Passengers on an EasyJet flight from London Gatwick Airport to Malaga in Spain protested to prevent two Black men from being removed from the flight last week. The men were reportedly going to be removed for “huffing at a member of the crew” when asked to put shoes on prior to takeoff. Footage of the…
‘Ghost Boys’ is a heartbreaking and powerful story about a Black boy killed by a White police officer, drawing connections through history Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures (ESMP), is proud to announce its acquisition of global media rights to the award-winning and critically-acclaimed novel Ghost Boys. Written by author Jewell Parker Rhodes…
Racquel Palmer disclosed to TMZ on Monday, Aug. 9, that she landed a lead role in Tyler Perry‘s upcoming series “All the Queen’s Men” two years after the mogul blasted her on social media for purchasing a billboard in hopes of getting a job. This initial incident occurred in May 2019, after Perry advised Palmer to save…
Actress Tichina Arnold officially has filed for divorce from her estranged husband Rico Hines, nearly five-and-a-half years after separating from the Sacramento Kings coach following his sex tape scandal. According to TMZ, the “Everybody Hates Chris” star initially separated from Hines on Jan. 12, 2016, nearly four years after they tied the knot in Honolulu, Hawaii, on…
Anthony Duane Turner, who also worked at Bank of America, was arrested Thursday for the murder of Michelle A. Avan. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of a prominent Bank of America executive who was found dead in her home on Thursday morning. A family member discovered Michelle A. Avan’s body…
Tesla Inc. has been ordered to put its money where its reported values of cultivating a workplace sans discrimination lie, in the hands of a former employee. That ex-employee is Melvin Berry, a Black man who sued the company in 2020 for failing to stop a white supervisor from allegedly hurling racial slurs at him….
Dean Obeidallah asked if Indiana Senator Mike Braun wanted “to go back to slavery and white men only voting too?!” Indiana Senator Mike Braun was given a brief history lesson on Twitter Sunday after the Republican lawmaker declared in a tweet, “The Founders never intended the federal government to grow to this size.” From the floor…
Actor and ex-professional wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is letting it be known that he is not like his fellow celebrities that have recently claimed they don’t shower daily. After a few celebrities admitted that their hygiene routine does not consist of daily showers, the internet went into an uproar over the subject. Dwayne Johnson…
Uncle Nearest, a rapidly growing Tennessee-based whiskey brand, recently closed on a $2.1 million deal that expands its footprint from 270 acres to 323.12 acres. The 53.12-acre purchase near Highway 231 in Nashville will help the brand expand into farm distilling, as 100 acres will be used to grow organic non-GMO corn. Uncle Nearest has…
Source: New York Daily News Archive / Getty UPDATED: 11:30 a.m. ET, Aug. 9, 2021 Although nearly a quarter of a century has passed since the NYPD’s brutal beating and savage sexual assault of Black Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, the incident sparked a public outrage that still resonates to this day. Standing as one of…
