Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Bodycam footage of Ryan Coogler being detained inside of a Bank of America in Atlanta was released on Wednesday showing how the Black Panther director reacted to being mistaken for a bank robber. Video shows Coogler was approached by police while he was standing at the bank teller counter on …

Tasha Cobbs Leonard has a new son. The gospel singer and her husband, music producer Kenneth Leonard, announced that they have welcomed a baby boy, Asher, through adoption. Although they gained their new addition over eight months ago, the two are finally disclosing details about the expansion of their family. …

Photo: Sergey Zaykov (Shutterstock) The cosmetics industry has a long history of furthering the potentially dangerous and definitely racist notion that a person’s self-worth is tied to the color of their skin. And skin-whitening products are one of the most egregious examples. But alas, folks are spending a lot of …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. The world is full of outsiders: students away at a university far from home, …

Last year, in solidarity with Breonna Taylor’s family, artist and curator Lady Pheønix developed “Breonna’s Garden,” a revolutionary framework for veneration through augmented reality (AR). Now, less than a full year later, the project is providing virtual safe spaces to larger audiences through fully immersive VR. The development of the project began …

Through her “tell-it-like-it-is approach,” Judge Mablean Ephriam brings joy, laughter and truth to the courtroom. In October 1998, Twentieth Century Fox offered the former prosecuting attorney the opportunity to take up the gavel on “Divorce Court,” the first woman and Black person to do so. The role launched her career …

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act news conference in the Capitol on Thursday, March 3, 2022.Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc (Getty Images) Sen. Lindsey Graham stated his reasons as to why he’s leaning towards a no vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to …

If you’re an American schoolchild, you’ve probably spent much of your recent life alone at home in the mesmerizing glow of a screen, twitching between Google Classroom and innumerable online distractions. Perhaps you’ve been lucky enough to spend most days in an actual classroom with two-thirds of your face wrapped …

Few things are better than a much-needed massage and a visit to the spa. If you’re someone who struggles with chronic tightness in the back or just overall feelings of tenseness, then you’re likely well too familiar with the aforementioned statement. Unfortunately, unless you’re lucky enough to have a live-in …

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ukrainian-American Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) speak to reporters on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol on March 02, 2022, in Washington, DC.Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) The urge for bipartisan support for President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the …