Red Table Talk is always at the forefront of conversations amongst Black women, and goes deeper than what’s in the headlines. In the Juneteenth episode of the popular Facebook Watch series, hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, her mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones and daughter Willow Smith, the dynamic women are joined by …
Read More »One of the Highest-Ranking Black Women in the Trump Administration Resigns Over Trump’s Response to Racial Injustice
Share0 (Image: United States Department of State) One of the highest-ranking black women in the Trump administration has announced that she is resigning due to President Donald Trump’s handling of the recent racial injustice and police brutality protests, according to Business Insider. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, who at 30 was the …
Read More »Democratic Senators Will Introduce Legislation to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) (L) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) join fellow Democrats from the House and Senate to honor George Floyd with eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center June 08, 2020 in Washington, DC. Booker and Harris introduced new legislation to end …
Read More »Black Joy—Not Corporate Acknowledgment—Is the Heart of Juneteenth
Whether companies and governments get it right or not, black-led celebrations will remain the heart of Juneteenth. Early events venerated black Civil War veterans and were mainly held in private places that could be shielded from the white gaze. Later ones were marked by reunions, parades, and symbolic foods such …
Read More »Breonna Taylor: Kentucky AG On Why He Hasn't Charged Cops
Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Cameron has still not reached a decision on whether or not to charge the cops who shot Breonna Taylor, saying on Thursday (June 18) that he would not bow to pressure, like letters from Beyonce, while trying to conduct his investigation. “’We are working around the …
Read More »100+ Black Businesses to Support on Juneteenth and Every Day
At Black Enterprise, we celebrate Black businesses every day of the year. But as we pause to celebrate Juneteenth—and as much of the nation joins us for the first time—we feel there’s no better time to recommit ourselves to the fight for economic equality; to show support for our communities’ …
Read More »On Juneteenth Eve Trump Took a Shot at Race-Based 'Fake News' by…Posting Race-Based Fake News. Twitter Wasn't Having it Though
Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) Here are a couple questions: Why is y’all’s president so raggedy? Why can’t literally anybody in this ghetto ass administration keep him off social media? On Thursday, Donald “I Put Juneteenth on the Map” Trump took to Twitter and other platforms to take another shot …
Read More »An Extinction Event for America’s Restaurants
The American restaurant as you knew it died on March 19. That’s the day Governor Gavin Newsom issued a stay-in order to the citizens of California, the first in a 50-state cascade that brought to an end one of the most momentous and successful runs in the industry’s history. Sure, …
Read More »Rev. William Barber Ask How You Will Honor This Juneteenth
On the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached enslaved people in Texas, Black Americans are still fighting to be treated as equals in this country. As our community faces the disproportionate impact of COVID-19, continued unjust killings at the hands of the police and …
Read More »Richmond Judge Won’t Let Virginia be Great, Extends Injunction Preventing the Removal of Robert E. Lee Monument
Photo: Ryan M. Kelly (AFP/Getty Images) For people who want so badly for black people to just forget about slavery, conservative white people sure seem bound and determined to hold on to the very monuments that immediately remind black folk of what our ancestors endured. Many of us were beside …
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