Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Queen & Slim director Melina Matsoukas is joining forces with Howard University to uplift the voices of Black storytellers. According to Deadline, Matsoukas and Howard University launched Instagram x Share Black Stories “Future First” Reels Challenge. The program will “feature selected emerging student storytellers from the Howard University Department of …

Former Governor of Alabama George Wallace (1919 – 1998) in the office of his wife, Lurleen Wallace, who succeeded him in the post, Montgomery, Alabama, 14th February 1968. Photo: Harry Benson (Getty Images) It’s weird that so many struggle to believe that America was built on racism when so many …

Tyler Perry is using his influence to shed light on race in the American workplace. The accomplished director, actor, screenwriter, producer and philanthropist is teaming up with LinkedIn as the first guest editor of Conversations for Change, a new content and community discussion series the social-networking site is launching to …

Image above: Portrait of Mollie Williams (Mississippi), taken as part of the Federal Writers’ Project This article was published online on February 9, 2021. On a rainy Thursday afternoon in November, I stepped inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington, D.C. On past visits, I’d …

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the winners of the Super Bowl 55 but the runner up was clearly Warren “Wawa” Snipe, who performed “America the Beautiful” and “The Star Spangled Banner” in American Sign Language and stole the show. Snipe, who identifies as a deaf performer from the Washington D.C. …

Less than 20% of Americans believe democracy is working well in the United States, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center poll. The poll, conducted between Jan. 28 and Feb. 1, shows just 16% of Americans believe Democracy is thriving in the U.S. According to the poll, 45% of Americans believe …

Photo: Made360 (Shutterstock) Republicans love to talk about freedom, liberty, constitutional rights and all that, but a simple look at their actions shows that all that talk is just talk. GOP-led states have filed over 100 pieces of legislation to restrict voting access, leading voting activists to implore Congress to …

In Jorge Luis Borges’s story “The Book of Sand,” a mysterious Bible peddler knocks on the narrator’s door and offers to sell him a sacred book he came by in a small village in India. The book shows the wear of many hands. The stranger says that the illiterate peasant …

A charter school in Utah has become the focus of controversy after parents questioned the necessity of their children studying its Black History Month curriculum and administrators allowed them to opt-out. The parents have since dropped that request, but a debate has emerged over whether parents should have that option. …

Robinhood financial investing app on a mobile device. (Photo: Adobe Stock) As the pandemic rages on many desperate Americans are having to choose between rent and putting food on the table. Looking to do both, some are using platforms like Robinhood to invest. Last week, many thought they hit the …