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The University of Alabama is set to remove the name of the state’s racist former governor, Bibb Graves, from a campus building and solely honor its first Black student – Autherine Juanita Lucy Foster. On February 3, the university’s board of trustees voted to honor Graves, a notorious former Grand …

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Black Twitter quickly reminded Fat Joe that he was in the same boat as Joe Rogan after he posted a video lambasting the professional podcaster for his problematic use of the n-word.  On Feb. 10, Fat Joe recorded a roughly seven-minute rant on Spotify’s support of Rogan despite numerous entertainers …

Photo: Bryan Bedder (Getty Images) Wiley is co-producing a documentary short set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in June, The Gratitude Project. “I feel like this was really asking the question of what does it look like to be grateful, not just [by] using your words. And I …

It’s no secret popular talk show host Wendy Williams has been publicly struggling with her health issues. But after her bank, Wells Fargo took up the cause saying that the veteran talk show hostess was being unduly influenced after Williams unsuccessfully tried to get access to her millions, a battle …

Photo: Afro American Newspapers/Gado (Getty Images) In an effort to honor and preserve Black life, Black folks across the US are organizing to care for historically Black burial grounds. Greenwood Cemetery, the first Black commercial burial ground, was founded in 1874 in St. Louis after the Civil War. More than …

Harriet Tubman’s portrait to the front of the $20 bill. (Photo: U.S. Treasury Department) Contrary to the many speculations online, the Harriet Tubman $20 bill is on track to debut to the public in 2030. In an exclusively obtained internal Black History Month message sent from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen …

Most mothers have never glued lashes to their daughters’ eyelids for pageants. They’ve never, as the moms on Toddlers & Tiaras have, gotten their children’s legs spray-tanned. They haven’t stood in the audience, cuing their kids’ routines with kissy faces and arm sweeps, hollering, “Get it, girl!” and “Sparkle, baby!” …

Cue the Girlfriends theme song because it’s that time of the year! Who said friendship and sister love aren’t just as important as romantic love? Celebrated each year on February 13, “Galentine’s Day” is once again upon us and in honor of the occasion, we have curated a fun list …

Kate Dixon, the 17-year-old newly crowned Miss Washington Teen USA has gone viral after a TikTok video resurfaced showing her hurling the n-word and other racist language.  After winning the title, Dixon is set to represent the state of Washington at Miss Teen USA 2022, but many are calling to …