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Was South Carolina’s 1880 election canceled or delayed? Technically, the residents in South Carolina’s majority-Black Fifth Congressional District had no troubles at the polls. Most of them cast ballots for certified war hero Robert Smalls (R-S.C.). When the votes were counted, Smalls won. However, when Smalls went to represent his...Read more

(Envato)Before April 24, 2017, tourists on New Orleans’ historic Canal Street could visit a monument to domestic...Read more

Jack Harlow, a popular, million-selling rapper who recently released his fourth studio album, Monica, has found himself at the ass end of quite the discourse of online mockery. To be sure, it is a mockery entirely of his own making, but he received an alley-oop from...Read more

Remember when the Oscars were so white?In 2012, the 5,756 voters who voted for Hollywood’s highest honors were 94% white, 77% male and had a median age of 62, according to a study by the L.A. Times. Back then, Black members made up about 2% of the Academy, while...Read more

Can Donald Trump cancel an election? Can one man cancel a boycott? Can one corporation cancel your right to privacy?Unlike most Fridays, today’s episode of The Wake-Up Call didn’t begin with my youngest sibling, Comelita, demanding that I say: “Good morning, sister.”Comelita lives in Monck’s Corner, S.C., a small town...Read more

Museum digital strategy specialist Kyle Sammy, center, sets up the scene as museum educator Doug McCray, right, goes...Read more

This episode of “The Black One” originally aired on May 22, 2013.On Monday, the National Basketball Association made an earth-shattering announcement about the Atlanta Hawks’ plan to honor one of the city's most beloved institutions of arts, culture and entertainment.CBS News reports:The NBA says it has canceled the Atlanta...Read more

Have you considered a career in stealing?Right now, the state of South Carolina is offering scholarships to 15,000 aspiring scammers who are committed to thieving money from Black taxpayers. If you have school-age children and belong to a poor, unfortunate, needy family that earns less than a measlyRead more

When Higher Learning hosts Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsey recently discussed the rising cost of Black barbers, it was the perfect opportunity to interrogate the economic influences that fuel systemic inequality. But to approach this topic, one must first address an even more important social issue:Why are there so...Read more

Barbie Bassett (Screenshot/Woman to Woman With Joanne via YouTube)Have you ever been at a party or gathering where...Read more

It started after the Civil War. After the white Southern traitors got their asses beat like a Pentecostal church tambourine, the Republican Party was dominated by newly enfranchised Black voters. Across the South, Black and white factions clashed for control of the party, but nowhere more fiercely than in Texas....Read more

Beef in hip-hop is a tale as old as time. As long as rappers have been rapping, other rappers have been rapping about those first rappers being trash at rapping. It’s a feature, not a bug of the genre, and every so often when the best of the lyrical...Read more

(Screenshot PBS News)I am not “in danger,” Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and...Read more

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

You know what it is! Back at it again with this week’s hottest thirst traps that dropped during an eventful week dominated by Michael B. Jordan winning Best Actor at the Oscars, ‘Blacker’ Jack Harlow’s new Ritz&B album in...read more

Meagan Good is Coretta, celebrating one year of marriage with her “liife-changing” husband, Jonathan Majors. On March 18, the actress took to Instagram to wish her husband a happy one-year anniversary, sharing a few photos from their intimate and private wedding, which...read more

Raising Cane’s is gearing up for a major milestone—and it’s doing it in the heart of Hollywood. The rapidly growing chicken finger chain is preparing to open its 1,000th restaurant at Hollywood & Highland, just steps away from the iconic Hollywood Walk of...read more

A deepening crisis at U.S. airports is unfolding as the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — driven by a bitter political standoff over immigration...read more

There’s some serious drama going on between some old school hip hop and R&B legends, and the Vocal Bible, Brandy, is at the center of it. It all started when Shyne made an appearance on Cam’ron and Mase’s podcast, It Is What...read more

The Houston Health Department confirmed that Mama Tina’s Gumbo was briefly shut down during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Tina Knowles–the mother of Beyoncé and Solange, widely known as Mama Tina–introduced the world to her Creole gumbo at this year’s rodeo, drawing...read more

Yessiree, Bob! We heard you were a’feenin for a second helpin’ of purrrty darlins who looked mighty FINE in their cutesy cowgirl getups at this year’s world-famous Houston Rodeo in H-Town. The bustlin’ event (which runs...read more

This month, Reese’s is bringing together basketball trailblazers Tyrese Haliburton, Breanna Stewart, Richard Jefferson, and Andraya Carter for a closed-door Bracket Summit. At the Summit, the stars built their men’s and women’s tournament brackets and encouraged fans to join in as...read more

JAŸ-Z is officially back on his bully. On Wednesday (March 18), the Hip-Hop mogul announced that he will be performing two dates at Yankee Stadium in July. The pair of concerts will be in celebration of two of the “Empire State of...read more

Source: David Berding / Getty The WNBA has delivered a landmark moment for women’s sports, as the league and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association reached a groundbreaking agreement in...read more

Brandy is speaking out and setting the record straight after Shyne and Mase alleged that they dated her at the same time. RELATED: Come...Read more

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Tina Knowles’ gumbo pop-up, Mama Tina’s Gumbo, reopened at the Houston Rodeo after the health department temporarily shut it down. The Houston Health Department pulled the plug on the food stand for...Read more

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