Major bookseller Barnes & Noble canceled a Black History Month initiative at its flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York City after public backlash. What […]
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On Trayvon Martin’s 25th Birthday, Twitter Celebrates His Life & Legacy
Today, Trayvon would have been 25, and Black Twitter is celebrating. What We Know: Twitter users are generating posts to honor Trayvon Martin, who should […]
HBO Max Will Stream Film About Russell Simmons’ Accusers After Oprah Backs Out
The documentary about women who have accused Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct, has been picked up by HBO Max after Oprah Winfrey exited the project as an executive producer […]
Christian Adoption Agency Announces End To International Adoptions
A Michigan based Christian adoption agency states it will end an international adoption program that has brought thousands of foreign-born children to the United States. […]
$50 Million Dollar Amistad Paintings Returned to Talladega College
These paintings were on display in the campus library for 70 years until 2008 due to being taken on a national tour. Twelve years later, […]
East River State Park in Brooklyn to Be Renamed After Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson is a well known LGBTQ activist who is receiving a park in her name in Brooklyn. What We Know: At the annual […]
Foster Children Are Being Placed In Detention Centers And Hotels Due To Foster Parent Shortage
One evening in January 2018, the police were called three times by workers from the Kent office of the Washington Department of Children Youth and […]
U.S. Reports Second Person-to-Person Spread of Coronavirus
The husband from San Benito County California had recently traveled to Wuhan, China which is the center of the virus outbreak and had potentially passed […]
Georgia Businesses Find ‘No More N***er Businesses’ Letters Pinned to Their Stores
Racially offensive letters were sent and pinned to the doors of Celeb Styles Barbershop in Snellville, Georgia along with neighboring black businesses, Gravity Trampoline Park […]
Anne Cox Chambers, of Cox Enterprises Family, Dies at age 100
Esteemed philanthropist, diplomat, and Chairman of Atlanta newspapers, Anne Cox Chambers has died at 100 years old. What We Know: Her nephew James Cox Kennedy […]