Black Movie Soundtracks As Good As The Film Itself
Source: Fotos International / Getty With much anticipation, Alice Walker’s powerful 1982 novel The Color Purple will be receiving yet another revival on film following Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated 1985 film of the same name. This time adapted from the 2005 Broadway iteration, 2023’s The Color Purple is sure to be filled with tons of […]
After Secretly Burying Dexter Wade, Jackson, Mississippi, Finally Adds Next Of Kin Notification Policy
Source: Jackson Police Department/Facebook.com/jacksonmspd Last month, we reported the story of Bettersten Wade, who had lost contact with her 37-year-old son, Dexter Wade, and wasn’t informed that her son was killed after being hit by a police car until several months after the fact. Dexter was buried in an unmarked grave without his family’s knowledge […]
Texas Man Angry At ‘BLM Antifa’ Sentenced For Threatening Georgia Officials Online Over 2020 Election
Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty A Texas man who threatened several Georgia public officials online after the 2020 election was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday. Chad Christopher Stark, 55, of Leander was charged, then pleaded guilty last year for a 2021 post to Craigslist entitled, “Georgia Patriots it’s time to kill [Official A] […]
Ben Carson Is ‘Frontrunner’ To Be Donald Trump’s VP Running Mate, Viral Rumor Claims
Former HUD Secretary Ben Carson endorses Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign event with the former president on October 29, 2023, in Sioux City, Iowa. | Source: Scott Olson / Getty As it seemingly becomes all but a foregone conclusion that Donald Trump will win the Republican presidential nomination, an […]
Racist Kansas Student Charged With Felony For Beating Black Student In Viral Video Has History Of Alleged Violence
Source: xphotoz / Getty The white Shawnee Mission East High School who went viral this week after being caught on camera hurling racial slurs at a Black student before physically attacking her is now charged with felony aggravated battery, and, unsurprisingly, that charge is not the first felony the racist teen has been charged with. […]
Dr. Roni Dean-Burren, Texas Mom Who Called Out Textbook For Lying About Slavery, Dies At 46
Source: Screenshot Dr. Roni Dean-Burren, a Texas mother and education activist who made national headlines nearly a decade ago after calling out the publisher of her teenage son’s history textbook for whitewashing Black history by incorrectly referring to slaves as migrant “workers,” died on Friday. She was 46. No cause of death was immediately reported. […]
Students At Kansas High School Stage Walkout After Viral Video Shows Black Teen Suffer Racist Attack
Source: xphotoz / Getty It’s a nice thought—the idea that racism in America will die out with older generations of racist white people. It’s the kind of optimism that might legitimize the belief that the nation is at least headed toward a post-racial era. Unfortunately, these racist kids keep getting in the way of the […]
Fort Worth Approves $3.5M Settlement For Atatiana Jefferson’s Nephew Zion Carr
Source: S. Lee Merritt/GoFundMe / S. Lee Merritt/GoFundMe Officials in Fort Worth, Texas approved a $3.5 million settlement to Zion Carr, the nephew of Atatiana Jefferson. In 2019, Carr was 8 years old and present when his aunt was shot by former police officer Aaron Dean inside her home. According to the Associated Press, the […]
The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide For Your Best Friend
Source: Various brands / Website If shopping for your best friend produces an alarming amount of anxiety, then this holiday gift guide is for you. When I think of gifts for my BFF, I default to things that will make her life easier. Women wear many hats in life, and alternating between them can be […]
Op-Ed: Rhode Island Black Lives Matter Leader Says He Supports Donald Trump, Who Absolutely Hates BLM
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty The recent marginal increase in Black Trump support has been disappointing, to say the least, and baffling considering Donald Trump has shown nothing but contempt for our leaders, our civil rights movements, our non-whitewashed history, our voting districts (Trump’s “stop the steal” nonsense would have largely affected predominately Black and […]