Gospel singer Le’Andria Johnson was recently spotted at a karaoke bar when someone prompted her to sing the beginning of one of R. Kelly’s smash hits. The 20 second clip captures the “Sunday Best” winner with a mic in her face and someone on the side of her feeding her the lyrics. In the background,…
Senior Airman Roger Fortson. | Source: U.S. Air Force Details are scarce in the fatal police shooting of a young, Black officer in the U.S. Air Force at his Florida home. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, was killed in his apartment under circumstances that were not immediately clear after a deputy with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s…
While hundreds of students have taken over college campuses in protest over the Israel-Hamas conflict, racism has still found its way to rear its ugly head. A demonstration over the treatment of Palestinian citizens on May 2 at the University of Mississippi evolved from a protest with 30 students demanding a cease-fire in Gaza into…
Source: Allegheny County Jail / Allegheny County Jail The Black man who pulled a gun on a pastor during church service on Sunday has been charged with homicide after police found the body of his cousin shot to death in his home. According to 6 ABC, Bernard Junior Polite was arrested on Sunday after trying…
Photographs have surfaced showing comedian Katt Williams at the same event with a few of the comedians he has dragged over the last few months. At the Netflix Is a Joke Festival Weekend’s brunch, where Black comics like Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Tiffany Haddish and more gathered around and in celebration of veteran comedian Sindbad…
Whoopi Goldberg is one of the most recognized and celebrated Americans in the world. A multi-millionaire movie star, a Broadway legend, comedian, producer and talk show host, Goldberg seems to have her life all together. Despite her success, Whoopi’s life hasn’t always been perfect. In her new memoir, “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother,…
Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty On Thursday, Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, will be honored with the highest accolade — the Champion Award — for his effort to combat the tobacco industry’s predatory marketing tactics targeting Black Americans and children. Created by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids — a nonprofit organization…
A 24-year-old white South Carolina man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being found guilty of murder in the ambush-style shooting of his Black ex-girlfriend in 2021. Justin Cole Carroll was sent away by Judge Robert Bonds after a Colleton County jury convicted him for killing Donasia Alexus Holloway more than three years…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed a controversial bill into law that critics say would make it “more difficult” for voters to cast ballots, including and especially for the upcoming presidential election in November. The passage of Senate Bill (SB) 189 means in part that people without a permanent…
Pastor Keion Henderson has a word for people who were outraged that he told a woman to “hush” during worship. The Lighthouse Church founder has been at the center of viral debate after a video surfaced of him snapping his finger and declaring a parishioner to be quiet amid her ongoing wails. “Shh, hey, stop…
