Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Robyn (Lil Bit Saucy) has been selected as LEGO Group’s first-ever kid creative director for Kids Creative Studio. At the beginning of March, the company  hosted an open call for the position. Making a decision was far from a snap. “We were so impressed by the diversity, passion, talent and …

Photo: Alex Edelman (Getty Images) If “this you?” was a person, it would be Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Last Thursday, Greene was on a stage faking a Mexican accent while impersonating the cartel leaders who exist exclusively in the toxic air bubble that is her mind. On Tuesday she …

A pastor on Chicago’s South Side is alerting the press that he’s preparing to walk to Washington D.C. in order to demand that President Joe Biden declare violence a national mental health crisis. On Sunday (May 30), Pastor Anthony Williams of King International Ministry told reporters he sent a letter …

A 145-page state-sanctioned report, authored by an independent law firm and released by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, claims “racial slurs and jokes are not uncommon” at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and “contribute to an atmosphere of hostility toward minorities.” The Roanoke Times reported that Virginia Gov. Ralph …

Following Naomi Osaka‘s decision to withdraw from the French Open on Monday (May 31), athletes from across all sports offer their support to the U.S. Open and Australian Open singles champion.   Prior to the highly anticipated French Open, the 23-year-old announced that she would not participate in press interviews to …

Jonathan Majors attends SiriusXM’s Town Hall with Matthew McConaughey And The Cast Of “White Boy Rick” on September 12, 2018.Photo: Astrid Stawiarz (Getty Images) Picture it, Philly. You run to the top of the stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and punch the air in triumph. What are you …

Mariah Carey’s memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey was released in October of 2020. The bestselling book went into detail about the singer’s family, which caused her brother Morgan Carey to sue.  Morgan Carey, 61, sued in March alleging she defamed him in the book by portraying him as violent …

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 …

The late Chadwick Boseman wanted his alma mater, Howard University, to have his special touch. According to the university’s president, a masterclass designed by the award-winning actor is on the way. According to TMZ, Boseman presented a masterclass idea to Howard before his untimely passing on Aug. 28, 2020. The …

Morehouse men’s basketball coach Grady Brewer has reportedly passed away. He was 63. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the HBCU announced the news on Sunday (May 30) after Brewer’s death on Saturday due to an unspecified illness. Brewer, who also graduated from the school, served as the Maroon Tigers head …