If you ask filmmaker Arielle Knight if she thinks the power of film is real, don’t be surprised if she pulls Exhibit A out of her bag of tips. Knight says that thanks to the film Black Panther, we now have a collective image of reference. “When we talk about …

Late rapper Tupac Shakur would have celebrated his 50th birthday on Wednesday (June 16) and Kaavia James, daughter of Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, received a special gift that commemorates him. On Saturday (June 12) the L.A.’s Finest actress shared a video on Kaavia’s Instagram page showing the 2-year-old reacting …

A Black 7-year-old boy from South Carolina who was an honor student, was mauled to death by a pack of dogs. Shamar Jackson was killed on Sunday after he and his brother were walking through their neighborhood looking for their pet chihuahua, Marion, according to The State. Related stories: THIS BRAND …

Photo: Nanthaphiphat watto (Shutterstock) On Monday, a cashier working at a Decatur, Ga., supermarket was shot dead by a customer who she had asked to wear his face mask properly while he was in the store. On Tuesday, DeKalb County police identified that cashier as 41-year-old Laquitta Willis. ABC News …

On Wednesday, the Executive Leadership Council announced a new initiative to grow and protect wealth in Black America. Dubbed Build, Grow, Protect!, the initiative includes a three-year $6M investment in sustainable strategies to close the racial wealth gap and a partnership with the Black and female-owned fintech platform, Goalsetter.  (Adobe …

President Joe Biden is preparing to add an historic number of Black women to the nation’s federal appeals courts.  USA Today reports there are currently just four Black women on the appeals bench, of more than 170 judgeships. However, that number will double to eight in Biden’s first few months …

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) announced that it will be one of the historically black colleges and universities which will prepare students for equity or alternative-credit investing careers, as a part of an extensive  $90 million joint initiative.   http:// “Investing in the future of our students at Clark Atlanta University …

Gina Torres attends National Geographic’s Los Angeles Premiere Of “Cosmos: Possible Worlds” on February 26, 2020 in Westwood, Calif.Photo: Joe Scarnici (Getty Images) This time last week, The Root’s Felice Léon was issuing a pointed reminder to the cast and crew of In the Heights that darker-skinned Latinx people not …

Ciara is celebrating her latest achievement after revealing that she has lost 39 lbs almost a year after giving birth to her third child, Win Wilson.   Heading to her Instagram, the award-winning singer shared that she hit her pre-baby weight goal with the help of WW (formerly known as Weight …

In the summer of 1893, an unusual volume appeared on the shelves of London booksellers. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia: Its Products and Potentialities, published by W. H. Allen and Company, was remarkable both for its price—the leather-bound volume would have cost a skilled tradesperson nearly two weeks’ pay—and …