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KeKe Palmer Dedicates 2020 VMAs To Chadwick Boseman And BLM
At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday (August 30), host Keke Palmer opened with a tribute to Chadwick Boseman. “Before we get into the music tonight, we need to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all …
Read More »White Man in Alaska Demonically Screams in the Face of Walmart Worker, 'You Have No Authority Over Me'
Screenshot: @davenewworld_2 (Twitter Y’all I am convinced there are demons walking around us. What else explains the terrifying monstrous behavior of a still unnamed white man who literally lost his shit in the face of workers at Walmart in Alaska this weekend? Videos posted on social media show the man …
Read More »Tracee Ellis Ross Felt Lost in Hollywood. Then She Changed Course.
Tracee Ellis Ross’s career once depended on a man in Italy picking up the phone. It was 2000, and the then-27-year-old actor desperately wanted to accept an offer to star in the UPN sitcom Girlfriends. The role of neurotic, perpetually single lawyer Joan Clayton was Ross’s dream job: Until then, …
Read More »Michelle Obama Shares Moving Tribute To Chadwick Boseman
Chadwick Boseman tragically passed away on Friday (August 28) at the young age of 43. And since, the actor’s fans from Hollywood, the music industry and politics are sharing their grief and condolences on social media. The 2020 Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, have …
Read More »This EdTech Founder Is On A Mission To Make Sure Every Kid Has Access To A Computer
As the co-founder and chief marketing officer of edtech startup Tanoshi, a company that makes affordable laptops for kids, Lisa Love is working hard to make sure all children—especially those from underrepresented communities—have the technology they need to succeed. Love spent most of her career as a corporate marketing strategist …
Read More »Arkansas County Sheriff Recorded Ranting at Woman for Talking to a Black Person, Resigns After Outcry
Photo: arsheriffs.org A racist sheriff has resigned at the demand of his colleagues and community members in Arkansas County, after a recording of him dropping the n-word over and over again started making its rounds on Facebook. Sheriff Todd Wright was called to a quorum meeting of the county council …
Read More »Chadwick Boseman Gave Us Something We Had Not Had Before
That instinctive association is perhaps why Boseman’s death on Friday, following a four-year battle with colon cancer, struck me and so many others differently than other celebrity passings. The news sent almost every Black person I know into mourning. My social-media feeds filled up with images of Boseman’s face and …
Read More »Derek Chauvin Wants George Floyd Murder Charges Dismissed
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, is seeking to get the murder charges against him dismissed. Citing the first autopsy report of Floyd issued by the state of Minnesota (which has been disputed by a second, independent autopsy requested by Floyd’s family), Chauvin claims Floyd died …
Read More »How This Black-Owned Luxury Luggage Pivoted When Coronavirus Shut Down Travel
Every frequent flier knows the importance of finding the right luggage. For women travelers, and especially those of us who are constantly packing and unpacking for business trips, getting everything we need into one bag that we’d actually want to carry can be a challenge. Sonja Salmon lived those frustrations …
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