On Tuesday, June 1, the Duval County School board of Jacksonville, Florida, voted in favor of renaming several of its public schools named after controversial historical figures — a move suggested earlier on by the county’s superintendent, News 4 Jax reported. Of nine district schools in question, six have confederate ties, while three have connections…
OPINION: Much can be gleaned from recent comments from Billie Jean King’s comments about Naomi Osaka and the revelation about actress Ellie Kemper’s ties to so-called racist ball A year ago, I remember being struck by how many people were out marching for Black lives in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. It was reminiscent…
Simon went to Instagram to call out Falynn after the news of her upcoming tell-all interview with Youtube personality Adam Newell It seems the fallout from the Porsha Williams drama with new fiancé Simon Guobadia has just begun. In a recent Instagram post, Guobadia claims that his wife, Falynn, cheated on him and is pregnant…
Simon Guobadia accused his estranged wife Falynn Guobadia of cheating on him with Jaylan Banks following the June 3 release of a clip from Falynn’s new tell-all interview. What makes matters worse is that Simon is also alleging that the 31-year-old is currently pregnant by Banks, whose Instagram page describes him as an Atlanta entrepreneur. In the interview set…
In a press release, the former president called Facebook’s decision “an insult.” Facebook said it is suspending former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. “At the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk…
Source: picture alliance / Getty Serena Williams has quietly been inching closer to making tennis history amid all the drama surrounding Naomi Osaka‘s withdrawal from the French Open. While much of the discussion surrounding the French Open has been about players’ mental health and the mandatory media duties that have played a role in the former…
It’s been a year since a young woman by the name of Johniqua Charles went viral for her hilarious “You About to Lose Yo Job” video and apparently she has more to celebrate than just a year of her video circulating. On Thursday, June 3, she told her Instagram followers in a video that Saturday,…
A Black former employee of a suburban Detroit Red Robin has filed a suit alleging she found a razor blade in her food after she complained to managers at the restaurant that her co-workers frequently used racial epithets in her presence. In the suit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court on June 3, 26-year-old Zenarra…
Luckett announced her new project on Instagram writing that her heart is ‘full of gratitude’ after working and praying ‘for an opportunity like this’ The cast of Fox’s Our Kind of People series continues to round out. Per Deadline, LeToya Luckett has officially joined the cast of the upcoming Fox drama. As theGrio has previously…
A Florida teen officially has broken a record set by Olympic champion Usain Bolt. Erriyon Knighton, who turned professional in January 2021 while still a junior at Tampa Hillsborough High School, broke the 34-year-old’s U18 200m record on Monday, 31, during the American Track League meet in Jacksonville, Florida. The 17-year-old sprinter clocked in at…
