Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

The black-to-white racial wealth gap currently stands at $11 trillion and increases by $300 billion annually. To close the vast financial divide, a new era of Black entrepreneurs should evolve by entering various industries and sectors to sell multiple products and services in domestic and international markets. One example of …

Photo: Heather Hollingsworth (AP) The family of Donnie Sanders, a Black man who was shot and killed by a Kansas City police officer in 2020, is suing the Board of Police Commissioners and the officer for $10 million, according to the Associated Press. This is the second high-profile case involving …

Of all of the places to feel safe, there’s nothing that should fit the bill more than one’s home. Homes contain some of people’s most sacred possessions, no more sacred, than the people who dwell within them. While possessions can be replaced, there’s a certain sense of security knowing that …

Former Suffolk County, Mass., DA Rachel Rollins speaks to the media after an incident with a barricaded suspect on Ferndale St on November 9, 2021 in Boston. Rollins, considered part of a wave of diverse, progressive local prosecutors was nominated and confirmed as the first Black woman U.S. attorney in …

Bronx residents are left in shock after a 27-year-old woman was assaulted and raped in broad daylight inside her apartment building. Surveillance cameras inside the apartment, located near Davidson Avenue and West 190th Street, caught the harrowing incident and the suspect on video.  The footage showed a Black man in …

Photo: pui_bunny (Shutterstock) I think I can speak for the majority of the Black community when I say that we are tired of corporate media controlling our narratives. This past Wednesday, the Hollywood Bureau of the NAACP released a report which concludes that the lack of Black Hollywood executives has …

Former Missouri House of Representatives Member Cora Faith Walker passed away on Friday morning.   The 37-year-old politician and attorney was 37-years-old. KSDK reported that she was taken to a local hospital after a grave health emergency occurred.  Walker, who currently worked as the chief policy officer in St. Louis County, …

Photo: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (Getty Images) If you believe that the Gilded Age belonged solely to white men like Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, HBO’s new series is challenging you to think again. “The Gilded Age”, which debuted in January of this year, showcases the significant contributions made …

British hunk and star of L.A.-based drama Snowfall, Damson Idris announced during a March 3 interview on The Breakfast Club, about his new role as NBA agent Rich Paul. An upcoming biopic about the 40-year-old celebrity agent is said to be in the works, with Idris as its leading man.  …

Photo: Tinseltown (Shutterstock) Both rules and records are meant to be broken, and the fact of the matter is that record holders are sometimes dethroned. Take Samuel L. Jackson for instance, the well known king of cursing, who just found out that he no longer held the record for most …