Black faculty at the University of North Carolina are past a state of weariness as many seek an exit path amid ongoing racial tensions, a campus advocacy group claims. Since Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones was denied tenure at Chapel Hill as she accepted a five-year contract for a professorship that usually comes with tenure, the…
Daniel Armani’s mother was having an epileptic seizure A 7-year-old Chicago boy has been honored and showered with gifts for helping save his mother by calling 911 and calmly providing information on her condition as she was suffering a seizure. Daniel Armani and his family got a tour Friday of the Engine 16 fire station…
Children, elderly people, the homeless and those with heart or kidney disease are most likely impacted by extreme temperatures As the summer heats up it’s the Black community that will be impacted the most. Arizona has reached record breaking temperatures this week and experts say the most vulnerable are at risk of death. Black people…
Democratic lawmakers have also called for the removal of a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state Capitol in Nashville Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s polarizing presence has hung over Memphis since he moved here in 1852 — his legacy cemented by a giant statue that loomed over all who passed his gravesite in a…
CURLS Founder and CEO Mahisha Dellinger has used her entrepreneurial journey as an avenue to inspire and empower others to launch their own ventures and she’s pushing her efforts forward through the creation of a new initiative. Dellinger is launching an academy designed to help Black women founders thrive in the realm of business. The…
The child was shot three times in the leg and was listed in stable condition at the hospital Police say a triple shooting killed two men and wounded a 3-year-old boy in west Philadelphia over the weekend. Police said the gunfire shortly before 2:30 p.m. Saturday hit two 23-year-old men multiple times. Both were taken…
The couple grew to fame after appearing on “Family or Fiance,” a reality show on OWN Legal action is being taken against a Texas couple who allegedly scammed Black people out of huge sums of money. Marlon Moore and his wife LaShonda of Prosper, Texas are being accused of running an illegal pyramid scheme. On…
Media mogul Tyler Perry and faith leader Bishop T.D. Jakes have been given the green light to proceed with the purchase of 131 acres at Atlanta’s Fort McPherson. Perry already owns more than 330 acres of the former Army base that houses his state-of-the-art Tyler Perry Studios. Proposals for Perry to purchase an additional 37.5 acres, and for…
More than 800 companies have publicly pledged to observe Juneteenth The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country. Hundreds of top…
Rhode Island has planned to install multiple markers A Rhode Island town that was a center of the transatlantic slave trade is commemorating Juneteenth by unveiling a new marker recognizing its role in slavery. Officials on Saturday were placing the first of two planned slavery markers in town at the Linden Place Museum, a mansion…
