Events are taking place from Atlanta to California to honor John Lewis’ legacy Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of civil rights icon and longtime Congressman John Lewis. People and organizations across the country are paying tribute to and taking action in the name of Lewis. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that several candlelit…
Tennis star Naomi Osaka has always been vocal about her pride for both her Haitian and Japanese heritages, and she’s lived in the United States since she was three, so when it came time to pick a country to represent in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, fans might have assumed any of those nations was fair…
Subpoena seeks info from head coach Urban Meyer and general manager Trent Baalke about the Jacksonville Jaguars’ move to hire and fire Chris Doyle The Jacksonville Jaguars said Wednesday that coach Urban Meyer and general manager Trent Baalke were subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit filed by lawyers for Black players suing former Iowa strength…
The person is identified simply as a “games-concerned personnel” The first resident of the Olympic Village has tested positive for COVID-19, Tokyo Olympic organizers said on Saturday. Officials said it was not an athlete with the Games opening in just under a week on July 23. Tokyo officials including Seiko Hashimoto, the president of the…
“State law currently prevents us from changing those names, and we will follow the law,” interim university president Harris Pastides says The University of South Carolina president has indicated he does not plan to ask the Legislature for permission to change the names of nearly a dozen campus buildings that a special committee says honors…
Gloria Richardson was the first woman to lead a prolonged grassroots civil rights movement outside the Deep South Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was captured in a photograph as she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman, has died….
Source: Bill Clark / Getty In the one year since the voting rights icon John Lewis died on July 17, 2020, the efforts to undermine Americans’ ability to cast ballots in fair and equal elections have been nothing short of dizzying. From the wave of Republican-led restrictive election laws cropping up across the country to…
It looks like T-Pain is not the only celebrity that believes aspiring rap artists are sounding too similar to the established artists. On July 14, Dr. Dre reposted a viral video of T-Pain emotionally ranting about wannabe rappers sending him music to check out in hopes of getting reposted, discovered, etc. What sparked the rant,…
The rapper/DJ had reportedly been in failing health due to diabetes since April 2020. Biz Markie, the jovial rapper, DJ and beatboxer dubbed as the “Clown Prince of Hip-Hop,” has died at age 57. A family source confirmed the news to TMZ. Biz had been hospitalized due to complications of diabetes since July 2020, as…
A former St. Louis police officer was sentenced to 52 months in prison Tuesday, nearly four years after he beat a Black fellow officer who was working undercover at a protest in 2017. Randy Hays, 34, faced up to 10 years in prison for taking part in the beating of Detective Luther Hall but will serve…
