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Photo: Ken Levine (Getty Images) San Diego is paying a former city laborer nearly $100,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming he was discriminated against because of his race and complaints he made about unsafe working conditions. According to The Hill, Demetris Wimberley, a Black man who worked in the city’s …
Read More »Writing Should Be a Visual Art
The first books I read in my childhood contained images: five kids talking to a large policeman (Enid Blyton); a child looking in horror at a man who has escaped from prison, in the light of a fire (an abridged Charles Dickens); a tiger and a snake (Rudyard Kipling). Those …
Read More »Latto Sizzles In A Bodysuit At The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards
Latto looked like a fantasy for her performance at the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards! The “Big Energy” rapper served major looks in a red fringe bodysuit and matching boots which was complimented by 6-inch embellished stiletto nails and extra long black hair. Keep scrolling to see how she brought big …
Read More »Alfonso Ribeiro Shows His Soulful Side By Belting Out Michael Jackson and Bruno Mars Songs
We can basically be guaranteed to laugh (or at least chuckle) anytime Alfonso “Carlton Banks” Ribeiro shows up to an event! Although the multi-talented actor, singer and America’s Funniest Videos host, recently said he’s not accepted by Black people, he recently took to a stage and belted out some soulful …
Read More »Black People Disproportionately Died of COVID-19 Last Year, Study Says
In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, photo a person receives their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Howard University, in Washington.Photo: Jacquelyn Martin (AP) In the past year, we have heard that Black people were disproportionately affected by the pandemic when it comes to job loss, …
Read More »In One Place, for One Fish, Climate Change May Be a Boon
This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit investigative-news organization. On a mid-July afternoon, when the tide was starting to come in on the Naknek River, the Bandle family’s commercial fishing nets lay stretched across the beach, waiting for the water to rise. …
Read More »85 South Brings The Laughs To The BET Hip Hop Awards
BET Hip Hop Awards hosts 85 South had the audience laughing up a storm. The trio — composed of DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller and Chico Bean — opened the show by coming out rapping to some Pimp C and dancing to Soulja Boy’s classic hit “Crank Dat.” RELATED: Winners …
Read More »Former Miss Houston, Lesha Wincher, Founder of E L L E É Salon + Spa, Shares Her Journey To Entrepreneurship
From a very young age, Lesha Wincher knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. Fast forward to present day, Wincher has done just that by opening her own business, E L L E É Salon + Spa, in Houston, Texas this month. As a former Houston Texans Cheerleader and Miss …
Read More »Lamar Odom Beats J.Lo’s Ex-Husband In Celebrity Boxing Match
Lamar Odom has stepped into the boxing ring yet again. The two-time NBA champion went toe-to-toe with one of Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husbands Ojani Noa during the Celebrity Boxing Match in Miami, Fla. on Saturday (Oct. 2), according to Fox News. RELATED: Judge Responds After Lamar Odom Continues To Skip Out …
Read More »BET Hip-Hop Awards 2021: Nelly; Tyler, the Creator and Missy Elliott Among Winners
Left to right: Nelly; Tyler the Creator; Missy ElliottPhoto: Greg Doherty/ Paras Griffin for BET/ Michael Loccisano (Getty Images) On Tuesday night, the 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards aired on BET from Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Center. Boasting a live audience, the show was hosted by 85 South’s DC Young Fly, Chico …
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