Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

On Wednesday, the Executive Leadership Council announced a new initiative to grow and protect wealth in Black America. Dubbed Build, Grow, Protect!, the initiative includes a three-year $6M investment in sustainable strategies to close the racial wealth gap and a partnership with the Black and female-owned fintech platform, Goalsetter.  (Adobe …

President Joe Biden is preparing to add an historic number of Black women to the nation’s federal appeals courts.  USA Today reports there are currently just four Black women on the appeals bench, of more than 170 judgeships. However, that number will double to eight in Biden’s first few months …

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) announced that it will be one of the historically black colleges and universities which will prepare students for equity or alternative-credit investing careers, as a part of an extensive  $90 million joint initiative.   http:// “Investing in the future of our students at Clark Atlanta University …

Gina Torres attends National Geographic’s Los Angeles Premiere Of “Cosmos: Possible Worlds” on February 26, 2020 in Westwood, Calif.Photo: Joe Scarnici (Getty Images) This time last week, The Root’s Felice Léon was issuing a pointed reminder to the cast and crew of In the Heights that darker-skinned Latinx people not …

Ciara is celebrating her latest achievement after revealing that she has lost 39 lbs almost a year after giving birth to her third child, Win Wilson.   Heading to her Instagram, the award-winning singer shared that she hit her pre-baby weight goal with the help of WW (formerly known as Weight …

In the summer of 1893, an unusual volume appeared on the shelves of London booksellers. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia: Its Products and Potentialities, published by W. H. Allen and Company, was remarkable both for its price—the leather-bound volume would have cost a skilled tradesperson nearly two weeks’ pay—and …

Late rapper Tupac Shakur would have celebrated his 50th birthday on Wednesday (June 16) and Kaavia James, daughter of Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, received a special gift that commemorates him. On Saturday (June 12) the L.A.’s Finest actress shared a video on Kaavia’s Instagram page showing the 2-year-old reacting …

The movement to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday has picked up major congressional support. On Tuesday (June 15), the Senate unanimously passed a bill to establish June 19 as a federal holiday honoring the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Tex., were informed they had been free …

Despite the fact that Kanye West is being sued for upwards of $50 million by his former Sunday Service employees and executives at MyChannel Inc. who claimed that they helped the rapper maximize the revenue made from his Sunday Service, he recently got his church approved for a tax exempt …

Over the weekend, Bill Maher became the latest to attack the idea of white privilege during his “New Rule” segment on his HBO show Real Time. Part of Maher’s rant specifically targeted Kevin Hart, who, during an interview with the New York Times, said in regards to police brutality, “You’re …