A Freedman is acknowledged as a Seminole citizen with Black heritage Seminole citizens are being denied access to the COVID-19 vaccine because of their Black lineage. Victims of the discrimination spoke with BuzzFeed and said they are being denied health services simply because they are descendants of enslaved Black people. “It’s a terrible day to find…
A 1-year-old boy is still fighting for his young life after being shot in the head by a Houston police officer who was chasing a robbery suspect earlier this month. Daisha Smalls said at a news conference Tuesday that her infant son, Legend Smalls, remains in pediatric intensive care. Legend was shot during an officer…
Foxx partnered with Stand Up To Cancer for a powerful video In a new PSA, Jamie Foxx is partnering with Stand Up to Cancer and Exact Sciences to promote early colon cancer screenings, specifically for men and women over 45. In an exclusive video obtained by People Magazine, Foxx speaks to how treatable colon cancer…
Daisha Smalls said she has not received an apology from the department after her one-year-old son Legend was shot. A police officer in Houston shot a one-year-old in the head in pursuit of a suspect and now the mother speaks out about the incident. Read More: Kenneth Walker, Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, files federal lawsuit against Louisville…
Anita Baker has requested that her fans no longer stream or purchase her music. The legendary singer took to Twitter on March 9 to announce that she will request that the music copyrights revert back to her. However, Baker is prepared to have to fight executives for the deal, and in the meantime, does not…
Peachtree Providence Partners founding member Milton H. Jones Jr. has been elected to chair the support organization’s board of directors. You might want to have a seat for this one. The United Negro College Fund, which has long been one of the premier organizations aimed at providing financial support for Black students attending Black colleges,…
Tamar Braxton is turning 44 today and to celebrate she has posted two videos of her doing a photo shoot. In the first video, she is wearing a pink and black robe while wind blows in her hair. In the second, she is wearing black pants and a black blazer and no shirt or undergarments….
“Yesterday’s shootings are another tragic reminder that we have far more work to do to put in place commonsense gun safety laws and root out the pervasive patterns of hatred and violence in our society,” tweeted Obama Barack Obama is speaking out against the recent gun violence in Atlanta. On Tuesday, a man suspected of…
Laila Johnson was accepted into every single school for which she applied, winning $1.8 million in pledged monies for her psychology studies. A student from Lansdowne, Delaware County, located just outside of Philadelphia, has been accepted into 18 colleges and awarded nearly $2 million in college scholarships. Laila Johnson was accepted into every single school…
Source: adamkaz / Getty Black candidates are not waiting for an invitation to lead and are pushing back on the myth of electability. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s impressive finish in both the November general election and the January runoff showed the power of Black organizers and Black candidates alike. Despite raising less money than his white…
