Source: The Washington Post / Getty Claudette Colvin, whose name is forever tied to the Montgomery Bus Boycott that began in December 1955, has died at the age of 86. A statement published on the Claudette Colvin Foundation website announced her passing. It is with profound sadness that the Claudette Colvin Foundation and family announce…
MONTGOMERY, AL – OCTOBER 26: Civil rights attorney Fred Gray, left, and Claudette Colvin, 82, listen during a press conference after Colvin petitioned for her juvenile record to be expunged at the Montgomery County Family Court on October 26, 2021, in Montgomery, Alabama. Colvin was arrested on March 2, 1955 at the age of 15…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was outraged Monday after learning that a city council staff member had been detained by federal immigration officers earlier that day. “I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a…
Tessa Thompson in Netflix’s “His & Hers.” (Photo credit: Netflix YouTube) Everyone is talking about the number one show on Netflix, “His & Hers” starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal. Quietly, Netflix dropped a six-episode limited series last Thursday, and in the middle of Golden Globes week, surrounded by grim headlines, it somehow became the…
A viral video showed how things turned extremely ugly when a Black woman double-parked in a McDonald’s parking lot for what she said was “15 to 30 seconds.” On a recent January morning in Napa, in Northern California’s wine country, a young woman who goes by “nyy2raaw” on social media says an older white woman…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 05: John Forté attends Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation World Premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for NBC Universal) According to the Martha’s Vineyard Times, Forté was discovered unresponsive on his kitchen floor by a neighbor…
SEATTLE, WA – JANUARY 29: Habiba Omar, center, and immigrant from Somalia holds a sign during a demonstration on January 29, 2017 in Seattle, Washington, protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from certain countries. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) slammed the Trump administration’s decision to terminate…
Vice President JD Vance shows up and shows out when it comes to his support of President Donald Trump. While there to pick up the president’s slack or lack thereof, this time Vance completely dropped the ball. Adding to one of the White House’s many photo series, the duo can be seen in a room…
(L-R) Tisha Campbell Martin Lawrence, and Tichina Arnold speak onstage during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) “We were keeping it real,” Martin Lawrence says in response to colorism critiques related to his jokes towards Tichina Arnold on “Martin.” Martin…
Kid Cudi speaks onstage at the Shorts: “NEVERLAND” during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 07, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival) After releasing a new album and a memoir, Kid Cudi is continuing to build momentum across multiple creative lanes. Kid Cudi is flexing…
