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After a 16-year-old Black girl was reported as kidnapped in New York City late Monday night, social media sleuths got on the case quickly and helped the name Karol Sanchez go viral. Concerned tweets about her whereabouts and suspicions of possible child sex trafficking filled timelines across the internet until it was reported Tuesday afternoon […]
Jodie Smith’s radiant brown skin made her the perfect woman to play Queen in Lena Waithe’s Queen & Slim. But her chocolate complexion wasn’t always valued. In a candid and detailed post on Instagram, the rising actress revealed her struggle with accepting herself. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6L-Y3wA0_d/ Like many dark skin women, Jodie revealed she hated herself and […]
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According to ABC 11, a Vance County Deputy was caught on video slamming a student on the ground. The officer hasn’t been identified, but put on paid administrative leave during the investigation. The video shows the officer violently slamming a child to the ground several times in the hallway of Vance County Middle School. Please […]
Issa Rae is the co-owner of a new coffee shop in South L.A.
Thanks to their new price parity program, the popular nuptials brand will ensure that a woman's size won't penalize their pocketbook.
Solange Knowles will receive the inaugural Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact.
For the first time in history, all top beauty pageants—Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss Universe and now, Miss World—have crowned Black women as their winners.
Earth, Wind & Fire made history as the first Black group to be inducted into the Kennedy Center Honors.
NFL player Khalil Mack paid off $80,000 worth of layaways at a Walmart in Fort Pierce.
Journalist Shannon LaNier learned how to braid his daughters’ hair from his wife…and Youtube. He became so skilled at it, other fathers began asking him for hair tutorials, which encouraged him to create and post more videos of him being his daughters’ personal hair stylist. The CW39 Houston host first started making videos to prove […]