While many questions linger about what a pandemic-era Oscars ceremony will look like, this is now certain: Chadwick Boseman will get major consideration for awards. The “Black Panther” star, who died in August at age 43 after a private battle with cancer, will be in the running in […]
The former working royals have launched the charitable website that inspired their son’s name Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took a short break from enjoying their seven-month-old son Archie to launch their new website. The couple joined forces for their new site, Archewell.com, which launched on Tuesday for their Archewell […]
On Monday, Oct. 19, Oklahoma archeologists and forensic scientists began to excavate an area of a Tulsa cemetery that is thought to be the “Original 18” site, a section of Oaklawn Cemetery believed to be the burial place of 18 Black victims of the 1921 […]
By Joséphine Li As the Black Lives Matter movement swept across America a few months ago, corporate America promised to help advance racial justice and equality. But many questioned what specific initiatives business leaders would take in order to do so. On October 15, the […]
(CNN)Alabama State University (ASU) is the latest entity to remove the name of a controversial figure from its building. The university removed the name of former Alabama governor Bibb Graves from a residence hall on Wednesday. Graves was propelled into political power in the […]
The Sultana Faded blue uniforms hung loosely on their gaunt bodies. Weakened by months of starvation, disease and brutality in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia and Cahaba, Alabama, many of the recently released soldiers that crowded the wharf at Vicksburg, Mississippi could […]
Rihanna has been putting in that work and Forbes Magazine has recognized her efforts. The sultry mogul, whose estimated net worth is $600 million, is the publication’s newest member of its coveted “America’s Richest Self-Made Women” list for 2020. The fashion and beauty maven topped out on […]
The mayor of a small Tennessee city has succumbed to COVID-19. Mayor Lonnie Norman of Manchester, which is just 65 miles west of Nashville,died during early Monday morning, according to a post from the mayor’s official Facebook page. He died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. “With a deep sense […]
New data from the Federal Reserve show the coronavirus pandemic has helped widen the wealth gap and increase income inequality in the United States. The coronavirus has exposed stark differences in jobs, education, and income in the U.S. Non-essential workers are paid more, have better educations, and typically […]
Two higher institutions are bowing down to President Donald Trump after he recently pushed for restrictions against diversity training. According to Inside Higher Ed, The University of Iowa and John A. Logan College in Illinois has suspended diversity events, citing fear of consequence of violating the executive order against […]
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