Tennessee State University could soon expect a payday of nearly a half-billion dollars for the recovery of land grant funds to which they were entitled A joint committee of the legislature of the state of Tennessee recently deliberated about a $544,000,000 sum owed to Tennessee State University, referencing unpaid land grant matches by the state…
Black journalists speak out on what it’s like covering the Derek Chauvin trials At the end of a stressful day, Sara Sidner seeks the friendly wag of a dog’s tail. Shaquille Brewster turns to sports on TV, and Julia Jenae talks things out with colleagues. Each is covering one of the nation’s biggest stories, the…
March survey finds about 24% of Black American adults are leaning towards not getting vaccinated against COVID-19, down from 41% in January Like others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine. The 57-year-old Black woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, feared that her high blood pressure and diabetes might heighten…
By now, fans of the highly successful Netflix romance series “Bridgerton” are aware and distraught that their beloved actor Regé-Jean Page will not be returning for season 2. Page, who starred in the role of Duke of Hastings Simon Bassett in the Shonda Rhimes production, had only signed on for a one-year deal. The Hollywood Reporter revealed…
Damning police testimony and public criticism against Chauvin is coming from the top of the Minneapolis Police Department Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from fellow officers that includes everything from shutting off body cameras to refusing to cooperate with investigators. But that’s not the case…
An Afro-Latino army officer accused two Virginia officers of violating his constitutional rights during a Dec. 20 traffic stop in a new lawsuit filed earlier this month. Captured footage shows the disturbing incident where Second Lieutenant Caron Nazario, a member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, was pepper sprayed and forcefully removed from his car…
Stacey Abrams speaks on sweeping Georgia law that tightens voting rules after Democrats carried the state in the 2020 elections Georgia is at the forefront of the partisan fight over voting rights and election law. The Associated Press sat down this week with Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor in 2018 and a leading…
The anticipated premiere of the anthology series “Them” from writer-producers Lena Waithe and Little Marvin has finally arrived. The 10-episode series boasts a bone-chilling storyline about a Black family escaping the rural South during the 1950s for a chance at a better life in Los Angeles, but instead what they encounter is racism, violence and super-natural…
Lawmakers and states have passed or begun implementing legislation calling for more Black history and inclusive instruction Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr….
Fans of the popular reality show the “Real Housewives of Potomac,” are used to seeing Gizelle Bryant‘s three daughters, 16-year-old Grace and the 15-year-old twins Adore and Angel Bryant — the three practically grew up in front of audiences. The reality star has been very vocal on the show about how close she is to her girls,…
