Hey ya’ll, Crockett, Texas has a Mayor named Dr. Ianthia Fisher. And she’s a Black woman! Making her the first to hold a key position in leadership for the city located just 110 miles outside of Houston. We just happened to be in town
Black man don’t you lie on the ground with your hands up; your position does not change my view of shooting you. Jonathan Aledda shot Charles Kinsey with his hands visible as he consoled his patient.My name is Matthew Bernard; I murdered three; I chased officers
Win McNamee/Getty Images “When we’re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing?” Elijah Cummings Today the world mourns the loss of Maryland powerful
Oprah with Cynthia ErivoPhoto Credit: Harpo, Inc./Huy Doan LOS ANGELES – Oprah Winfrey sits down one-on-one with the award-winning actresses Lupita Nyong’o and Cynthia Erivo, who discuss their fast rise to fame and how their leading roles have shaped them personally and professionally, on an
Carol's Christmas OWN: OPRAH Winfrey Network is getting into the Christmas movie spirit early this year. The network revealed its lineup of three holiday movies with a release date of November 15, starring familiar faces that aims to definitely put you into the holiday season.
By D. L. White Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The wheels appear to be loosening and about to fall off the political experiment better known as the Presidency of one Donald J. Trump. The conversation between Trump and Zelenski was taped (as all White House) communications are and
World renowned , and one of the most celebrated opera stars, Jessye Norman, has passed away at 74, the Associated Press reports. Gwendolyn Quinn, spokesperson for Norman’s family, confirmed the heartbreaking news. The Associated Press released a statement stating that the Augusta, Georgia native passed away at 7:54 a.m.
PHOTO: Julia Ewan/TWP--Wil Haygood, The Washington Post. Will Haygood interviewed by Bobby Burns in 2016 Cultural biographers are like Soul Food chefs who build masterful creations: it’s messy in the kitchen, flour everywhere, and when their done, patron’s guttle the food with joy. I stumbled upon Wil
September 23, 2019 (New York, NY)—Essence Ventures, an independent Black-owned consumer technology company merging content, community and commerce to meet the evolving cultural and lifestyle needs of people of color and the parent company of Essence Communications, Inc., today announced that it has partnered with
Photo courtesy of Lazarus Guidry As a young black kid growing up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Lazarus Guidry was always interested in creating imaginative storytelling and, comic books. “I was always around it. My father, was a fire specialist and a comic book illustrator. Comics was his