Sculptures representing charred chimneys rising from the smoldering rubble of burned-out buildings make up the Centennial memorial of the 1908 Race Riot entitled, “Acts of Intolerance” by Preston Jackson, shown in March 2023 in Springfield, Illinois. (Photo: John O’Connor/AP, file) The ceremony will be held Friday in the Oval Office and feature civil rights activists…

Beyoncé accepts the Innovator Award onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 1 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Queen Bey has been nominated for the People’s Artist of 2023, the Female Artist of 2023 and the Social Country Star of 2023. Beyoncé, Shaboozey and Kane Brown are…

A protester holds a poster of Ajike Owens and demands the arrest of a woman who killed her during a rally at the Marion County Courthouse in June 2023 in Ocala, Florida. (Photo: John Raoux/AP, file) The mother of the woman who was fatally shot told reporters that Susan Lorincz was not in fear for…

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory. | Source: BSIP / Getty Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has taken the unprecedented step of declaring the outbreak sweeping through African countries a continental public…

Brave + Kind Bookshop owner Bunnie Hilliard A Black-owned bookstore in metro Atlanta is intentional about promoting diversity in literature for kids and young adults. While some school systems are banning books and doing away with AP African-American History courses, Brave + Kind Bookshop owner Bunnie Hilliard is making sure Black children and young adults…

Tinashe poses for a portrait in New York on June 6 to promote her seventh studio album, “Quantum Baby.” (Photo: Gary Gerard Hamilton/AP) Tinashe’s eight-track project, clocking in just over a swift 22 minutes, features production from Nosaj Thing, Ricky Reed and sdtroy. NEW YORK (AP) — Tinashe refuses to retreat from the unknowns of…

Chris Tucker’s ex-friend continues to take shots at the actor in the media. “Boyz n the Hood” star Vonte Sweet had some choice words about Tucker’s past money troubles. Sweet has accused Tucker of betraying him after he helped him secure a movie role. “When people do scandalous s—t and use their positions to try…

Wally Amos is shown in his home office on June 12, 2007 in the Lanikai section of Kailua, Hawaii. Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, died at age 88 on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (Photo: Lucy…

Surveillance video caught the daring moment an 8-year-old girl thwarted an armed robbery at a Minnesota liquor store by beating a would-be robber with a baseball bat. The incident at the Big Discount Liquor store in Maplewood, Minnesota, caught the attention of local and national news outlets. The store’s manager, who identified himself to local…

Eli Harold #58, Colin Kaepernick #7 and Eric Reid #35 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest on the sideline, during the anthem, prior to the game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on Oct. 16, 2016, in Orchard Park, New York. | Source: Michael Zagaris / Getty Well, it looks like…