Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Sabrina Parr, fitness instructor and Lamar Odom’s ex, is battling ovarian cancer. The 34-year-old wrote on Instagram, “I have been quietly battling something for quite some time, and I’m finally ready to share it. I found out this year that I have been walking around with a malignant tumor inside …

Amy Klobuchar, Joe Manchin, and several of their Democratic colleagues in the Senate have produced the Freedom to Vote Act, a stellar election-protection compromise bill that safeguards both the right to vote and the integrity of future federal elections. Before skeptics start questioning whether the bill will attract the 10 …

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The four former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers involved in George Floyd’s death have all pleaded not guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights Tuesday. Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao are accused of violating a federal law that forbids government officials from abusing their authority. Additionally, Kueng …

Photo: Matt Rourke (AP) The city of Philadelphia will pay $2 million to Rickia Young, a Black woman who was pulled from her car then beaten by officers after she unknowingly drove into a protest over the police shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. City officials made a statement on …

A decade before United Nations climate scientists issued a “code red for humanity,” the 20-year-old college junior Evan Weber joined several thousand protesters descending on Wall Street to declare a code red for democracy. At the height of the Great Recession, Weber and his generation saw the climate crisis staring …

Orange Is the New Black and Miss Virginia actress, Uzo Abuda, dropped a bombshell on her fans! The 40-year-old announced that she is married and secretly tied the knot with filmmaker Robert Sweeting last year.   Sharing the news on her Instagram on Sunday (Sept. 12), adorably quoting the rom-com When …

A plan for a nice Labor Day outing for a Danvers, Massachusetts, Black family at an apple-picking farm turned into a nightmare of racial profiling.  Connors Farm phoned the Danvers Police Department after accusing the Rev. Manika Bowman, vice-chair of the Cambridge School Committee and Jeff Myers, a commercial real estate director, …

Britney Spears is on cloud nine after announcing that she and her boyfriend Sam Asghari are engaged! But, actress Octavia Spencer wants to ensure that the pop star is protected and suggests she gets a prenuptial agreement.  Spears shared the news with her fans on Sunday (Sept. 12) with an …

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended commuting the sentence of death row inmate Julius Jones in a 3-1 vote Monday. The board’s vote comes after several celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and Baker Mayfield, rallied to support Jones’ case. He’s also gathered support from other celebrities, including NBA players Blake Griffin, …