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Read More »Offset Surprises Cardi B With Red Roses On Valentine’s Day
Offset is spoiling his lady love Cardi B for Valentine’s Day! In a series of Instagram stories the “Up” rapper showed fans that her husband filled her home with a ton of red, pink and whites rose bouquets for the special holiday, People reports. “Wow, you did that for me?” …
Read More »Proud Boys Jeopardize Production Of Colin Kaepernick’s Netflix Series ‘Colin in Black & White’
Producers halted production on an upcoming Netflix series after sources disclosed that The Proud Boys were planning a protest at the shoot location. TMZ reported that Colin Kaepernick’s project, Colin in Black & White, was forced to add heightened security because the bigoted organization prepared an anti-Black Lives Matter protest. …
Read More »America's Oldest Juvenile Lifer Is a Black Man Who Was Released in Philadelphia After 68 Years in Prison
Photo: rawf8 (Shutterstock) It should surprise absolutely no one that America’s oldest and longest-serving juvenile offender is a Black man. Joe Ligon was 15 years old when he received a life sentence in Philadelphia for his involvement in a series of robberies and assaults that left two people dead—people he …
Read More »Meghan and Harry Are Expecting Their Second Child
Meghan Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, are expecting their second child together, the couple announced on Sunday (Feb. 14). Their spokesperson said, “We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.” The …
Read More »Issa Rae Reveals New HBO Max Comedy Series
Her Insecure HBO series may be ending, but that doesn’t mean HBO is losing that Issa Rae magic! The Emmy-winning HBO comedy series Insecure is ending after HBO had announced that the upcoming fifth season of the popular series, which stars Issa Rae, will also be the final one. But, …
Read More »Mic Drop: These 10 New Songs Are All Over the Map of Love
Kelly Rowland – Black MagicScreenshot: YouTube Now that we have officially entered the second half of Black History Month and made it past Valentine’s Day, it looks like some of our favorite Black musicians decided it was time to let the world know what type of love they’re feeling—and on …
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The Los Angeles Police Department announced on Saturday (Feb. 13) that it launched an internal investigation into a report that officers circulated a Valentine’s Day formatted photo of George Floyd with the caption “You take my breath away,” the Los Angeles Times reported. “Our investigation is to determine the accuracy …
Read More »Google Announces Initiative To Train 100,000 Black Women In Digital Skills By 2022
Google officially launched an initiative Friday to provide 100,000 Black women with career development and digital skills training by 2022. The Grow With Google partnership will team Google with six organizations including four National Panhellenic Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Phi Beta. The …
Read More »28 Days of Black Joy: Going Down South to 'Infinite' Cousins
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Like many a child of the Great Migration, all my extended family actually lived nowhere near me. My mother “escaped” Arkansas for Iowa right after graduating from Philander Smith College in Little Rock to become a school teacher, but Iowa was too cold, too white and too …
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