A Black actress and favorite from the AMC show The Walking Dead is about to take on a new role. Danai Gurira, known as Michonne in the series, will play Afeni Shakur, Tupacâs mother, in the new biopic, All Eyez on Me.
The Chicago Police Officer who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald plead not guilty in court on Tuesday.
2015 was a year of anger and frustration on the political front. It was a year when more innocent Black lives were lost due to police violence. It was also a year where a blatant disrespect for blackness was manifested through the repeated instances of cultural appropriation in the media i.e. Rachel Dolezal and Kylie […]
We all know that the writing and entertainment industries rarely uplift and empower Black queer voices. To help challenge that fact, we have compiled a list if writers you need on your shelf this holiday season.
By L.G. Parker For black and queer persons alike, much of the realities of our lives are considered âmade upâ by those who donât and wonât understand us. Black, queer poets have access to new ways of approaching language as a result of this reality. As self proclaimed black lesbian warrior poet Audre Lorde said […]
Last night around 9pm, a 21-year-old White male, now identified as Dylann Storm Roof, walked into the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. There he killed eight people. A ninth died at the hospital later. Here is what we know so far. Surveillance footage captured images of Roof as he entered the church last […]
By Samantha Master During the era of legalized, extra-judicial lynchings of Black people, there are almost 150 documented cases of Black women being lynched. Their crimes ranged from registering to vote to being the daughter or partner of someone accused of murder. While the United States is still processing the murdersâand subsequent acts of resistanceâfollowing […]
By L.G. Parker 1. Jada Pinkett Smith Jada is a very vocal non-traditional parent. In an interview with Sway, she said âI tell my kids to worry about being respected, not liked.â Just this past April, she joined Jaden and Willow on stage during their set at the Broccoli City Music Festival in Washington, D.C. […]
HBO released the full trailer for its biopic ‘Bessie’ starring Queen Latifah and it is everything. Â Watch below and catch the full film when it drops on May 16th. Photo: HBO
By Candice Iloh At the same time every year it seems the whole country focuses in on the same extraordinary black trailblazers of the past. They are the ones that have made the cut into your history books and who have managed to remain on the tongues of even the youngest black kids coming up […]
From the Chicago Reporter: Most people see a jail and think about crime, tragedy and heartbreak. Others see dollar signs. Thatâs because incarceration can be a big money maker. Consider the drab polyester and cotton scrubs worn by detainees and inmates at Cook County Jail, where about 100,000 people are booked annually. (At County, the […]
By Summer McDonald Among the collective gasps, OMGs, and guttural expressions of utter shock from seasoned 12s and Seahawks bandwagon riders alike after Russell Wilson threw an axis-altering interception in last Sundayâs Super Bowl, was some version of this question: Why in the world did they not give the ball to Marshawn Lynch? Since […]
