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John Moon was unqualified.Adopted by a Pittsburgh family in 1963 after living in an Atlanta orphanage, Moon found work cleaning up what other people left behind. He was an orderly. He changed sheets. He changed bedpans. He did the kind of labor that keeps institutions running but rarely gets applauded....Read more

On Oct. 18, 1867, white South Carolinians awoke to incredibly disturbing news. “There is no use ignoring a palpable fact,” the Charleston Daily News explained. “Every negro almost in the State is enrolled in the League, and is nearly as much under discipline as though he were in the army....Read more

When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, its mandate was clear: dismantle structural exclusion in American workplaces.But under the Trump administration, fueled by what I call the “MAGA Delusion,” civil rights enforcement is being repositioned. Tools designed to confront discrimination are being redirected...Read more

In 1865, printer John Brooks Russell was browsing the shelves of a pawn shop in Washington, D.C., when he noticed a box labeled “Edward M. Thomas.” Russell immediately knew Thomas was a Black man who had spent most of his life working as a messenger in the House of Representatives,...Read more

This article originally appeared on NegusWhoRead on Aug. 6, 2020.Karen died today. Or maybe yesterday, I can’t be sure.All I know is that when I was alerted to the existence of a Wikipedia page for the term Karen, I knew it was time to move on. I predicted...Read more

What is woke?While Huddie Ledbetter enshrined the term in the official Black American Unabridged Dictionary 80 years ago, the coal miners who used it in 1940 probably never heard Leadbelly’s song. By the 1960s, “woke” was so entrenched in Black culture that William E. Kelly wrote about...Read more

“There have been many race riots reported in this country,” began the Sept. 2, 1899 article in the Atlanta Constitution. “But the Darien affair can be safely said to stand without a parallel in the history of all the troubles.”What was the Darien Affair, and why did it scare the bejesus...Read more

One of the wildest success stories in Black history began with a great slave escape.Born enslaved in 1819, Ben Montgomery was trafficked in Mississippi at 17 years old to live on Joseph Davis’ Hurricane Plantation in now-David Bend, Miss. Davis was a lawyer and a huge book collector...Read more

(Death Row-Interscope; Ruffhouse-Columbia)Like most self-described hip-hop heads who came of musical age in the 1990s, Sept. 29, 1998,...Read more

This article originally appeared on NegusWhoRead on June 8, 2016.Question: What’s the difference between a Ku Klux Klan rally and a Republican meeting?Answer: One has a bunch of racists who are dedicated to the principles of intolerance, Christian nationalism and white supremacy. The other is a Klan rally. Hello?...Read more

(Envato Elements)On Sept. 29, 1683, more than two centuries before a criminal immigrant named Friedrich Trump arrived...Read more

On Sunday, Aug. 17, 1862, the New York Times published a brief blurb titled “Employing the Contrabands.” One month earlier, Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act, granting President Abraham Lincoln permission to “employ as many persons of African descent as he may deem necessary and proper for the suppression...Read more

Kelly Rowland and Method Man in “Relationship Goals.” (Photo by Amanda Matlovich/Prime)Remember the good ol’ days, when a...Read more

(xiquinhosilva/Wikimedia Commons)Medgar Evers didn’t die quietly, and he didn’t die accidentally. He was hunted.On June 12, 1963,...Read more

Today’s Wake-Up Call started with the story of the Black Armed Guard of Monroe, N.C. Robert Franklin Williams was born on Feb. 26, 1925, in Monroe, N.C., to Emma Carter and John L. Williams. During his teen years, Williams’ grandmother, a formerly enslaved woman of Yoruba ancestry, gave Robert the...Read more

ContrabandCamp’s BlackCheck scale uses data, facts peer-reviewed research to assess statements based on truthfulness, accuracy, and the level of racism.On Nov. 19, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, requiring the attorney general to release all documents related to the Department of Justice’s 20-year...Read more

Barely a week into February, you’ve probably already had your fill of Black History Month facts for white people. You know what I’m talking about. To satisfy their corporate Black History Month mandate, news outlets and media companies will offer the tiniest, most sanguine morsels of useless Black history...Read more

“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you…What are the words you do not have yet? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them,...Read more

In 1917, Ida B. Wells was undoubtedly the most popular reporter in America and perhaps the most famous American woman in the world. As the face of the anti-lynching movement, racial justice and women’s suffrage, Wells was one of the most polarizing political figures of her day. To Black...Read more

Strap down your wigs, ladies and gentlemen, as #RHOA prepares to hit a high note with a country crooner and her husband, a plant-based boss babe, a certain Housewife’s lady love and that long-denied songstress skirmish.read more

Hot Girl Cupid is outside and she has her sights set on a ring. According to People, Megan Thee Stallion is not simply in love, but she is also manifesting an engagement. The Houston Hottie recently popped up in Milan...read more

Cardi B is letting her success speak for itself and making sure critics hear it loud and clear. The Grammy-winning rapper has been celebrating the momentum of her Little Miss Drama Tour, pushing back at social media skeptics who questioned whether she’d...read more

There has been a significant uptick in Black folks being found hanged in recent years. BOSSIP has published numerous posts about hangings, and in almost all those cases, police conclude that “there is no evidence of foul play”,...read more

Taco Bell always goes big for their beloved annual Live Más LIVE, and this year is no exception. The fast-food giant is bringing its most ambitious showcase yet to life with Live Más LIVE: A Night at the Palladium, a one-night-only event taking...read more

They’re baaaack! OWN’s now NAACP Image Award-nominated reality standout, Love & Marriage: Huntsville, returns Saturday, March 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT with 15 all-new episodes, and BOSSIP’s got your first look. As always, the hit series...read more

The controversy surrounding the BAFTA racial slur incident has entered its third day, with a producer now resigning from one of the organization’s judging panels. Jonte Richardson, an independent producer who has previously worked on the BET Awards, announced on social media that...read more

Police were reportedly called to Ray J’s Los Angeles home in the early hours of Saturday for “a battery domestic violence report.” The embattled singer was already facing charges for an incident with his ex-wife, and “law enforcement sources” confirmed that a new alleged incident involved another woman. ...read more

Before she was a legend and icon, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was paving the way for generations of Black women in medicine as the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. Born Rebecca Davis in Delaware in 1831,...read more

The WNBA lost one of their sisters this weekend in a tragic event that has left the sports world grieving. According to reporting by NBC News, two-time WNBA champion...read more

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Raven-Symoné is switching up her look three months into the new year! Known for keeping a...Read more

Karlissa Saffold Harvey weighs in as folks think Blueface shaded Chrisean Rock, while speaking on how he and Nevaeh...Read more

Hilary Duff gave her fans chills when she debuted her comeback earlier this year....Read more

Jaidyn Alexis has broken her silence and reacted to Blueface and Nevaeh Akira’s recent pregnancy announcement. RELATED: New Addition! Karlissa Saffold Harvey Reacts To Blueface & Nevaeh Akira’s Apparent...Read more

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John Davidson has been a hot topic online for going on 24 hours. The Tourette’s advocate sparked tense reactions after he shouted the...Read more

A report has alleged that police were called to Ray J‘s Los Angeles home over the weekend for a domestic violence incident allegedly involving a female suspect. RELATED: Read more