia Bailey, and her reported $170,000 lawsuit against him. During their marriage, the model initially loaned him money for a building in Atlanta that they owned together. The former reality star said on mark 27:30 during an interview with vlogger Michelle…
UPDATED: 12:15 a.m. ET, Dec. 4, 2020 — The Chicago Police Department‘s deep-seated history of corruption and scandal has been well-documented over the decades and has managed to continue to thrive up to this day. In one of the most recent examples, actor Jussie Smollett and his allegations of being the victim of a hate…
Ashanti assured her fans on Dec. 2 that she can rock anything by uploading a photo of herself in her robe. The “Rock Wit U” singer, who was sitting in her bathroom, tried to get her followers in the holiday spirit when she captioned her post “Hot coco & marshmallows vibe…” Ashanti, wearing full makeup,…
