Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Tyrese Gibson isn’t letting 2020 spoil his holiday cheer. While shooting his upcoming film Dangerous in Canada earlier this week, the actor realized he had three unused hotel rooms on a very cold night. He ended up offering them to a homeless family of six, who gladly accepted. He posted …

‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); Actress Carol Sutton—best known for her appearances in films such as Steel Magnolias, Monster’s Ball and Ray, among many others—died Friday morning (Dec. 1) due to complications from COVID-19. She was 76. The New Orleans native, born in 1933, was also known …

Dr. Dale Okorodudu, an African-American doctor and the founder of Black Men in White Coats, aims to make an impact on the world by helping develop future leaders in medicine. He recently organized a youth summit with a goal to inspire Black boys to pursue the career of becoming a doctor …

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Photo: Rachel Luna (Getty Images) New Orleans-based actress Carol Sutton, whose long career spanned film, stage, and television performances, has died at 76 from complications of the coronavirus. Sutton had been hospitalized at the Touro Infirmary in New Orleans with a COVID-19 infection and died on Thursday night, reports WGNO …

Photographs by Terry Adkins This article was published online on December 12, 2020. What you are looking at is the afterlife of memories. Memory jugs were funerary objects found in the South on the graves of African Americans through the mid‑20th century. These small stoneware vessels were adorned with fragments—broken …

Taraji P. Henson has long been an advocate for mental health, especially for Black women, and now she’s channeling that energy into a new talk show for Facebook Watch called Peace Of Mind With Taraji.  The Golden Globe-winning actor is joined by her best friend and co-host Tracie Jade to “shine a spotlight on …

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Portia Hoover is a philanthropist, bestselling author, wealth-generating coach, and high-energy entrepreneur behind the online “Level Up” program that is changing the lives of thousands of women throughout the world. With a strong passion to help others succeed and a business acuity in creating new opportunities, Hoover created her business …

‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); University of Florida basketball star Keyontae Johnson is hospitalized in critical but stable condition after collapsing on the court in the middle of a game Saturday (Dec. 12). Johnson was walking onto the court following a timeout early in the game against …