You may also like
Cover Star Keke Palmer On Black Lives Matter, Standing Together, And Our Better Future | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.cosmopolitan.com BY HUNTER HARRIS and PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANA SCRUGGS We’re calling it now: Our Jaugust cover star—just like this moment—will go down in the pages of your future history books. Because Keke Palmer isn’t just waiting for change to happen from *waves hands* all this. She’s standing
Read more
Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
Sponsored by BARBinc
N.C. A&T’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist | Afro
N.C. AT’s Gilmore Named 2020-21 Fulbright Program Grant Finalist EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 27, 2020) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Student Government Association President Allison Gilmore has been selected as a 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Kyrie Irving Producing TV Special About Breonna Taylor
Common, Jemele Hill and others will join the NBA player.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Miami-Dade County Imposing Restrictions After Cases Spike
MIAMI (AP) — Floridas biggest county ordered restaurants and gyms closed again Monday because of a rise in confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, as the U.S. emerged from a Fourth of July weekend of picnics, pool parties and beach outings that health officials fear could fuel the rapidly
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Jason Witten Responds To Former Cowboys Teammate Dez Bryant: I Believe It’s Time For Change | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.yahoo.com By Frank Schwab On Sunday, former Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant called out three men by name, saying someone should have brought them to the protests in Austin that focused on the Black Lives Matter movement. He mentioned Jerry and Stephen Jones, the braintrust of the
Read more
Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
UVA Doctors Discuss Impact of COVID-19 On Black America - The New Journal and Guide
“Racism is the underlying reason that we’re seeing disparities,” Dr. Cameron Webb noted, listing economic instability and food insecurity as major reasons why African Americans are more susceptible to the
Read more
Source: The New Journal and Guide
Amy Cooper Will Face Charges For Calling Police On Black Birdwatcher
The Central Park Karen falsely reported an incident.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by Pride Academy
L. A. Activists Are Planning A Flower Vigil For Breonna Taylor
The event will take place on Saturday, July 11.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
BET.coms 12 Days Of Pride Celebrates Queer Black Creatives
June 1 marks the first day of LGBT Pride Month.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by Pride Academy
George Floyd final homegoing live now [video] | The Michigan Chronicle
George Floyd will be buried in Pearland, TX today following a private funeral at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston. George Floyd’s death energized a movement after millions watched horrific video of his murder by suffocation at the knee of former now Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
Read more
Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Cosby Appeal | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.blackpressusa.com By Stacy M. Brown Cosby has languished in a Pennsylvania prison since September of 2018, serving a three to 10-year sentence. The state Appellate Court denied his earlier requests for relief. The state’s highest court routinely denies hearing cases, particularly sexual
Read more
Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
NASA Names Headquarters After first Black Female Engineer at NASA
This story was originally published on blackengineer.com NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her career in the segregated West
Read more
Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
Sponsored by Pride Academy
George Floyd final homegoing live now [video] | Atlanta Daily World
George Floyd will be buried in Pearland, TX today following a private funeral at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston. George Floyd’s death energized a movement after millions watched horrific video of his murder by suffocation at the knee of former now Mineeapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
Read more
Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media
Sponsored by Intellitech
Patriots Sign QB Cam Newton to Replace Tom Brady
BOSTON (AP) — The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent quarterback Cam Newton, bringing in the 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player to help the team move on from three-time MVP Tom Brady, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The one-year deal is worth up
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Black Man Put In Chokehold By NYPD Cop Has Been Arrested And Charged With Hate Crime
The cop who executed the illegal move has been suspended.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Colgate Donates Millions Worth of Hygiene Essentials to In-Need Communities to Combat COVID-19 | Afro
Colgate Mobilizes its Dental Vans and Partners with Feeding America® to Distribute Health-and-Hygiene Essentials to Support COVID-19 Relief Schools, Food Banks to Receive Donations to Support People In Need Colgate-Palmolive is repurposing its fleet of mobile dental vans and tapping into a network
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Buying Black: Is it a trend or Something We are Committed to Doing? | Chicago Defender
Across the country, people intentionally celebrated Juneteenth.  While these and other events are happening, black-owned businesses have received a massive amount of support. This is a fantastic turn of events for black business owners. However, is buying black a current trend and if so, how long
Read more
Source: Chicago Defender
Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
College Writing Awards go to University of Cincinnati and University of Mississippi Students | Afro
Hurston/Wright College Writing Awards go to students at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Mississippi Washington, DC—The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation’s 2020 Award for College Writers goes to a student at the University of Cincinnati, for fiction, and a student at
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Here’s What Black Lives Matter Protestors Did To A Fox News Reporter Who Shoved A Woman
It happened just hours after two Black teens were shot.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Philadelphia Couple Celebrates Marriage During Black Lives Matter Protest
The heartwarming moment has gone viral.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by New York University
Virus, Floyd Death Merge in Brutal Blow to Black Well-Being | Afro
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Doctors have known it for a long time, well before the resounding cries of Black Lives Matter: Black people suffer disproportionately. They face countless challenges to good health, among them food, transportation and income. The stress of living with racism has
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Democrats Kneel At Capitol Building To Honor George Floyd
They also introduced a police overhaul bill.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
60,000 Strong: The Sounds Images Of Houston Coming Together For George Floyd | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
If you want something to encapsulate what it feels like to be from Houston, Texas – it’s the above image. Black men, clad in masks that may have hid their beards and grimaces but not their determination. Riders from the 5th Ward and other trail rides across the city descended on Discovery Green
Read more
Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin
Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Arrest Warrant Issued For Trump Supporters Who Vandalized BLM Mural In California
The police are reportedly searching for the couple.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by BARBinc
Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities - The New Journal and Guide
By Stacy M. Brown
Read more
Source: The New Journal and Guide
Sponsored by Intellitech
‘Costco Karen’ Throws Epic Tantrum For Being Asked To Follow A Simple Rule
She said the store’s regulations are “your problem.”
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
White Indiana Residents Bring Assault Weapons To BLM Protest To Intimidate Peaceful Demonstration
The group stared down the protesters while heavily armed.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Court: Some Employers Can Refuse to Offer Free Birth Control
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled broadly Wednesday in favor of the religious rights of employers in two cases that could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception and tens of thousands of people with no way to sue for job discrimination. In both cases the court ruled
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Hillsborough County OKs Nearly $20 Million For Affordable | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
HousingRendering of Uptown Sky, University Area Community Development Corporation Funds provided by federal and state grants, County Trust Fund Affordable housing remains a top priority of Hillsborough County’s Board of County Commissioners, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Packaging $19.76
Read more
Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Former Cop Who Placed Knee On Black Woman’s Neck Booked For Misconduct (video) | Afro
By N. Ali Early Another incident of police brutality against an African American has surfaced. According to the Miami Herald, Safiya Satchell was sitting in her Mercedes SUV when she was approached by an off duty police officer who was working as security for a strip club in the immediate proximity
Read more
Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
More from Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward
R&B Lost Three Legends This Weekend in Little Richard, Andre Harrell and Betty Wright
The Age of COVID-19 Meant the First Monday of May Came and Went With No Met Gala
Civil Rights Icon and Journalist Ida B. Wells Posthumously Awarded 2020 Pulitzer Prize
Reckless and Dangerous Decision to Reopen America
PANDEMIC 2020: 10 Lessons For Black America
Al Edwards, Former State Rep and “Father of Juneteenth Holiday” in Texas, Dead at 83
What Do You Have to Lose? Your Health or Your Job
OP-ED: Stop Excluding People of Color in Environmental Policies
Rep. Jim Clyburn Will Lead House Oversight Committee on Coronavirus
Valeisha Butterfield Jones Named as Recording Academy’s First Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Congress Must Act Now to Deliver Relief to Cities – the Economic Engines of the Nation
Houston Texans Announce 2020 Schedule
Not Your Average Joes: Two Local Doctors Refusing to Ignore the COVID-19 Plight in the African American Community
Facebook Awards Forward Times $100K Grant to Continue Keeping Community Informed During COVID-19 Pandemic
A Trail of Destruction and an Unclear Future: This is COVID-19
THE HUNTED!
The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery — and Our Continuing Terror
“This Virus is Very Real”
Houston City Council Approves $15 Million Rental Relief Program for Landlords and Tenants
Harmony Public Schools Receives National “Above and Beyond” Award during COVID-19 Pandemic
Rockets, Toyota and Pizza Hut Offer Surprises at Kids’ Meals Distribution
Leading the Charge: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Uses Political Platform to Advocate for Testing and Necessary Resources in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Land Ownership: The Key to Black Power
Rice Names Quadrangle Grove to Honor Reverend William Lawson
Old, Sick and Incarcerated
Implicit Bias a Driver of COVID-19 among African Americans
The Black Crisis in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
Pros and Cons of COVID-19 Testing
Remmele Young Returns to HCC in New Role
MLB and City of Houston Parks Department Agree to Continue MLB Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner Park
PVAMU Volleyball team among the teams featured on ESPNU’s “HBCU Day” on Saturday, May 23
Keith Wade, Adviser to Mayor Sylvester Turner, Succumbs to COVID-19
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Honors Our Nation’s Veterans, Service Members and Their Families with a Congressional Memorial Day Ceremony
Shepherd Manson B. Johnson II, pastor of Holman Street Baptist Church, has died
Houston Health Department Announces Additional COVID-19 Testing Sites
Gear Up for Free Fishing Day in Texas June 6
Even While Physically Distant, 2020 Grads Find Ways to Celebrate and Inspire
“Coronavirus (A.K.A. COVID-19): Don’t Believe the Hype”
Americans Have United Before to Defeat an External Enemy and We Can Again
Commissioners Court Approves $30 Million COVID-19 Relief Fund for Equitable Economic Relief for Vulnerable Harris County Residents
The Loss of a Big Brother
Migos’ Quavo Celebrates High School Graduation by Dropping a New Song
Drumming Legend Jimmy Cobb Passes Away At 91
Shepherd Manson B. Johnson II: Teacher and Community Leader Who Lived His Mantra “Stay on Top” Succumbed to COVID-19
“Equal Protection under the Law”
Hurt, Pain and Tragedy Come with the Death of George Floyd
Homegrown: Featuring Lenora
Owner of High-end Day Spa Sheds Light on Importance of Self-Care, Despite Corona Virus
“Face Masks: To Use or Not To Use…That is the Question!”
Chris Hollins Sworn in as Newly Appointed Harris County Clerk

New York City Facts

Washington DC Facts

Arts Facts