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Cornell Charles, a beloved sports coach in New Orleans for Lusher Charter School affectionately known as “Coach Dickey,” died after going to the hospital for underlying health reasons and being tested for a possible coronavirus infection, NOLA.com reports. Charles was the head baseball coach for 7th and 8th grade students at…
An open letter to disgraced politician Andrew Gillum is calling on Black men to support the former mayor and his family after news broke about his drug-fueled gay party made headlines. Gillum, 40, is said to have overdosed along with male escort Travis Dyson, 30, who at the Mondrian South Beach Hotel on March…
In January, Ebenezer Baptist’s Rev. Raphael Warnock, entered the Georgia U.S. Senate race. If Warnock wins, he will be the first Black Senator of the state. He is currently the senior pastor at Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic church. On March 23, Warnock received a crucial endorsement from former U.N. Ambassador…
Michelle Obama shared an encouraging message to Americans as they practice self-isolation amid the novel coronavirus pandemic “You aren’t alone,” the former first lady’s stated in a lengthy post on Instagram, PEOPLE reports. “These past few weeks have been scary and difficult for many of us. We just don’t have a roadmap for what we’re currently…
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has retained a high-powered criminal defense attorney to go after media outlets that published a graphic photo of him lying in his own vomit at a drug-fueled gay sex party. Gillum, 40, reportedly overdosed in room 1107 at the Mondrian South Beach Hotel on March 13…
Torrell Foree, a first-generation student at Cal State Fullerton, cannot forget how isolated and lost he felt as an undergraduate. He had no clue where his life was going and had begun his life at college without even choosing a major. The only thing he had planned out was a spots…
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is not standing still in their efforts to make sure the Black community is covered in the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic. Hours after hosting a tele town hall to discuss the impact of the Coronavirus on the Black community, the CBC sent a 10 page…
Children’s books with Black representation are now easier to find thanks to author and entrepreneur Veronica N. Chapman, founder of BlackBabyBooks.com. Chapman’s company, Boxxout Enterprises, designs creative solutions for social change. BlackBabyBooks.com, which makes it easier to discover and purchase children’s books with Black characters, is an initiative under the Boxxout…
Two police officers at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University (N.C. A&T), a historically black college (HBCU) have been placed on administrative leave after they were caught on camera forcefully arresting a student leader who hadn’t committed a crime. Around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, N.C. A&T sophomore Verdant Julius, who serves…
Concern over the coronavirus is growing, and earlier this week four Brooklyn Nets Players tested positive for the virus. The only player publicly named was Kevin Durant, the other three have not been named, but according to The Washington Post, all four have been isolated and anyone who has been in…
A Black female passenger onboard an American Airlines flight issued a beatdown on her white seatmate for calling a Black crew member the N-word. According to face2faceafrica.com, the incident was captured on video and shared by Facebook user Dre Justice on Sunday, showing the Black passenger confronting the seemingly drunk white woman for her racist attack….
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx emerged victorious in her bid for a second term in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Foxx faced several challengers who had focused on how she handled the controversial Jussie Smollett case. Smollett was recently indicted on new charges related to his “hoax” attack in January 2019, when he claimed to have…
Louisiana Department of Corrections inmates donated more than $11,000 to a museum dedicated to African-American history in Baton Rouge. The Odell S. Williams African-American Museum was founded by beloved activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph in 2001, who was found dead in July in the truck of her car. She was 75. Sadie’s death rocked the…
A family of four from Jamaica living in Wuhan, China, an area that has seen devastating impacts on its residents due to the virus, shared an insightful video on how the experience has drawn them closer spiritually and as a family unit. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE….
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco area judge ruled Monday that a transient who fatally stabbed an 18-year-old woman at a commuter train platform was sane at the time he committed the July 2018 murder. The Alameda County jury that found John Lee Cowell guilty last week in the murder…