Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Black-owned media giant Essence Communications, which publishes Essence magazine, has responded to allegations made by an anonymous group of women that it created a toxic work culture for employees with the announcement of an independent review and a new interim CEO. In a post on Medium titled “The Truth About …

A white man who is allegedly a member of the Ku Klux Klan is out on bond after he shot his daughter’s Black boyfriend in Virginia Beach and told police that he acted in self-defense. 43-year-old Patrick Fontaine Creath Jr. was charged with malicious wounding and use of a …

Photo: Michael Ciaglo (Getty Images) The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Denver Division of the FBI released a joint statement Tuesday confirming that they have been reviewing the facts in the case of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old …

Just weeks after Kylie Jenner was slammed by Forbes for allegedly faking her financial status, Kanye West has taken to social media to congratulate who he says is the new billionaire in the family: his wife. READ MORE: Meet the Black prison reform warriors behind new Third Strike project and …

The past four years have been among the most turbulent in our history—and would have been so even without a global pandemic and waves of nationwide protest against racism. How did we get here? This September, The Atlantic and Simon & Schuster will release The American Crisis, a riveting, narrated …

The true nature of the relationship between August Alsina and Jada Pinkett-Smith (and Will Smith by extension) is turning into a he said, she said situation. During an interview with Angela Yee to promote his new album, Alsina seemingly confirmed that he was in a romantic relationship with Pinkett-Smith …

Legendary screen actress and singer Lena Horne, one of the first Black women actresses to sign a film contract with MGM Studios and later known for her roles in The Wiz and Stormy Weather, was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 30, 1917. At age 16, she left school …

Share0 (Image: iStock/BasSlabbers) This week Iran has called for the arrest of President Donald Trump after issuing an official arrest warrant after being denied assistance from Interpol. The warrant is for the death of top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, and others including deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilization …

Netflix’ Los Angeles headquarters (Photo: Getty Images) Netflix is not just virtue signaling its support of the Black community. It’s actually putting some big dollars in play to make it happen. The New York Times reported today that Netflix, which has $5B in its cash reserves will place 2 percent …

A Mississippi state flag waves adjacent to a flag change supporter’s sign that welcomes the state to “the right side of history,” outside the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, June 28, 2020.Photo: Rogelio V. Solis (AP) It’s taken a long time, but change is coming to Mississippi: Our state flag—with …