Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

The Mother of Broadway is bringing her talents back to the big screen in a major way. Audra McDonald portrays Barbara Siggers Franklin, the mother of Aretha Franklin in the much anticipated biopic, RESPECT. The film follows the highs and lows of the legendary late singer’s life as she encroached upon …

Sian Heder’s acclaimed indie drama on Apple TV+ will choke up even the most cynical viewer. Apple TV+ Ruby Rossi, the titular “child of deaf adults” in Sian Heder’s new film, CODA, lives a bifurcated life. Early in the morning, she works on her family’s fishing boat, sorting fresh-caught haddock …

Singer and actress  Syesha Mercado, who was an American Idol finalist in 2008, is fighting for custody of her children. According to the Miami Herald, Mercado and her partner Tyron Deener took their 15-month-old son, Amen’Ra, to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 26 because …

Mystikal was recently accused of raping a woman, and another individual who is reportedly involved in the messy situation has come forward claiming nothing inappropriate even happened between the rapper and the accuser. Tenichia Wafford, who is wanted by the police for allegedly being an accomplice, spoke out to TMZ …

Zoë Kravitz loves tattoos so much that the High Fidelity actress has lost count of how many she has, although it has been reported that she has at least 56.  In an interview with InStyle, the 32-year-old gave the inside scoop on her love for ink.  “I don’t even know …

Travel isn’t just a gateway into the world, it has also become far more accessible with more international deals being offered by airlines with each passing day. Finding such great travel deals isn’t an exact science, but it helps to be able to know where and when to look for …

A former member of the Love & Hip Hop: Miami cast has reportedly been arrested and charged with battery. CBS Miami reports Christopher “Prince Michael” Harty is accused of attacking a woman in his Miami apartment on July 22. A woman who had been dating Harty for more than a …

Photo: Associated Press (AP) The city of Phoenix hired a team of lawyers to look into their police department after protestors at a Black Lives Matter Rally were charged for being in a gang called “ACAB” or “All Cops Are Bastards.” In a pretty damning report released by the city …

This note is to kick off a resumed set of chronicles in the “Our Towns” series, after  time away for a long Atlantic project on the origins of this era’s public-health and economic disaster. The results of that project are here: “Three Weeks That Changed Everything.” If you’re wondering, the …

Written by Joshua Eferighe Dallas Rapper, Yella Beezy was detained on weapons and drug charges in Texas, Wednesday, TMZ reports. According to the police report, The Dallas native was in possession of greater than 400 grams of a controlled substance along with 4 handguns and a rifle. The report did …