In 1790, in A Vindication of the Rights of Men, she attacked the aristocracy, associating herself with the ideas behind the French Revolution, an event that terrified the English establishment. Throughout her adult life, she was a controversial figure, but in the year following her death at the age of …
Read More »Virginia Teacher Fired For George Floyd Question
A Virginia chemistry teacher has been “relieved” of their duties after asking students to describe how George Floyd was killed. According to The Washington Post, an unidentified chemistry teacher included a question in an assignment that read, “George Floyd couldn’t breathe because a police officer put his ____ George’s neck.” …
Read More »Citi Foundation Donates $15 Million To CDFIs ‘On The Frontlines’ Helping Black Businesses
Providing funding that could benefit Black businesses, the Citi Foundation is donating $15 million to 30 community development financial institutions (CDFIs). The $500,000 each CDFI collects can be used to help small businesses owned by people of color. CDFIs often are financial institutions that provide small businesses lending and other …
Read More »Black Man Who Spent 25 Years Incarcerated for a Murder He Didn’t Commit Has Been Exonerated
Photo: Gts (Shutterstock) A Black man from Queens has been released from prison after being incarcerated for 25 years for a crime he didn’t commit. According to ABC 7, Jaythan Kendrick was exonerated on Thursday and released from incarceration. Kendrick, who is now 62, maintained his innocence from the start, …
Read More »98 Million TikTok Followers Can’t Be Wrong
Photographs by Michael Schmelling Collab day at Clubhouse Beverly Hills was scheduled to start at 2 p.m., but that time came and went and the mansion was still as sleepy as a college dorm on Saturday morning. In one of the house’s four living rooms, an enormous oil painting of …
Read More »Will Smith & Janet Hubert On Her Exit From The Fresh Prince
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Read More »HBCU Grads That Were Paramount In Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Being Elected
Black Americans have contributed more to president-elect Joe Biden‘s campaign than any other president in U.S. History. More Black Americans organized, marched, registered, and voted for Biden than in any other presidential election. However, a select few were directly involved in Biden’s winning campaign, and they all have one thing …
Read More »Trailer Roundup: Lovers Rock and So Does Batwoman
Lovers Rock (2020); Batwoman, Season 2 (2020)Screenshot: Amazon Prime Video/YouTube, The CW/YouTube I hope you’re having a better week than Rudy Giuliani, who seems to be slowly turning into Venom, but if you’re not…I have some trailers to tickle your fancy! Let’s get to it… Princess of the Row (Digital …
Read More »Trump Is Getting More Desperate—And More Dangerous
Zeynep Tufekci: American’s next authoritarian will be more competent In another case, Trump lawyers argued that the Michigan results are invalid because the number of votes cast exceeds the number of voters in the precinct. But as the Trump-friendly Powerline notes, the lawyers appear to have confused Michigan and Minnesota …
Read More »Soul Train Awards ‘20: The Best R&B/Soul Female Nominees
Watch the Soul Train Awards on BET on Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. EST. Source link
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