Source: Sean Rayford / Getty Andrew Brown Jr. marked the second high-profile police involved shooting following the death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on Tuesday. Brown, a 42-year-old father of 10, was shot on Wednesday morning in Elizabeth City, North Carolina as Pasquotank County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to serve a drug-related search and arrest warrant. According…
More than 200 million total COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the U.S. over the past few months. Rural communities across the country have been in that number, despite the limited number of vaccination sites. Mississippi native Pam Chatman saw this need for an increase in vaccinations around her community of Cleveland, Mississippi, and began…
She has served one and a half years of her 10-year sentence and will have her appeal heard by a panel of judges next week. Amber Guyger seeks to get her conviction overturned for the murder of Botham Jean. Read More: Texas law enforcement group gives Botham Jean’s brother award for hugging Amber Guyger According…
The hip-hop community is suffering another devastating loss. Just two weeks after the death of rapper and actor DMX, rapper Shock G of the group Digital Underground has died at 57. The artist’s dad reportedly found him in a Tampa hotel room. The cause of death has not been reported as of yet. On Thursday,…
A New York school district issued an apology on Monday, April 19, after a local police union accused the district of sending an “anti-police message” by reading aloud a book about police shootings to students. The book, “Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice,” was selected as the book of the…
A new documentary produced by Black Hollywood luminaries is coming soon to Apple TV+ Black excellence within the film industry has inspired us for over a century. Due to the pandemic of 2020, so many people spent their free time enjoying and appreciating television, movies, and the arts. Now more than ever, it seems like…
“We’re so excited to be able to announce that we, with the help of a surrogate, are expecting a baby girl in June,” Welker said NBC News’ Chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker and her husband John Hughes are expecting a daughter this June with the help of a surrogate. Walker and Hughes appeared on…
The rapper shared futuristic photos to her official Instagram to announce her step back Megan Thee Stallion is taking a well-deserved break. A few months before another “Hot Girl Summer,” the rapper took to social media to announce a hiatus to “prepare for what’s next.” Megan Thee Stallion is one of the busiest rappers today. From…
“I can tell you for me, I couldn’t survive 2020 without my edibles supply,” says co-host Shana Pinnock This week marked the celebration of 4/20, and we’d be remiss not to recognize the sticky-icky-est holiday on the Dear Culture podcast. Co-hosts Gerren Keith Gaynor and Shana Pinnock take a moment to discuss the cultural and…
Source: JEFF DEAN / Getty Ma’Khia Bryant‘s family seeks to remember her the way they’ve always seen her, as a bright, affectionate girl with lots of vivacity and promise. “I want the world to know that Ma’Khia Bryant was a very loving 16-year-old girl. She was my daughter, my baby. I loved her. She was…
