Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Won’t Be Released Until Trump Leaves Office
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced Wednesday that the Harriet Tubman $20 bill will not be unveiled until 2028. It had been anticipated that the first... Read More...
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Cops Raid Black Woman’s Home, Charge Her With Playing Malcolm X Speeches Too Loud
Cops in Garner, North Carolina, raided the home Mikisa Thompson after a white neighbor called the cops to complain of noise and she was ultimately charged with ... Read More...
NYPD Officer Admits Lying to Justify Charges Against Eric Garner
A NYPD officer testified Tuesday that he exaggerated the charges against Eric Garner to justify his chokehold death nearly five years ago. The administrative... Read More...
Jason Mitchell Dropped By UTA, Authentic, ‘The Chi’ & ‘Desperados’ Over Misconduct Allegations
Jason Mitchell has been dropped by his agency, management company and let go from various projects in response to allegations of misconduct. The Hollywood Re... Read More...
Lori Lightfoot Sworn In As Mayor of Chicago
Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as the 56th mayor of Chicago, becoming the first Black and openly gay person to lead the city Monday. https://twitter.com/NBCNews... Read More...
Billionaire Robert Smith to Pay Off Student Loans of Morehouse College Students
Robert F. Smith, a billionaire investor, surprised graduating students at Morehouse College when he pledged to pay off their student loans Sunday. Smith was ... Read More...
‘Static Shock’: Nostalgia Goggles or Still Putting a Shock to Your System?
By Erin O'Gorman Rewatching a beloved childhood television program after almost 20 years can kind of feel like the early 2000s threw up on you, and I mean th... Read More...
ACLU, Texas Civil Rights Project Will Help Crystal Mason Appeal 5-Year Prison Sentence For Voting
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Texas Civil Rights Project announced Friday they will help represent Crystal Mason who was sentenced to five years in... Read More...
99-Year-Old WWII Veteran Elizabeth Barker Johnson Walks Across Stage to Accept Degree 70 Years Later
99-year-old WWII veteran Elizabeth Barker Johnson graduated Winston-Salem State University nearly 70 years ago but it was only recently that she was able to wal... Read More...
Central Park Five Speak Out Ahead of Ava DuVernay Directed ‘When They See Us’ Premiere
The Central Park Five reflected on their wrongful conviction of assaulting and raping a woman in New York’s Central Park ahead of the Netflix series “When They ... Read More...
Missy Elliott Receives Honorary Doctorate at Berklee College of Music
Missy Elliott received an honorary doctorate degree from the Berklee College of Music on Saturday. Other honorees included pop superstar Justin Timberlake a... Read More...
Rocka Jamez : Fashion X Dance X Culture
Brooklyn born and raised Street Dancer and Krumper, Rocka Jamez, represents Krump Culture by merging free form contemporary with the style. Achieving his vision... Read More...
Rihanna and LVMH Confirm Fashion Label ‘Fenty Maison’
Rihanna and LVMH announced their new luxury brand, Fenty Maison, Friday after months of speculation. Rihanna, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, is the muse for Fent... Read More...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Reveal First Pictures of #BabySussex Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, showed off their newborn son Wednesday. They also shared the name of their newborn son. "The... Read More...
