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The son of enslaved parents in Goochland County, Va, John Berry Meachum was born in 1789, a few days after the inauguration of George Washington. When Meachum’s enslaver, Paul Meachum, moved him from Virginia to North Carolina to Kentucky, John used his carpentry, blacksmithing and coopering skills to save...Read more

Envato/ContrabandCampThis article was originally published on February 19, 2021.On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing...Read more

Amanda Wallace, left, and Jasmine Sankofa, executive director of Movement for Family Power (Photo courtesy of Amanda Wallace)Protesting...Read more

Opal Lee (Courtesy of Dione Sims)Dr. Opal Lee is often referred to as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” but...Read more

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

Award season is the gift that keeps on giving, and the photos from the 2026 SAG Actors Awards are proof. This year’s ceremony, held on March 1 at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles and streaming live on Netflix, brought Hollywood’s finest together for a...read more

While Cardi B still hasn’t publicly confirmed her breakup from Stefon Diggs, she all but said his name during a scathing rant at a recent concert. The rapper did not hold back while discussing her relationship status during her Little Miss Drama...read more

During the March 1 reunion finale of The Real Housewives of Potomac (#RHOP), Karen Huger didn’t mince words when addressing her co-star — and now estranged friend — Dr. Wendy Osefo. In a tense onstage exchange with host Andy Cohen, the self-proclaimed Grand Dame urged...read more

Donald Trump’s America continues to try to convince us that slain right-wing instigator, Charlie Kirk, was some sort of hero worthy of our praise, adulation, and public recognition. He was not that, but alas…read more

Sinners dominated at The Actor Awards on Sunday, March 1, taking home the ceremony’s biggest awards and making history along the way with a splendidly surprising (Smoke & Stack) sweep! The 2026 Actor Awards–previously known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards–rebranded this year,...read more

The rumors are true?! Zendaya and Tom Holland tied the knot, according to Law Roach’s shocking red carpet confirmation!read more

Maryland lawmakers are advancing legislation to formally investigate a burial site near Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery that researchers believe contains the remains of more than 200 Black boys who died in state custody. WUSA9 reports that researchers at Georgetown University...read more

The battle for who is responsible for the negative effects of America’s Next Top Model has reached a fever pitch. While Netflix’s recent docuseries Reality Check offered a somewhat polished look at the franchise’s history, a rival documentary is promising to strip away the filter. In a blistering new interview for E!’s upcoming...read more

Los Angeles has just taken another step in preserving the enduring legacy of the late Nipsey Hussle. The beloved home of the late rapper...read more

The 2026 award season has been nothing if not unpredictable, but host Deon Cole took things to a spiritual and highly satirical level during the 57th NAACP Image Awards. Returning to the Pasadena Civic Auditorium to host for the second year in a row,...read more

Claressa Shields is clapping back at internet users after she sparked heat for saying she wishes she could “surprise” Papoose with a baby for his birthday. RELATED: Read more

Deon Cole kicked off the 57th...Read more

Kelly Osbourne has spoken out after sparking public concern with her appearance at the 2026 BRIT Awards. RELATED: Prayers Up! Legendary Heavy Metal Musician Ozzy...Read more

One person is dead after a shooting near the grand opening of a new Marathon Burger restaurant in California. Blacc...Read more

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