Screenshot: Ben Crump (Twitter One of the most interesting and fortunate things about the case of Jacob Blake is that, unlike most high-profile victims of police violence who have become the subject of protests and civil unrest, Blake is alive not only to tell his side of the story but …
Read More »Chadwick Boseman’s Wife And Co-Stars Gather For Memorial
Family and friends of Chadwick Boseman held a private memorial service for the late Black Panther star to console each other and to say their final goodbyes. The Sun published photos of the gathering in Malibu, California. In addition to Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, several of his co stars, …
Read More »Colorado School Suspends and Calls Resource Officers on Black 12-Year-Old Over Toy Gun Seen During Virtual Class
Photo: John Moore (Getty Images) Oh, how America loves to criminalize Black children. That’s it. That’s the lede. On August 27, 12-year-old Isaiah Elliott was attending his virtual art class as a seventh-grader at Grand Mountain School in Colorado Springs, Co. Isaiah’s mother, Dani Elliott, told BuzzFeed News in a …
Read More »Michelle Obama on dating: ‘You can’t Tinder your way into a long-term relationship’
Michelle Obama offered relationship advice to her audience during a recent episode of her candid podcast. “Barack [Obama] knows the story. When we were engaged, I got mad at him about something and I took my engagement ring off, and I said, forget this, who needs this, and I threw …
Read More »The Uncanny Tale of Shimmel Zohar
I. So I first heard about Shimmel Zohar from Gravity Goldberg—yeah, I know, but she insists it’s her real name (explaining that her father was a physicist)—who is the director of public programs and visitor experience at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in San Francisco. She was calling to tell me …
Read More »Rihanna ‘Fine’ After Electric Scooter Accident
Rihanna, 32, is recovering after an electric scooter accident on Friday (Sept. 4), according to a rep for the music and beauty mogul. The Fenty Beauty founder is “completely fine now but flipped over an electric scooter last week and bruised her face and forehead,” her rep said in a …
Read More »Bond Denied For Georgia Trooper Who Killed Black Motorist
The former Georgia State Patrol trooper who fatally shot a 60-year-old Black man in the head won’t be getting out of jail anytime soon. On Friday (Sept. 3), Screven County Judge F. Gates Peed denied bond for Jacob Gordon Thompson. On Aug. 7, Thompson said he attempted to pull over …
Read More »Kanye Loans $6M To Presidential Bid
Kanye West is sparing little expense in his last-minute presidential bid. ‘Ye has loaned his campaign nearly $6.8 million between July 15 and Aug. 31, according to a recent report by the Federal Election Commission. The campaign spent about $5.86 million, distributing payments to consulting and law firms. The FEC …
Read More »Black-Owned Line of Bulletproof Vests For Adults and Children Sees 400% Increase in Sales
0 image: BlackBusiness.com Thyk Skynn, a Black-owned line of fashionable bulletproof vests for men, women, and children, has seen a nearly 400 percent increase in sales over the past few weeks as Americans continue to grow concerned about their protection from police shootings and other random acts of violence. Mike …
Read More »Chadwick Boseman Will Be Laid To Rest In South Carolina
To celebrate the life and legacy of actor Chadwick Boseman, 43, private arrangements are being made in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, where the Black Panther star will be laid to rest after losing a four-year battle to colon cancer on August 28. Marcus D. Brown Funeral Home will …
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