South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s ship and sail his family and a dozen others to freedom during the Civil War.
“He was fun and loved to eat ice cream. Most importantly, he loved being home with us, my mom, and all of our animals on our farm. That’s the Otis Redding I grew up knowing.”
A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student’s lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume.
Mariah Carey relishes the fact that she has become culturally synonymous with Christmas — thanks in part to the longevity of her iconic song “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” and its ubiquity every year when the holidays roll around.
To dream is to resist. For poet, writer, and publisher Camari Carter Hawkins, dreaming is more than personal ambition—it’s a form of survival.
Morris Chestnut, a name synonymous with Black excellence for over thirty years. Renowned for his work in “Boyz n the Hood,” “The Best Man,” “Rosewood,” “The Resident,” and “Diarra from Detroit,” to name a few, is currently captivating audiences as Corey Cash in season two of the Hulu / Onyx Collective series, “Reason Doubt.”
Within our country, there is a pattern of health factors and terms that are often used when explaining the lifestyle that many people of color have to endure. However, it is extremely difficult to fully understand the amount of health issues that women, especially women of color, potentially face.
Recently, actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer Marlon Wayans riveted a captive audience as the keynote speaker for the Hollywood & Mind “Spotlight on Hollywood, Black Representation and Mental Health” event at the NAACP Screening Room.
Throughout the summer, Xfinity showcased Olympic gold medalists Grant Holloway, Jewell Loyd, and Sophia Smith in their “We All Win” advertisement campaign.
Today, UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, proudly unveiled its 2024 HBCU Economic Impact Report.
Haywood Park Community Hospital was the closest hospital for many in Brownsville, Tennessee, a rural city in the western part of the state.
August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” deals profoundly with ancestry and heritage, which makes it all the more fitting that the new film adaptation, produced by Denzel Washington and directed by his son Malcolm, is a family affair.
The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was created more than 200 years ago.
On Friday, September 13, the White House South Lawn transformed into a historic celebration of Black excellence, bringing together actors, authors, television personalities, journalists, writers, activists, and artists.