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Black scholar and minister Lawrence Ware is speaking out about his reason for cutting ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant Christian denomination.In a New York Times op-ed on Monday, Ware, who works as co-director of the Center for Africana Studies at Oklahoma State University, said the SBC hasn’t done nearly enough to address its racist […]
Doris Payne, the notorious 86-year-old jewel thief whose life was the subject of a Netflix documentary, was arrested again on Monday for allegedly shoplifting at an Atlanta-area Walmart — while sporting an ankle monitor from a previous bust. Payne, whose larcenous career dates back to the 1950s, told NBC News that she simply forgot to pay for […]
Mike Tirico isn’t trying to be Black. Here’s a picture: https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/887044274503786497 Yup. That guy right there is not about the Black label, or apparently any labels at all. In an interview with the New York Times, he had the following to say about race: “Why do I have to check any box? If we live […]
Black folks really, really love the Bible. That’s the conclusion of recent study that determined Bible reading habits among Christians. The American Bible Society’s “State Of The Bible” report says that 71% of African-Americans frequently study the Bible, compared to just 58% of all Americans. Only 6% of African-Americans are hostile toward the Bible, while […]
The trailer to Ava DuVernay’s anticipated A Wrinkle In Time is finally here—and it looks spectacular! Just look at Oprah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4U3TeY2wtM The Disney and Dreamworks film, slated to debut next March, is an adaptation of the 1963 children’s classic book by Madeleine L’Engle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film stars Storm Reid as Meg Murry, a young girl whose […]
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There’s new evidence to support what many in the Black community have long suspected: that vulnerable populations are disproportionately targeted for citations. Vox reports that a study found that cities with large Black populations are more likely to use fines to increase revenue. Political science researchers Michael Sances, of the University of Memphis, and Vanderbilt University’s […]
Tamron Hall is bouncing back with her very own talk show for daytime TV. Less than six months after leaving NBC and MSNC, Tamron is leveling up. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the news anchor is teaming up with The Weinstein Company for her very own talk show. Tamron will cover everything from current events […]
A Question of Faith, starring Richard T. Jones and Kim Fields was screened as the closing film at MegaFest 2017, the internationally acclaimed four-day faith, film and family festival. Although they were able to accommodate 690 people, more than a thousand showed up for the screening and organizers had to close the doors and regretfully turn away hundreds. Cast […]
Gospel/Jazz vocalist Robert E. Person releases his first single, “I Give You Praise,” off of his upcoming album Classic Covers to be released in the Fall, 2017. The single is a 40-year-old Richard Smallwood hit song that Robert collaborated with Richard Smallwood on. “(Working with Richard Smallwood) It met and exceeded my expectations,” Person said. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSmRavQsFZ4 An African-American tourist was beaten to death by a group of men while visiting Greece. According to CNN, Bakari Henderson, 22, was at a sports bar in the Greek island of Zakynthos with his friends on Friday when a man approached him and began fighting. The brawl escalated into the streets, which prompted security […]