Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris for Marc Jacobs (Getty Images) One of the most formidable forces in fashion is also known for his forthcoming commentary—legendary editor André Leon Talley rarely minces words, whether giving incisive commentary on a runway look, or writing a bestselling (and bombshell) memoir, 2020’s The Chiffon Trenches. The …

“Active racism, exclusion, and environmental injustice have systematically destroyed or buried whole sections of Black history. Many of those who gripe about ‘erasing history’ of Confederate monuments and other symbols in the South have no idea how much history has already been erased.” A new chapter of The Atlantic’s “Inheritance” …

This May, come home to BET for a night of Black joy, wholesome entertainment, and MORE of the Tyler Perry shows we just can’t resist. New episodes of “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” season eight and “Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living” season two returns with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday, May 25, …

Over the weekend in Jacksonville, FL, an event touched on the civil rights movement that has been taking place since the police killing of an unarmed George Floyd last May. In the second year of the Black Lives Matter 5K, more people participated this year compared to last year’s inaugural …

Nothing like a prominent life in public service to help your other career as a romance novelist. At least that’s the case for Stacey Abrams. Berkley announced Tuesday that it had acquired rights to three out-of-print novels by Abrams that she had written nearly 20 years ago under the name …

People visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC on Martin Luther King Day on January 21, 2019. Photo: Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (Getty Images) In the latest edition of how racist AND anti-Semitic can one be, a North Carolina man has been charged with ethnic intimidation after defacing a …

Part two of The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 13 reunion on Sunday (May 2) and it appears that it might have mended a friendship that has had its fair share of ups and downs.  Castmates Kandi Burruss and Porsha Williams opened up about the current status of their friendship. …

I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg’s Black downtown. That afternoon, Mobile Street filled with thousands of people spending their Saturday in the sun, drinking sweet tea and …

Actress Laya DeLeon Hayes absolutely looks up to her TV mom, Queen Latifah, as her mentor on the CBS series The Equalizer. The 16-year-old who plays Delilah opposite Latifah’s character Robyn McCall spoke with People about the bond the pair have and the impact that it has had on her.  …

D-Black da Ghana Bwouy (born Desmond Kwesi Blackmore) is a Ghanaian rapper and entrepreneur who serves as the United Nations’ celebrity ambassador in Ghana. He shot onto the scene in 2008 with a groundbreaking collaborative effort with partner Kewku T, entitled Target Practice. Their singles “Move” and “Breathe” earned them a …