Actress Shalita Grant took to Twitter to post a video of a white man seemingly pleasuring himself on a United Airlines flight. In addition to being completely grossed out by the act, Grant was taken aback when the plane’s captain reportedly opted out of taking action against the culprit, Travel …
Read More »With a Focus on Gender Equality and Inclusion, the Sussexes Partner With Procter & Gamble to Create 'More Compassionate Communities'
Photo: Paul Edwards – WPA Pool (Getty Images) At this point, is there a major partnership the Duke and Duchess of Sussex haven’t inked since relocating to America? In the past year, we’ve counted Netflix, Spotify, Apple TV+ and Oprah, a major speakers’ bureau and more among their lucrative deals…not …
Read More »Black Twitter Defends Phylicia Rashad After Mother’s Day
America’s TV mom was said to have enabled Bill Cosby. Source link
Read More »Howard University Names Phylicia Rashad As Dean of College of Fine Arts
Howard University alum and renowned actress Phylicia Rashad is spreading her wings in education as the newly appointed dean of the school’s reestablished College of Fine Arts. The school announced Rashad’s new position at her alma mater on Wednesday following a nationwide search for the right candidate. The For Colored …
Read More »Once Homeless, 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi Is Now America's Newest Chess Master
Photo: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images) In 2019, Nigerian refugee Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi rose to national prominence after New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof shared the story of Adewumi’s ascent from homeless youth to winning the New York State K-3 Championship at only eight years old. And now years removed from …
Read More »Larry Legaspi’s Outlandish Glam Legacy
Although Legaspi remains overdue for a widespread revival, Owens did write a book about his underappreciated hero. The gorgeous, lushly illustrated, coffee-table hardcover, titled Legaspi: Larry Legaspi, the ’70s, and the Future of Fashion, was published in 2019, and it’s the closest thing to a biography of the designer that …
Read More »2 Boys Pulled From Class For Wearing BLM T-Shirts
Two elementary schools in Oklahoma are claiming that “Black Lives Matter” is a political statement, and therefore, against their dress code. The New York Times reports that two Black boys were removed from their classrooms at Charles Elementary and Will Rogers Elementary in Ardmore, Okla., after being sent to school …
Read More »Colin Kaepernick to Release Book On Police and Prison Abolition in October
He may not be able to play the sport that helped him gain the important voice he is using now, but, the runaway train known as Colin Kaepernick is not slowing down any time soon! In an announcement made on social media, Kaepernick has expressed to the world that his …
Read More »Need a Ride? Biden Administration Partners With Uber and Lyft to Give Free Rides to Vaccination Sites
Photo: Jeramey Lende (Shutterstock) Now that vaccines are becoming more widely available, we have a genuine shot at being able to move into a new normal sooner rather than later. For some though, simply getting to a vaccination site can be an obstacle unto itself. To help combat that problem, …
Read More »The Fight to Preserve Greenwood
When Brenda Nails-Alford received the letter informing her that her ancestors were survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, she had to reread it five times. The massacre was a two-day onslaught of racial violence that is believed to have killed hundreds of people and laid waste to the prosperous …
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