Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me delves into the particular challenge of raising a Black boy in the U.S. In the book, which is written as a letter to his son, he shares his own experiences and the country’s history of violence against Black Americans. Still, he encourages his …

Megan Thee Stallion is making sure that a lucky student can attend college at no cost. On Wednesday (June 9), the Houston rapper announced that she would offer a full-tuition, four-year scholarship at the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at Long Island University. Billboard reports that the inaugural semester will …

Dove, Verve Records, UMe and the Nina Simone Charitable Trust have partnered to create a music video for the late musician and activist Nina Simone’s song, “Feeling Good,” to help end hair discrimination.  The Crown Coalition’s website stated it was co-founded by the National Urban League, Color Of Change, and the …

Illustration: Oscar Bustamante/ The Root, G-O Media You’re probably thinking: “Hasn’t The Root already done an explainer on Critical Race Theory?” Yes, and you can still read it here. Since that article, the debate over Critical Race Theory (CRT) has become more contentious. In response to the prospect of the …

Revelations since Biden’s inauguration are adding detail to a portrait of ethical decay at the department. Adam Maida / The Atlantic About the author: David A. Graham is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Sometimes, the actions a government takes look bad at the time, but posterity treats them kindly. …

Bow Wow and Ray J’s individual appearances on The Breakfast Club have been legendary and the two made a surprise joint appearance on the show today (June 10). After being in town for Diddy’s post-pandemic New York City homecoming celebration, the two crashed the popular radio show.  The over 50-minute …

Reuters – FBI Director Chris Wray on Thursday suggested “serious charges” are still coming in the criminal investigation of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. “This is a very ongoing investigation and there’s a lot more to come,” Wray said …

Photo: Matthew Hatcher (Getty Images) You don’t need me to tell you that cops didn’t exactly take it too well when thousands of people marched in the streets last year to demand they stop being violent, racist assholes with authoritarian tendencies. Images from protests across the country showed that cops …

As Boris Johnson prepares to host Joe Biden and the leaders of the world’s other G7 democracies this weekend, Britain appears to have recovered something of its old self. After years of stasis, slump, and division culminating in last year’s catastrophic COVID-19 response, the country can legitimately count itself in …

A documentary made by a group led by anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., that brings up already debunked claims about vaccines, reportedly targets African Americans with its disinformation. The 57-minute online film entitled, Medical Racism: The New Apartheid was produced by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defense organization, which has been …