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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

Source: Enoch McKie / @walkwithenoch A funnyman from the south was recently honored for his tremendous work in entertainment, and College Park pride persisted. Emmy-winning comedian and longest-tenured cast...read more

Jasmin Lawrence and Eric Murphy just can’t wait for their little one to arrive. Jasmin, Martin Lawrence’s daughter, and Eric, the son of Eddie Murphy, are celebrating their baby on the way by making a big announcement. The soon-to-be...read more

Nope, not a “scheme that he set up”! Kandi Burruss stopped by Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live on Feb. 22 to clear up rumors about her divorce from Todd Tucker, including one that he’s battling their prenup. She also gave fans...read more

Tension between two #RHOP stars spilled beyond the reunion couch and sparked an InstaStory clarification about a relationship timeline. On Sunday, a fed-up Keiarna Stewart shut down Jassi Harris on social media after she claimed she took her boyfriend,...read more

The BBC is doing damage control following the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday, Feb, 22, where a now-viral moment has led the network to issue an apology. The UK’s national public service broadcaster is being heavily criticized for not editing out a racial...read more

This is another sad and disturbing story of police violence against Black people in America, and the circumstances are almost identical to so many others that occurred prior. According to Fox17Online, a 26-year-old Black man...read more

The NFL family is mourning again. Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore has tragically passed away at just 25 years old. According to WLKY-TV, the Floyd County Coroner confirmed that Moore died Saturday in New...read more

Another one bites the dust. Love looked good on Sloane Stephens and Jozy Altidore, but even picture-perfect pairings can hit a breaking point. The 2017 US Open champ and the former English Premier League and MLS baller...read more

Tyla and Yung Miami may have ended their luxury beef over a shared interest in receiving gifts from Chanel; however, fans are speculating that the South African beauty is throwing shade at Caresha.read more

Claressa Shields and Franchon Crews-Dezurn are set to face off in the ring at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena on Feb. 22, however, at their final weigh-in, they started warming up their hands in a shoving match.read more

Diamond Brown‘s latest social media post has some internet users thinking that she has more tea to spill about Chris Brown. RELATED: Read more

The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the...Read more

Claressa Shields and Papoose hit the club after she defeated Franchón Crews-Dezurn and retained her heavyweight title. RELATED: Okay, Sis! Fans Are Sending Claressa Shields...Read more

Nevaeh Akira has shared a few messages after she and Blueface revealed that they’re expecting a baby. RELATED: Baby OTW! Blueface Seemingly Confirms His Boo Nevaeh...Read more

Whew! Janet Jackson just reminded the world why she’s a legend. Recently,...Read more

Blueface and Nevaeh Akira apparently have a little...Read more

Roommates, it looks like Blueface is about to become a father of four. The rapper hopped on a livestream with his boo Nevaeh Akira, flexing a pregnancy test, now fans are asking tons...Read more

Chile! Dining out in...Read more