Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Photo: Rawpixel.com (Shutterstock) A new study has revealed that rates of prediabetes among children have more than doubled over the past 20 years. The study, published March 28 in JAMA Pediatrics, looked at children between the ages of 12 and 19 from 1999 to 2018. During that time, the rate …

Entrepreneur Lori Harvey and YouTube sensation Terrell Grice presented three Black HBCU students with $10,000 as part of the AT&T Dream In Black Initiative. Entrepreneurs and HBCU students Coi Mattison, Malik Waseem, and Journey Carter received the funds from AT&T to start their businesses and shine a light on Black …

John Legend attends the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, California on March 22, 2022.Photo: JC Olivera for iHeartRadio (Getty Images) Grammy-winning artist John Legend is set to be awarded a special honor soon. Per Variety, the “Bigger Love” singer will be honored with the Recording Academy Global Impact …

The birthplace of hip-hop, the Bronx, NY, will have its own museum in approximately two years when the construction of the two-floor Universal Hip-Hop Museum is completed. According to CBS News, the borough that started the genre that is a multi-billion dollar business will be able to showcase items collected …

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, arrives on the third day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Her husband Patrick Jackson appears at left.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call …

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or positions of BLACK ENTERPRISE.  First of all, major congratulations to Will Packer and his all-Black production team for putting on an inclusive and entertaining show last night. The …

To say the 2022 Oscars made for a dramatic Sunday night would be an epic understatement. There may not have been many shocking wins, but it will not be a ceremony soon forgotten—and we can probably all agree the whole Moonlight/La La Land debacle of 2017 has now been well …

U.S. President Joe Biden walks toward members of the press before a Marine One departure from the White House on March 23, 2022, in Washington, DC.Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) The “Defund the Police” movement has been a hotly contested topic ever since its inception after the murder of George …

Following the 94th Academy Awards ceremony, Will Smith‘s Best Actor Oscar may be in jeopardy as a result of his live onstage assault of Chris Rock. Minutes before Smith accepted his award, Rock joked that he couldn’t wait to see Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith in “GI Jane 2.” The …

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