Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes and his wife and Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Malik Jackson have offered to pay for the funeral of a Fort Worth, Texas, woman who was killed in her home by a police officer last week.
Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was taking care of her 8-year-old nephew Saturday when a police officer making a wellness check fired through the window of her home and killed her. The officer was responding to a call about an open door at the residence.
“My wife and I wan
As the NFL celebrates its centennial season, a rising vanguard of African American quarterbacks is shattering stereotypes at a position once considered off-limits to black players
From his seat at M&T Bank Stadium during last weekend’s NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals, Cyrus Mehri knew he was witnessing something special.
In a matchup of the youngest African American starting quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era, 22-year-old Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, the top
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Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis is adding another achievement to her already impeccable resume: L’Oréal Paris spokesperson.
On Tuesday (September 10), it was announced that the 54-year-old How to Get Away With Murder star will be the face of the company’s L’Oréal Paris’ Age Perfect line.
In an interview with PEOPLE, Viola admitted that this all feels “surreal,” especially since she has never felt linked to the concepts of “beauty and femininity.”
“It fe
Best known for his work in Moonlight, David Makes Man is Tarell Alvin McCraney’s debut in television. He serves as series creator and is alongside an impressive team of executive producers that include Oprah Winfrey and Michael B. Jordan. This is the first of a series of projects that Jordan has launched under his Out
The trailer for the much-anticipated Harriet Tubman biopic has finally arrived.
Focus Features released the trailer for “Harriet,” which stars Cynthia Erivo in the title role, on Tuesday morning. “Eve’s Bayou” director Kasi Lemmons leads the film that tells the incredible true story of how Tubman escaped slavery in 1849 and later helped free hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad. Janelle Monáe and Leslie Odom Jr. also star in the film.
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Ava DuVernay’s series “When They See Us,” which told the stories of five black and Latino men who were wrongly convicted of a brutal crime as teenagers, earned the most Emmy nominations for Netflix this year, The Hollywood Reporter reported.
The limited series scored 16 noms on Tuesday, which topped the list for the streaming service platform, which saw a total of
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The Miss Black America pageant is not to be regarded as a black Miss America pageant.
Since its founding in 1968, the organization has forged its own path – with its own syndicated television network – to proudly celebrate the beauty, talent and intelligence of black women, long excluded from mainstream pageants
The Miss Black America pageant is not to be regarded as a black Miss America pageant.
Since its founding in 1968, the organization has forged its own path – with its own syndicated television network – to proudly celebrate the beauty, talent and intelligence of black women, long excluded from mainstream pageants
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The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth apologized this week after a photo showing white faculty posing as rappers sparked backlash on social media.
Five seminary professors, including the dean of the School of Preaching, put on bandannas, hoodies and gold chains and used their hands to flash signs for the camera. One held what appeared to be a handgun close to his chest. Written above them graffiti-style are the words “Notorious S.O.P” — a reference to the
(Image: Wikimedia)Diversity is profitable, but when will Hollywood get the picture?
Jordan Peele’s Get Out will make you cringe, scream, and feel incredibly uncomfortable—and apparently, people can’t get enough of it.
Since it’s release on February 24, the socially conscious horror flick has raked in over $117 million, as of March 15. This makes Peele the first African American writer and director to earn over $100 million at the box office with a debut feature film. To top it
Colleges across the U.S. continue to be plagued with fliers promoting racism.
On Monday, multiple fliers posted by members of Vanguard America ― a white supremacy group ― were found on the University of Maryland Campus.
“A notice to all white Americans,” one flier read. “It is your civic duty to report any and all illegal aliens. …They are criminals. America is a white nation.”
“Carry the torch of your people,” another said. It was the third time in three months that fliers were found on the c
Mike Ilitch paid for Rosa Parks' housing for more than a decade
Mike Ilitch was known for the charitable work he did throughout the city of Detroit, but some people may not know how he helped a civil rights leader.
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For over ten years, the Detroit businessman paid the rent of civil righ
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The notion that ancient African education was oral and not written is only a myth. In his book, “Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora,” Dr. Michael Gomez, an author and professor of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University, declares that, from 300 B.C. to A.D. 350, the Meroë civilization had developed a writing system of its own.
The month of February is over and those within the United States have officially stopped celebrating Black History Month. Even though Black History Month is over for many people, the truth of the matter is that people of color are always making historical strides. Let’s face it – we are living in a world that refuses to honor and celebrate those who break the glass ceiling.
Because March is designated as Women’s History Month, it’s important to celebrate Stephanie Johnson, Delta Airlines First
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By: Martin M.
At first glance on such a topic, one would wonder, can black youth really suffer from something as common as an identity crisis?
The answer is not as clear as most people may think or expect. See, the average African American can relate to the many past years of s
By: James Swift, Jr.
While you’ve probably read a lot of modern Arkansas news here, this day in Black history in 1859, Arkansas enacted a law that called for the exile and ban of free Black and mixed people from living within the state. The bill passed on February 12 and needed for Conway—who was all too happy to be rid of Black people in Arkansas—to sign off on it.
The main conditions of the bill gave free Black people until January 1, 1860, to leave Arkansas or they would be sold into slave
By Victor Ochieng
February is Black History Month, a month set aside in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom for the celebration of events and important people in the African American history.
Because it’s Black History Month, a teacher in a Baton Rouge Catholic School saw fit to ask students to write an essay about the month. It’s a topic that could’ve been quite interesting to write about, especially for someone with a little knowledge of history. One of the students wrote an
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When the 81-year-old woman died in a Maryland suburb just outside the nation’s capital 17 years ago, she was living alone. Neither her few acquaintances nor her neighbors had any idea whether she had any family. But to ensure Hoover received a proper burial, a few good folks managed to piece together an incomplete portrait of a life they barely knew.
Now, all these years later, the blockbuster
