Lakers’ LeBron James pays Tribute to nba legend Jerry West, Whose Legacy Lives on as the NBA Logo, But His Story Also Includes a Troubled Past Tributes poured in on June 12 after news of Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West’s death surfaced. A cause of death was not immediately released. He was 86. West,…
Black Like Me, lobbycard, James Whitmore, 1964. | Source: LMPC / Getty A peculiar desire seems to still haunt some white people: “I wish I knew what it was like to be Black.” This wish is different from wanting to cosplay the coolness of Blackness – mimicking style, aping music and parroting vernacular. MORE: The…
America has watched the Obama daughters grow up right before its eyes, and now it’s time to come to terms with the fact that the youngest former first daughter is a grown woman. Barack and Michelle Obama fans recently were stunned to see a new shot of Sasha Obama, who celebrated her 23rd birthday earlier…
Source: OLIVIER DOULIERY / Getty Long before Supreme Court shucker and jiver Clarence Thomas voted to strike down the same affirmative action in college admissions that put him through law school and then later declared that the Brown v. Board of Education decision that desegregated schools was also wrong, he and his wife, Ginni, raised…
Authorities say a Pennsylvania barbershop owner murdered his upstairs neighbor who repeatedly called him a racial slur. Maurice Byrd, 41, was charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting 37-year-old Stephen Strassburg outside of a salon in a Philadelphia suburb. Investigators said Strassburg lived above Byrd’s shop, and the two men had been clashing for years….
Source: Pool BOUVET/DE KEERLE / Getty In 1964, at his trial for high treason against South Africa’s aparthied’s regime, the leader would speak from the dock, telling the court, that, “I have done whatever I did, both as an individual and as a leader of my people, because of my experience in South Africa and…
The recent “microwave mistake” that may have led to the death of a 67-year-old woman should serve as a cautionary tale. Just about any oven or appliance that cooks food can catch fire, but when a microwave crackles or smokes, it brings new levels of fear — but not all sparks lead to such extreme…
Source: AaronAmat / Getty A groundbreaking podcast, Untold Stories: Black and Missing, spearheaded by the visionary duo Derrica Wilson and Natalie Wilson of BAMFI Enterprises, sheds light on the overlooked narratives of Black missing individuals. Launched in 2023, the true-crime series aims to fill the gaps in media coverage and law enforcement support for cases…
Kevin Hart can have all the fun he wants on Twitch because his wife is living her best life in bathing suits and basking in the sun. According to Eniko Hart, she is in her “unbothered era.” The 39-year-old has stolen some of the spotlight from her famous husband after uploading a series of carousels…
Cincinnati police claimed they arrested Eddie Lee for obstructing as he filmed them shocking, pepper spraying, and arresting another Black man last week in a video that has since gone viral. But Lee’s video shows it was the cops obstructing his First Amendment right to document police activity when one of the cops stood in…
