Celebrities Visit Build - June 4, 2019
Sanaa Lathan To Direct Angie Thomas Novel Adaptation

Sanaa Lathan will direct the film adaptation of one of author Angie Thomas’ novels.
06.14.21
June 9, 2021, Chandler USD Governing Board Business Meeting
Critical Race Theory Used To Attack School Leader

A champion of equity in education, Lindsay Love planned to attend a conference for school board members in urban districts.…
06.12.21
63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards – Arrivals
Megan Thee Stallion Starts ‘Roc Nation School’ Scholarship

Megan Thee Stallion will provide a student with a full-ride scholarship to Long Island University’s Roc Nation School of Music,…
06.12.21
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Pharrell Opening School For Low-Income Students In VA

Pharrell Williams is launching a Norfolk-based private school for low-income families.
06.12.21
Global Grain Prices Set To Soar Amid Fears Of Wheat Shrotage Due To Drought
Black Farmers' Aid Paused Because White Farmers Sued

The legal challenge to historic aid for Black farmers ignores the previously established history of discrimination by the USDA and…
06.12.21
Protest after an officer shot a man in Brooklyn Center
Police Recruiting Drops After George Floyd's Murder

After a year of reckoning since the brutal murder of George Floyd low recruitment rates and increased retirement rates continue…
06.11.21
Baton Rouge Tense As DOJ Prepares To Announce Findings In Alton Sterling Case
Alton Sterling's Family Accepts $4.5M City Settlement

Sterling's family moved to dismiss a wrongful death against the city in May, signaling that an agreement had been reached…
06.11.21
Darnella Frazier
Pulitzers Recognize Darnella Frazier For George Floyd Video

The Pulitzer Prize Board announced Friday Frazier would receive a special citation "for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd…
06.11.21
op-ed 2019 WTA Finals - Press Conference And Training Session
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'Be Better'

Sports journalists have extraordinary access that can inform fans’ understanding of the athletes and their performances, but they must do…
06.14.21
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Drunk Uncle Self Care: Treating Trauma, Debating Hip-Hop

Since it's Black Music Month and we're approaching a summer of vaccination roulette with family, here's a curated list of…
06.11.21
34th Annual UNCF Atlanta Mayor's Masked Ball
Kasim Reed Runs For Atlanta Mayor Despite Investigation

Kasim Reed has officially launched his most recent campaign to be Atlanta mayor again despite an ongoing federal investigation into…
06.11.21
Ryan Le-Nguyen, charged with assault with intent to murder for shooting 6-year-old Black boy in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan
Man Who Shot 6-Year-Old Boy Back In Custody

Ryan Le-Nguyen, a Michigan man who shot a 6-year-old Black boy and was quickly freed from jail because of extremely…
06.11.21
12 itemsJeffrey Toobin on CNN
White Privilege Worked Well In Jeffrey Toobin's Favor

Another example of how "cancel culture" never actually cancels out white men.
06.10.21
Elizabeth City, North Carolina Waits For Video Release Of Police Killing Of Andrew Brown Jr.
Lawyers: Andrew Brown Jr.'s Official Autopsy Contradicts DA

North Carolina state's autopsy report for Andrew Brown Jr.'s police killing in Elizabeth City not only contradicts a "false" narrative…
06.10.21
55 itemsMartha White
RIP Martha White, Baton Rouge Bus Boycott Organizer

Martha White, a freedom fighter of the last century died on June 5 at the age of 99.
06.10.21
March On Washington To Protest Police Brutality
Ronald Greene's Deadly Arrest Sparks Louisiana Police Probe

A secret panel made up of seven investigators will determine if officers are targeting Black motorists in the state.
06.10.21
25 itemsSasha Obama viral photo
Sasha Obama Is Living Her Absolute Best Life

Sasha Obama, the youngest first daughter of the first Black president, turned 20 years old on Thursday, June 10.
06.10.21
Bust of York vandalized in Mt. Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon
Video Shows White Woman Defacing Monument To Slave

A white woman used spray paint to deface a monument in Mount Tabor Park in Portland, Oregon, to York, a…
06.10.21
MEC Nomagugu Simelane launches provincial influencers roadshow in South Africa
Biden's Pfizer Vaccine Donation Won't Solve Africa's Shortage

On Wednesday the Biden administration announced it will purchase and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to countries…
06.10.21
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