Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Brett Hankison, one of the three Louisville police officers involved in the tragic shooting death of Breonna Taylor, has been fired. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the firing on Friday (Jun. 19). In a letter to the disgraced officer, interim police Chief Robert Schroeder said Hankison “violated obedience to …

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’ …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Raven-Symoné is a married woman! In a series of Instagram posts, the 34-year-old actress/producer announced the news on Thursday (June 18) first by teasing that something big had just happened to her.  “So something happened this week, that has changed my life FOR THE BETTER!” she captioned a picture of …

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 …

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 …

In early seasons, such retrograde dialogue sometimes made Insecure feel like a prompt for weekly Black Twitter debates on dating. The characters registered as symbols rather than fleshed-out people. Lawrence (played by Jay Ellis), Issa’s omnipresent ex, was less an interesting figure with hopes, dreams, and feelings, and more an …

After being charged with felony murder for shooting and killing Rayshard Brooks, former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe is receiving donations to cover his legal fees covered.  RELATED: Rayshard Brooks Shooting: Atlanta DA Announces Murder Charges Against Police Officers Thanks to the Georgia Law Enforcement Organization, nearly $200K have been …