The Fairfax County School Board has reportedly voted to rename Fairfax, Virginia’s Robert E. Lee High School to honor the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. According to an announcement on Thursday (July 23), the change will go into effect for the 2020-21 school year. Board members in the …
Read More »Ciara and Russell Wilson Welcome Their New Baby Boy, Win Harrison
Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) Singer and performer Ciara, who has been rocking her pregnancy with signature gorgeousness despite going through it in a pandemic, has given birth to her third child. Ciara and her NFL quarterback husband Russell Wilson announced the good news on their social media channels on …
Read More »David Adefeso Talks Tamar Braxton's Hospitalization
After reportedly being found unresponsive in Los Angeles, singer Tamar Braxton was hospitalized on July 16 for unspecified reasons. The hospitalization comes just weeks before the premiere of the popular reality star’s new WE tv show “Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life!” In a new teaser for the show, Tamar spoke …
Read More »The Funkadelic Album That Predicted the Future
Read: What happened when the Sex Pistols threw a Christmas party An aspect of that knowledge, of course, was Blackness: being Black—flamboyantly, psychedelically Black—in an America that, through the madly flexing prism of the ’60s, was only beginning to experience itself. The white rebel rock bands, as outré as they …
Read More »Billy Porter Releases Powerful Voting PSA
Billy Porter has been outspoken about the dangerous occupant in the White House and now he’s now partnering with HRC (Human Rights Commission) to push the importance of voting on November 3. The powerful PSA includes images of police violence, uprisings and even some Karens gone wile. The video is …
Read More »Sam Coonrod Refuses To Kneel For BLM
On July 23, the Major League Baseball season opener started with an incredible moment, when players, managers and coaches on the Giants and Dodgers teams kneeled together in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement before the national anthem. However, one player refused to take a knee. San Francisco Giants …
Read More »Marlon Wayans' Touching Tribute To His Mother Who Died
Marlon Wayans is paying tribute to his late mother Elvira on what would have been her 82nd birthday (July 23). The comedian, who shares his birthday with his mom, took to his Instagram account to post two emotional homages to her. “Losing you shattered me into 1000 pieces I’m putting …
Read More »Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade Announce Support Fund For Black Community
Share0 Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James speak on stage at the ESPY Awards On the heels of the protests over racial injustice and police brutality, many public figures and corporations have been pressured by the general public to speak out and use their platforms to advance …
Read More »Ciara Gives Birth To Baby Boy With Russell Wilson
The Wilsons have expanded by one! Ciara and Russell Wilson announced that they have welcomed their second child, a baby boy, on Thursday (July 23) with a video from the delivery room posted to Instagram. In the clip, Ciara is seen singing “Happy Birthday” to the newborn. RELATED: Pregnant Ciara …
Read More »GOP Sen. Tom Cotton Wants to Ban the 1619 Project From Being Taught in Schools
Photo: Andrew Harnik-Pool (Getty Images) Y’all, I’m pretty sure Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is a white supremacist. For legal purposes, I’m not outright saying he is. All I’m suggesting is that the dude who wrote a whole op-ed calling for military intervention to stomp out protests against systemic racism, compared …
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