Zoe Kravitz and actress Taylour Paige have sparked romance rumors after posting a photo on Instagram showing them hugged up together. On Saturday (April 17), Kravitz shared the snap of the pair on her IG account, along with the message,, “so…. this is a thing. @taylour.” Zoe and […]
Hip Hop lost another great emcee Saturday. It’s been just over a week since Black Rob was seen expressing his condolences for the passing of rap icon DMX from his hospital bed in Atlanta, Ga., in an Instagram video posted by New York City radio host DJ Self. Now, […]
A multiracial coalition gathered in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood to demand justice for 13-year-old Adam Toledo, killed by a Chicago police officer. Block Club Chicago reported a planned Friday rally grew to thousands marching through the streets. Some people watched from nearby stoops, cheering the marchers. “No mother should […]
U.S. police officers and public officials were among those who donated millions of dollars through a Christian crowdfunding website to 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of murder in shootings last summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a data breach has revealed. The breach, first reported by The Guardian, […]
An Atlanta-area police department on Friday released bodycam videos from an April 12 officer-involved shooting during which a Black man was killed. The footage, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, showed 35-year-old Matthew Zadok Williams holding a knife as he rushed a DeKalb County police officer during an […]
Unglamorous tenement storefronts jockey for space, merchandise spills onto the sidewalk, and sign after colorful sign advertised such utilitarian items like coats, linens, eyeglasses, and hosiery. Orchard in the 1950s seems emptier than it had been in the early decades of the 20th century, when […]
Several members of Daunte Wright‘s family spoke out on Tuesday alongside other families who gained national prominence after losing a loved one to state sanctioned violence. “It was the worst day of my life,” Wright’s mother, Katie Wright said as she stood backed by her family. Wright explained […]
Sydney Poitier became the first African American man to win an Oscar on this day in 1964. Poitier wins the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field on April 13, 1964. Poitier was born […]
By Victor Omondi Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African American, was shot by a white police officer on November 22, 2014, while playing with what would later be found to be a toy gun. His mother Samaria Rice has since sought justice for the loss of […]
The unidentified female officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright is on administrative leave The police chief in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota has attributed the death of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man, to an “accidental discharge” by the responding police officer. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon held […]
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