Source: The Washington Post / Getty As a holiday, Independence Day, like many aspects of America’s folklore, represents an expression of ideas that have yet to come to pass. Posting a rendition of Frederick Douglass’ speech “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July’” has become as much an Independence Day tradition for Black…
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm announced on Wednesday that the deadly force used in an officer-involved shooting in April was justified and that the three officers involved won’t face any charges. Lindani Myeni, a 29-year-old South African man, was fatally shot by officers from the Honolulu Police Department on April 14, just three months after…
HBO announced Friday that “Lovecraft Country” won’t return for a second season The groundbreaking HBO series Lovecraft Country will not return for a second season and fans are not pleased about the situation. Deadline was the first to report the news that the sci-fi series will end with the first season that released in the…
The 29-year-old track and field athlete will be forced to miss the next two Olympic Games, putting her career in jeopardy U.S. Olympic athlete Brianna McNeal lost her appeal of a multi-year suspension by an international sports regulator, putting the gold medal-winning hurdler out of the Tokyo Olympics and her career in jeopardy. The Court…
Throughout the ’90s and the early 2000s Will Smith became known for his summer blockbuster films. But, even with his rapper-turned-sitcom-star power, the film that sent him to the stratosphere of Hollywood success, “Independence Day,” almost didn’t land in his hands. Will Smith almost lost the role in “Independence Day” after executives didn’t think a…
As rent debts pile up, many state programs are behind on distributing funds to recipients in need as a federal eviction moratorium nears an end More than $7,000 behind on rent, Tyesha Young had hoped a program in Louisiana would bail her out and allow her family to avert eviction in the coming weeks. But the…
OPINION: In a nation in denial over systemic racism, freedom is elusive for the descendants of the enslaved On this Fourth of July, a day of independence for some but not for Black people, there is no better time to reflect on Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Delivered in…
“I’m sorry, I can’t be y’all Olympic Champ this year but I promise I’ll be your World Champ next year,” Sha’Carri Richardson writes on Twitter Sha’Carri Richardson broke her silence early Sunday morning to address the online chatter about her suspension from the Olympics Games, showing love to her supporters and standing up to her…
UPDATED: 6:45 a.m. ET, July 4, 2021 Things may be different this year for Fourth of July celebrations, what with the coronavirus pandemic’s social distancing guidelines still discouraging big get-togethers, chances are that there will still be plenty of cookouts, with and without the family. But while millennials will want to be jamming to DaBaby,…
Source: Getty Images / Getty UPDATED: 6:30 a.m. ET, July 4, 2021 — In a very telling sign, the fateful words of Frederick Douglass from a speech he delivered 169 years ago still resonate very much in 2021 as Black people in America continue the fight for the same kind of equality that the legendary…
