Social media is torn about a video that has gone viral showing an upper-middle-aged white woman yelling at an older Black woman. The white woman is the manager of a grocery store and the Black woman is a cashier. The argument stems from the approved work schedule that is supposed to […]
Video of a Black woman being pulled out of her vehicle by a sheriff’s deputy in Pompano Beach near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was released on Aug. 24. The incident happened on May 7, 2022. The video was shared by the podcast “Indisputable with Dr. Rashad […]
The family of Mykaella Sharlman is “ready to fight” after Northern California prosecutors dropped charges against the two police officers accused of her death, NBC News reports. Ashton Montalvo and Deangelo Boone were charged with arson and mutilation of human remains after allegedly moving Sharlman’s body […]
An Ohio man, who was caught on video punching a Black woman in the face outside of a bar, has been sentenced to six months in jail. While in court for his sentencing, the man apologized, saying the experience has been an “eye-opener about his […]
Ntozake Shange’s revered choreopoem, ““for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,” made a highly anticipated return on Broadway earlier this month. It originally opened in New York City’s Booth Theatre in 1976. Shange pioneered the term “choreopoem,” which combines elements of music, dance and […]
*Ketty Lester of Hope, Arkansas, came to international prominence as a strikingly beautiful and elegant Black woman with a strong ivory smile, eyes of wonder and a slender physique singing a tender love song of ’62 with spiritual undertones entitled “Love Letters.” The now-classic Grammy-nominated recording […]
President Biden fulfills his campaign promise to select the nation’s first Black woman to become Supreme Court justice. President Joe Biden will officially make history when he announces Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme […]
If you’re unfamiliar with the name Kristen Hayden, you should be. When the University of Indiana swimmer isn’t preoccupied with living her best life and casually demonstrating Black excellence on the springboard, she’s making history as the first Black woman to win a national […]
Dr. Sian Proctor made history last month when she piloted the first all-civilian mission into orbit. Proctor was the captain of the historical SpaceX spacecraft that orbited the Earth for three days in the world’s first-ever all-civilian mission to space. Proctor’s family says she has always loved […]
A Black woman who was a cashier at an Atlanta area supermarket was shot and killed for asking a customer to put on a face mask. LaQuitta Willis, 41, died on Monday in a triple shooting at the Big Bear Supermarket in Decatur, GA., according to […]
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