Kofi Siriboe is just 23, but he’s already had a life-defining year. The actor/filmmaker made his breakthrough in the OWN TV show Queen Sugar as Ralph Angel Bordelon, the youngest son of a Louisiana cane sugar farming family. Since the show debuted last fall, Siriboe’s profile has become substantially higher . With the release […]
New updates have surfaced for a movement that grew with Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem. Kaepernick and many other athletes were protesting police brutality and racial injustice. Now it seems like owners of the NFL are finally making moves. According to ESPN, Kaepernick is invited to the next meeting between NFL […]
New updates have surfaced for a movement that grew with Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem. Kaepernick and many other athletes were protesting police brutality and racial injustice. Now it seems like owners of the NFL are finally making moves. According to ESPN, Kaepernick is invited to the next meeting between NFL […]
There was outrage and questions over Grambling State University’s response to the fatal shootings of two students there.
Jonathan Strickland may as well have wings attached to his back as the young pilot already owns several world records in aviation. The Los Angeles native recently achieved another mark by becoming the youngest pilot hired by UPS at just 25 years old. At a very young age, […]
After unsuccessfully hiring three college presidents in the last year, legendary HBCU Morehouse College has officially named its new president, who promises to be the perfect fit to take Morehouse into a new era. 2016 saw Morehouse College dealing with not only a revolving door of college presidents, but also a lawsuit filed by the […]
After unsuccessfully hiring three college presidents in the last year, legendary HBCU Morehouse College has officially named its new president, who promises to be the perfect fit to take Morehouse into a new era. https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/919952361979895808 2016 saw Morehouse College dealing with not only a revolving door of college presidents, but also a lawsuit filed by […]
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Poet, esquire, and ex-con, are all monikers that Reginald Dwayne Betts wears interchangeably. Esquire, the most recent title, wasn’t easily obtained. Although two decades have passed since Betts was convicted of a felony at the age of 16, the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee flagged the application of the poet and Yale Law School graduate for […]
The relatively new Facebook group started by Mike McMillan is the thirst trap Black women are here for!
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — was in custody. In both shootings the gunman fired from his car then walked up to the victims as they were lying on […]
Actor, husband, dad and hip-hop legend LL Cool J discusses his career and personal life in a candid interview for Oprah’s Master Class. In the interview, he talks about how learning to forgive built the framework of his life. The 49-year-old even opens up about the rocky points in his marriage that ultimately made them stronger. You […]
