Black America Breaking News for the African American Community

Big congrats to Shad “Bow Wow” Moss, who recently became a father for the second time and welcomed a baby boy. The rapper and actor announced the news on his Instagram Stories and he tweeted an adorable photo of the newborn with the caption, “Man you gone take all the …

Photo: Barre Kelley (Shutterstock) A 19-year-old Black woman is calling for the public to boycott Whataburger after she filed a discrimination complaint against the company this week, claiming the company forced her out of her job last month because she wore a “Black Lives Matter” mask. Ma’Kiya Congious, 19, was …

There is a Mike Tyson biopic in the works but one person you will not see portrayed in the film is his former wife, actress Robin Givens. According to Page Six, Givens’ lawyer sent the former heavyweight champion and Jamie Foxx, who is portraying Tyson in the film,  a cease-and-desist …

In her 2019 memoir, What Do We Need Men For?, E. Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of rape, in a Bergdorf’s dressing room in the mid-1990s. After the president denied ever meeting her and dismissed her story as a Democratic plot, she sued him for defamation. Carroll was not, of …

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Activists from the Louisville chapter of Black Lives Matter gathered on a virtual call Wednesday (September 23) to relay their demands of the city following yesterday’s announcement that the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor would not be charged with her death. First on the list of demands: to immediately …

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Hundreds of women were empowered with the tools, insight, and knowledge needed to thrive in various tech-driven industries at the BLACK ENTERPRISE inaugural Women of Power Tech virtual summit this week. The two-day digital conference included an all-star lineup of dynamic speakers, executives, and Silicon Valley leaders who opened up about their …

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Photo: creo2 (Shutterstock) Louisiana’s attorney general has launched an investigation after a young Black child was suspended for having a BB gun in his bedroom while attending school virtually. CBS News reports that Attorney General Jeff Landry announced the investigation in a statement released on Friday. In his statement, Landry …