Joseph Walter Jackson, American talent manager, and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers dies at 89. His death first reported by TMZ, the same […]
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Officer Charged in Unarmed Fatal Shooting of Antwon Rose
PITTSBURGH (via KDKA) — The East Pittsburgh Police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. on June 19 has been charged. What We Know: […]
BET names 2018 BET Awards: ‘Blackanda’
BET has announced the theme… or the name… or whatever they’re trying to do for this year’s BET awards. What We Know: BET has struggled […]
You Ain’t Slick: Trump Flips on the NFL
After nearly two years of ostracizing and politicizing NFL players like Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump has flipped and plans to extend an olive branch to […]
Trump Commutes Sentence of Alice Johnson
President Donald Trump commuted the life sentence of Alice Marie Johnson on Wednesday, just days after reality star Kim Kardashian West lobbied the president in an […]
Oprah Winfrey Celebrated With New Exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
According to the Washington Post, the new exhibition, titled, “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture,” opened Friday and will run through June […]
Black Man Headed Back To Prison for 14 Years
For the last two years, Matthew Charles was making things right with his life after being released from prison and serving a 21-year stint. Charles had served […]
Morehouse valedictorian headed to Harvard Law School
Two years ago this summer, Derrick Parker was hunkered down studying for the LSAT in a room at the Harvard Law School. Having been invited […]