Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Photo: giedre vaitekune (Shutterstock) You know how I know America is inherently racist? There are multiple schools named after Confederate generals and KKK leaders, and it took the deaths of multiple Black people and months of protests for school boards to finally go, “You know, we might have a problem …

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is doing some reflecting about instances of racism he’s experienced in his life, which began at a pretty young age. In an essay he penned for the September issue of Men’s Health, the Watchmen and Candyman star shared a firsthand account of the first time he was …

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Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, Britain’s leaders asked their people to do three things, captured in one pithy slogan: “Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.” On the first of those edicts, Britons largely followed through. Main streets, town centers, and public spaces were mostly abandoned, and the government pulled …

Nia Long is returning to television with the help of John Legend. According to Deadline, John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co is teaming with Sony Pictures TV to bring Goldie Taylor’s 2018 novel Paper Gods to ABC. Nia Long is set to star and executive produce. Paper Gods is the …

Photo: ANGELA WEISS (Getty Images) Whether or not we’ll see fans in attendance this season at NFL games has yet to be determined. But one thing we won’t see this season is live performances of the national anthem. The NFL we all know and love will undoubtedly look drastically different …

And when inevitable outbreaks do occur, schools may try to blame students. But they won’t be the main ones at fault, argue Julia Marcus and Jessica Gold, professors who teach epidemiology and psychiatry, respectively. “Students are not solely—or even primarily—responsible for keeping campuses safe.” College kids are part of Generation …

A large gathering in D.C. ended up in a teenager being killed and 21 people being shot. According to CBS, someone opened fire at a cookout on August 8 in Washington, D.C. A 17-year-old named Christopher Brown was fatally shot. An off-duty police officer was also shot and she is …

After the Hulu romantic comedy series, High Fidelity was canceled on August 5, cast member Zoe Kravitz is calling out the streaming service for their lack of diversity in programming.  In an Instagram thread, Kravitz put Hulu on the spot after announcing the news that she would be parting ways …

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