Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

With the midseason premiere of season two’s Tyler Perry’s The Oval airing this month, a few faces will join the cast as series regulars for season three, which premieres this fall.  Since season one Nick Barrotta has played Allan in the BET show, now he has been promoted to a …

It’s no secret that the influx of Black creatives using Clubhouse, a voice-chat social platform, has made it a phenomenon with a valuation of about $1 billion. Ayinde Alakoye, a former speech contributor and message advisor to Barack Obama during his 2008 Presidential campaign, understands the power in the collective …

Now that it seems that Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson have split up again, her family reportedly feels that she should “move on with someone who treats her better.” The Good American designer, 37, and the Boston Celtics player, 30, share their 3-year-old daughter True and have had an on-again-off-again relationship …

Photo: Jaromir Chalabala (Shutterstock) A grand jury indicted a former Houston Cop on a felony assault charge stemming from a 2019 incident where he allegedly assaulted a handcuffed man and threatened to shoot him. NBC News reports a Harris County grand jury indicted Lucas Vieria on a count of felony …

Broadway is coming back this fall, and the new lineup of shows have all been written by Black writers.  According to WAMU, the seven new plays are set to start showing as early as Aug. 2021, and five of these playwrights will see their work on the Broadway stage for …

Former Disney star Kyle Massey is reportedly a wanted man after failing to show up to a court date. According to PEOPLE, July 12 marks the 29-year-old’s second time missing an arraignment appearance in Washington state, for a felony charge of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. The first …

It’s been stated that most professional athletes end up financially unstable within 5 years after their sporting careers are over. In an effort to better educate athletes who may not have the financial guidance afforded to more popular and successful players, the inaugural NKSFB Sports Wealth Summit took place last …

Photo: Grindstone Media Group (Shutterstock) Time and time again it’s been proven that police violence isn’t only blatantly fucked up, it’s incredibly expensive for taxpayers, as well. A Black woman in Virginia was awarded $300,000 by a jury after being injured by a police officer during a 2015 traffic stop. …

Zalia Avant-garde won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee and now she is also being honored with a full scholarship To Louisiana State University. LSU President William F. Tate IV tweeted on Saturday (July 10), “Your academic performance reflected scholarship first! You modeled intellectual excellence. @LSU_Honors awaits. I write to …

In Texas, a Black man exercised his right to vote in the presidential primary on March 4, 2020, and waited six hours to cast his vote. But to his dismay, he was arrested by undercover police officers because it was apparently illegal for him to vote. Hervis Rogers, 62, did …