Peter Buxtun is pictured in San Francisco in this undated photo. Bruxton, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, died on May 18, 2024, from Alzheimer’s disease in Rocklin, Calif. (Photo: Liz Hafalia/San Francisco…
2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024. | Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Amid the revelry, pomp and circumstance at the Republican National Convention‘s (RNC) opening night on Monday in Milwaukee, Donald Trump made his…
Former NFL player Terrell Davis delivers his speech during induction ceremonies at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August 2017 in Canton, Ohio. Davis said Monday that he was “humiliated” after being handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines flight, then later apologized to by law enforcement, over the weekend. Davis, who previously played…
A Black woman who was aggressively thrown out of a Los Angeles restaurant earlier this month posted a video of the altercation, leading to other Black women coming forward saying they have also had negative experiences at the restaurant. TeJuana Johnson posted the video on Instagram showing her sitting at a table looking into the…
If there’s one thing that the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention confirmed to America, it’s that supporters of Donald Trump come in all shapes, sizes and colors. And while the primary color of those aforementioned MAGA fanatics is not Black, there was still a relatively small handful of non-white Trump supporters who…
People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with placards bearing the image of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, for whom the most recent voting rights bill is named, during commemorations for the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Alabama. | Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Wednesday will mark the…
Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante Broadus celebrated their 27-year wedding anniversary last month, marking one of the longest hip-hop unions in the industry. But when a fan online showed some love to the West Coast couple it backfired, leaving many recalling their marriage hasn’t been as blissful as most hoped. Snoop Dogg and his…
U.S. Rep. of Michigan John James speaks during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. | Source: PATRICK T. FALLON / Getty Republican Michigan Congressman John James on Monday night took the stage at the RNC to make his case for why he…
Comedian Gary Owen took a moment to wish his youngest sons a happy first birthday but his heartfelt words were derailed when fans began calling him out over his strained relationship with his kids from his first marriage. In early 2023, rumors began swirling that the 49-year-old comedian was expecting twins following his messy divorce…
In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, former NFL athlete Herschel Walker addresses the virtual convention on August 24, 2020. | Source: Handout / Getty The full list of people tapped to deliver speeches at the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) has been released, and there are a number…
