Source: Jackson State University / Getty On Nov. 7, a federal indictment was unsealed in the Southern District of Mississippi, charging three prominent Jackson, Mississippi officials with multiple bribery charges. According to the DOJ, Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens II, 43; Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 41; and former President and current…
(L to R) Tyler Perry, Malcolm D. Lee, Regina King, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Steve McQueen, Natasha Rothwell, Kris Bowers; Cynthia Erivo, John David Washington, Wendell Pierce, Jharrel Jerome, Ryan Destiny, Michael Rainey Jr., Jay Pharoah (Photo courtesy of CCA) The Critics Choice Association’s 7th annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television Awards will air in January…
The seal on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen June 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording. WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this…
Pharrell Williams attends the “Piece by Piece” Closing Night Headline Gala during the 68th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on October 20, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI) Pharrell Williams discussed his “only job” — and why he was fired from McDonalds on three separate occasions….
The white man who was arrested after being filmed in a now-viral video telling a Black man there’s a “hanging tree” in his backyard told deputies why he made that incendiary and racist remark. That video was filmed at the Hot August Nights classic car festival in Virginia City, Nevada, by Rick Johnson. Johnson was…
Source: Rob Carr / Getty After a few days of mixed emotions following the presidential election results, Mayor Brandon Scott is standing up for black women across the nation. While many are still coping with Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump, Mayor Scott shared an uplifting video on Instagram speaking directly to black…
Some have pinned the blame for Donald Trump’s victory on racial groups — support from Black men and Latinos rose significantly from 2020, while white women tilted slightly towards the Republican nominee. Others pointed out the educational divide: college graduates favored Kamala Harris. But MSNBC host Joy Reid pointed the finger at one generation in…
It looks like the wedding may still be on for Snoop Dogg’s daughter Cori Broadus and her fiancé Wayne Duece. Nearly three months after speculation the two had called it quits, Cori and Wayne are coming out with a three part docuseries on E! that will showcase the ups and downs they have endured during…
Both Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have been publicly trying to keep it cute between them since they’ve decided to call their marriage quits. The Bronx bombshell recently responded to the kind words her soon-to-be ex-husband had to say about her performance in their upcoming film “Unstoppable” which stars Lopez, while Affleck works from behind…
Source: STEPHEN ZENNER / Getty On December 22, 2020, 47-year-old Andre Hill was shot to death by a Columbus, Ohio, police officer who walked into a home garage Hill was standing in and, within seconds, killed him while he was trying to comply with the officer’s orders. Hill was armed with nothing but a cell…
