Tia Wimbush and Susan Ellis found out that their husbands were suffering from kidney disease and both men were in desperate need of transplants. Two longtime Atlanta coworkers found out how much they have in common while having a brief conversation in a bathroom after only knowing each other casually for a decade. According to…
A nonprofit supporting Black and brown-owned business in Haverhill, Massachusetts, believes they were the intended target in an incident in which stickers depicting imagery of a white nationalist hate group were found on cars at an outdoor market event. CBS Boston reported this week that organizers of Merrimack Valley Black & Brown Voices — founded…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Over the holiday Bill Cosby released an incoherent message regarding the backlash against Phylicia Rashad, his former TV wife, received after she voiced her support once the court vacated Cosby’s sexual assault charge last week. “FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!” Rashad…
Gabrielle Union‘s latest video of her daughter Kaavia James Union Wade, 2, offering the actress life advice on Monday, June 28, has fans pointing out how wise beyond her years the toddler is. Union captioned the TikTok, initially shared a week ago on Kaavia’s Instagram page and Union’s official TikTok account, “It’s Not A Crisis. But what if…
Mills called on Howard to “give back the millions of dollars” Cosby donated to the university if the HBCU decided to terminate Rashad from her past as dean Actress and singer Stephanie Mills has declared her support for her friend Phylicia Rashad after students and alumni of Howard University began to call for Rashad to…
Source: Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures / Searchlight Pictures Winner of two top prizes at Sundance, “Summer of Soul” takes viewers into the forgotten Harlem concert series in 1969. Over the course of six weeks, thousands gathered for the Harlem Culture Festival featuring many of the decade’s hottest acts. Directed and executive produced by “Questlove,” aka…
“No technicality — it’s a violation of one’s rights & we the people stand in support of Ms. Phylicia Rashad,” disgraced comedian and actor Bill Cosby said in a released statement Since his release from a Pennsylvania prison, Bill Cosby has had a few choice words for those who support him as well as his…
A Black British activist is furious after he said he was harassed and falsely accused of stealing because of his skin color. Cephas Williams said the incident took place on Sunday, June 27, at the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent, a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. In the 37-minute clip posted…
Singer and songwriter Stephanie Mills stood in support of her friend, actress and Howard University’s newly appointed dean Phylicia Rashad, on July 3 after the university’s students and alumni called for her firing following her celebratory tweet about Bill Cosby’s overturned sexual assault conviction. The initial Instagram post comes days following Rashad’s issued apology. The 73-year-old stated that her post…
A new monument honoring the life and legacy of abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman is coming to the city of Newark, CBS News reported. Harriet Tubman monument replacing a Christopher Columbus statue in Newark is “poetic,” mayor says https://t.co/PCZpi0984e — CBS News (@CBSNews) June 22, 2021 The statue—which will stand in Downtown Newark’s Washington Park—will…
