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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

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

The adidas Originals Superstar is back in the spotlight, and this time, it’s getting the full Hollywood-meets-streetwear treatment. For its Spring 2026 campaign, adidas Originals has teamed up once again with the legendary Samuel L. Jackson, who returns as the voice and face...read more

An iconic Real Housewife once said, “This my man, everybody talking about my man, my man!”—and now her current man is the topic of discussion. NeNe Leakes appears to have found love again, this time with Memphis attorney, Arthur Horne III. ...read more

Moulin Rouge! The Musical has a big new star on board. Producers of the Tony-winning Broadway smash have announced that thee hot girl Megan Thee Stallion will join the show for part of its final stretch. The three-time Grammy-winning rapper...read more

While being outside didn’t help Pinky the Cat, some supervised outdoor time is essential for indoor cats that live exclusively inside a home. Despite their domestication that keeps them free from predators and traffic, these cats still have natural instincts like hunting and...read more

Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are doing more harm than good. Although he made promises of ridding America of criminals and drug traffickers, CBS News reports that less than 14% of those detained by ICE...read more

Iman Shumpert has no hard feelings for Kayla Nicole after “speaking her truth” about their split. Back in October of 2024, Kayla Nicole spilled some old tea about her break from retired the NBA player. The...read more

Grammy-winning changemaker, Killer Mike, is teaming up with DJ Greg Street and the Atlanta Hawks for a special halftime performance during the franchise’s Black History Month Game on Thursday, Feb. 26, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. ...read more

A mob wife who’s seen skyrocketing social media popularity, and a cuthroat chief stew-stirrer turned tactical traitor, are dishing on bringing sass and (all the) smoke to Peacock’s House Of Villains. Drita D’Avanzo and Kate Chastain spoke to...read more

The fallout from the n-word spewing incident at the BAFTAs continues and every new piece of news makes the BBC network look that much worse.read more

The saying goes “not all heroes wear capes,” but what isn’t often said is that some heroes rock gold teeth, wear enormous clocks, and are the ones who are least likely to...read more

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Yaya Mayweather and Starr Deja’nee have reacted after Nique shared a clip of herself cruising around with NBA YoungBoy. RELATED: NBA YoungBoy Shuts Down Rumors...Read more

Shantel Jackson appears unbothered by internet users sipping on her dating tea! This week, she gagged the girls by encouraging...Read more

Authorities have spoken out after the body of 21-year-old Kyle Bassinga was reportedly found hanging from a tree in a Georgia park. RELATED: Read more

Kash Doll isn’t worried about what the internet has to say about her spending habits, especially when it comes to her daughter, Klarity Doll. The rapper recently went viral after an online user accused her of being...Read more

TeaMates, RayAsianBoy popped out with a new look and now the internet...Read more

Roomies, y’all know the timeline doesn’t miss a thing —...Read more

Whew! Looks like the rumor mill had it all wrong...Read more