“This was a story that had really been suppressed both in the local memory and certainly the national memory. But nobody who had witnessed it could ever have forgotten it,” says History and African American studies scholar Dr. David Blight The mention of Memorial Day easily conjures images of cookouts, military ceremonies, and gravesite visits,…
She also says she is “crossing her fingers” in hopes of rekindling her relationships with the other women of ‘The Real’ In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Tamar Braxton dished on repairing her relationship with her former coworker at The Real, Tamera Mowry, saying, “Time heals all wounds”. Read More: Tamar Braxton, Tamera Mowry…
Three Tacoma officers have been charged in the death of a Black man who died as a restraint was performed on him in March 2020, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on May 27. Christopher Burbank and Matthew Collins with were charged with second-degree murder and Timothy Rankine, with first-degree manslaughter in Pierce County Superior Court in the…
He’s rarely spotted in public, and hardly ever seen or heard doing any press, but Jay-Z made an exception when he appeared on HBO’s “The Shop.” The rap mogul opened up about his life and career, as well as took fans for a stroll down memory lane as he reflected on the impact of the late rapper DMX….
Missy Elliott also sent a special message to Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, thanking the music legends for creating the successful music platform Sunday night showcased Swizz Beatz and Timbaland‘s first Verzuz rematch, over a year after the first official music “battle” in March 2020. In this rematch, Swizz Beatz gifted Timbaland with an Aaliyah and…
A year ago Amber Goodwin only hoped her ancestors were proud as she pursued her law degree. Now, only days away from walking the stage at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, she is certain that proud may be an understatement. “Sorry not sorry in advance for all the law graduation photos y’all…
Germany has agreed to pay Namibia $1.3 billion as it formally recognizes the atrocities committed during the colonial-era genocide that claimed the lives of some 80,000 indigenous people more than a century ago in southwest African region. The announcement comes months after Namibia rejected Germany’s $11.7 million compensation offer for the mass killings “not acceptable”…
Tracee Ellis Ross proved to be a dancing queen on May 27 after the actress uploaded a throwback clip of herself gyrating in a hallway. Ross, accompanied by an unidentified camerawoman, is seen being cheered on by the unnamed person as the 48-year-old begins to twerk. In the clip, the camerawoman repeats the phrase “git it”…
Opinion: O.W. Gurley’s investments in Greenwood’s Black Wall Street is an economic model of community determination, economic power, and resilience When O.W. Gurley, a wealthy African American from Arkansas, moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and purchased over 40 acres of land, he committed to selling said land to Black people only. His investments would become an…
Source: Universal History Archive / Getty 100 years ago today, the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was destroyed in one of the most violent racial attacks in our nation’s history. The immediate cause of the violence was the arrest of 19-year-old Dick Rowland. The Black teen was accused of assaulting a white girl. Such assaults,…
