UPDATED: 6:45 a.m. ET, Jan. 5, 2020 — Tuesday marks the annual George Washington Carver Day, celebrating the famed Black inventor’s unrivaled legacy of agricultural technological advances. The yearly observance also drew attention to the rich history of other brilliant African American inventors who have been contributing to the fields of science, mechanics, business, recreation and…
Tia Mowry is revealing just where her daughter Cairo gets her attitude from. On Sunday, Jan. 3, Mowry uploaded an Instagram photo with her and her mini-me dressed up in their New Year’s outfits. In the picture, Mowry is barefoot and smiling big while her 2-year-old gives half a smile. “#cairo is definitely her #fathers…
Masika Kalysha exuded self-confidence on Jan. 3 when she posted a twerking video of herself at a hookah bar while wearing a white cut-out dress. The model, who was singing along to Lil Durk’s “Homebody” featuring Gunna & TK Kravitz, enjoyed herself as she shouted indecipherably before saying at one point, “Godd-mn I’m fine ……
‘I’m asking you to give everything you’ve got for one more day.’ President-elect Joe Biden on Monday made his final pitch to voters in Georgia ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine which party controls of the Senate. Speaking at a drive-in rally in downtown Atlanta, Biden addressed Georgia Democrats and what…
Most Americans who received a stimulus check last spring will get the $600 payment The IRS began issuing a second round of stimulus checks last week, and most qualifying Americans are expected to receive payments via direct deposit and paper check by January 15. You can now check the status of your payment by using…
Alexis Skyy is starting her baby girl’s birthday off right, and that is with a good old-fashioned “Happy Birthday” song. On Monday, Jan. 4, Skyy uploaded two short videos to wish her daughter a Happy Birthday. The first video shows the mother of one singing the traditional birthday tune while her daughter, Alaiya Grace Maxwell,…
The veteran Hollywood star had been hospitalized in Los Angeles after collapsing in her home on Christmas Eve. Actress Tanya Roberts, best known as the Bond girl in A View to a Kill, is alive, despite her rep previously announcing her death. On Monday, Roberts rep, Mike Pingel, explained that the husband of the…
Enrique Tarrio, the racist, emboldened leader of the white supremacist group the Proud Boys was arrested in Washington D.C. on Monday and will finally account for the vandalization of a prominent Black churches in D.C. during a Proud Boys rally on Dec. 12. Tarrio’s arrest was confirmed by The New York Times and The Washington…
Regina King’s feature film directorial debut chronicles a historic night with Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke Amazon Prime Video just dropped a new trailer for One Night in Miami… and in it, we catch a glimpse of the incredible movie that debuts on the streamer on Jan. 15. Regina King‘s feature…
The alt-right group is facing legal action for its role in a church theft in Washington, DC The Proud Boys have a lawsuit on their hands. The male-only, far-right organization is being sued for damaging a Black Lives Matter sign at the historically Black Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Washington, D.C. The suit also…
