Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Riley Knox became the first openly transgender woman to perform during an NBA Halftime show on Friday (March 6). Knox, who is also known as the “Illusion of Queen Bey” for her resemblance to Beyoncé, performed during the halftime show for the Washington Wizards vs. Atlanta Hawks game, according to …

Horrifying footage has surfaced online showing an Asian man being stabbed repeatedly on a Brooklyn sidewalk according to the New York Post. The vicious attack, which took place Saturday (Mar. 7) around 7 p.m., left 48-year-old Li Qianyang in critical condition. Qianyang was walking down the sidewalk when an …

Jerricha Hoskins, founder of Arcani Coil Care (Image: Instagram) Jerricha Hoskins was a young girl in foster care when she first dreamed about creating her business. Her mother left her in foster care when she was 15 years old. By 18, she was homeless and a single mother. Who would …

City Girls member JT has been officially released from federal custody. According to TMZ, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms the rapper was released from a halfway house on Friday (Mar. 6) where she was serving the last part of her sentence of identity theft charges. JT expressed her …

Photo: Shutterstock More and more states are having to adjust to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We’ve seen companies mandate employees work from home, large-scale events and festivals canceled and now one of the largest school districts in Georgia is having to drastically respond to the virus …

Chief Greg Brown, regional mutual aid coordinator for St. Louis County, sits at the head of the table among fire and EMS leaders for a briefing at the St. Louis County Office of Emergency Management on Sunday, March 8, 2020, after the first coronavirus case was confirmed Saturday in St. …

All in all, The Long Goodbye’s argument is unmissable and scathing: Ahmed thinks that Great Britain has been a hateful and abusive partner to immigrants and native-born people of color, who now must determine whether to flee or fight back. This might seem to be a surprisingly radical statement from …

Rapper DaBaby has apologized for viciously hitting a woman during his concert on Saturday evening (March 7) while he was walking through a crowd in the audience, TMZ reports.  The incident occurred at Whiskey North in Tampa during his “Up Close N Personal” tour. Allegedly, the woman — who has …

Actress Storm Reid and NBA player Stephen Curry announce sneaker collaboration in honor of International Women’s Day (Image: Under Armour) Basketball superstar Stephen Curry and actress Storm Reid (HBO‘s Euphoria) are collaborating with athletic apparel company Under Armour on the International Women’s Day Curry 7 Colorway. Curry’s latest sneaker with Under Armour was …

Aubrie Greene (left) founder of Breezzy’s lemonade, with his mother, Ceydria McCray and siblings Image: Instagram Aubrie Greene, an 11-year-old boy living with autism in Richmond, Virginia, asked his mother, Ceydria McCray, for a lemon squeezer that was on sale at Bed, Bath & Beyond. He wanted it so he …