You may also like

Africa: Bryan Soumaré - From Dijon to Sochaux
In lack of play time in Dijon this season, the player will join Ligue
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
Friends and Former Media Colleagues React to Death of Beloved Sports Journalist Roger B. Brown
As news hit on May 18th that legendary DFW sports journalist Roger B. Brown passed away days after his 61st birthday, many of his friends and former media colleagues took to social media to express their feelings about the beloved “Roger
Read more
Source: Delivering News You Can Use
McDaniel, Hattie (1895-1952)
Hattie McDaniel is best known as the first black Oscar winner.  She won the award on February 29, 1940, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Mammy” in Gone With the Wind. McDaniels career began three decades earlier.  She gave her first public performances as a grade school
Read more
Source: Black Past
Feb
29
1940
Louisville Seeks US Review Of Police Killing Of Black Woman
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville officials have now asked the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI to review the police department’s internal investigation of the killing of a black woman by officers raiding her home two months
Read more
Source: Black America Web
COVID-19 Update: Technology Proves “Game-Changer” for Black Urban Youth.
Pew Research Center analysis of 2015 U.S. Census Bureau data established that about 15% of Americans who have children who attend school were reported to not have high-speed internet connectivity at
Read more
Source: ThyBlackMan
Nelly ‘Verzuz’ Ludacris battle mishap convinces Twitter women do it better
(Photo: Getty
Read more
Source: theGrio
Zimbabwe: Mwonzora Dismisses Social Media Chats As Fake and Malicious
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has dismissed as fake social media chats purporting to be between him and some Zanu PF
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Meet The 25-Year Old South African Lawyer Who Runs Her Own Law Firm
Becoming a lawyer is no easy feat and thousands of dedicated students around the world work tirelessly to gain entrance into a promising law
Read more
Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information
Sponsored by Pride Academy
Twitter Fact Checks President Trump's Claim About Voter Fraud
For the first time since being elected, Twitter has fact-checked a claim President Trump made on the social media
Read more
Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent
Biden Hires Chávez Granddaughter To Help On Latino Outreach
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign is bringing on the granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez as a senior adviser to help with Latino outreach and building out its operation in the
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Iran oil tanker reaches Venezuela amid US tension | New York Carib News
The first of five Iranian oil tankers – Fortune, Forest, Petunia, Faxon, and Clavel – has entered Venezuela’s waters carrying more than a million barrels of fuel, and being escorted by the Venezuelan navy and air
Read more
Source: The New York Carib News
Louisville Police Are Now Required To Wear Body Cameras After Breonna Taylor Shooting
Members of Louisville’s Metro Police Department will be required to wear body cameras after the death of Breonna Taylor, a decorated EMT, who was fatally shot by police while she slept in her apartment on March
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Central Park “Karen” Lost Her Job And Her Dog After Racist Video Goes Viral
When Christian Cooper, an avid birdwatcher, emerged out of his home on Monday, he had no idea he would be the target of another racist “Karen” encounter, making him the center of a viral internet moment which again drudged up the historical context of white women using state-sanctioned violence
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Good Times
Good Times is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series primary executive producer. Good Times was a spin-off of Maude, which was itself a spin-off of All in the
Read more
Source: BlackHistory.com
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
State of Illinois Cancels Summer Events at McCormick Place Including Black Women's Expo; New Dates Scheduled for 2021
Black Women’s Expo (BWe) founder Merry Green and her team held on to hope that the country’s largest and longest-running exposition targeting African American women would take place on the rescheduled dates this
Read more
Source: Chicago Defender
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended
Major African stats: May 16 at 7:30
Read more
Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
David Walker: Abolitionist Smuggled "Appeal for a Slave Revolt" to the South in Used Clothing
David Walker: Abolitionist Smuggled “Appeal for a Slave Revolt” to the South in Used Clothing
Read more
Source: Black Then
Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
St. Paul Police Accused of Sabotaging George Floyd Protests After White Man Randomly Vandalizes AutoZone Store with Hammer
A Minnesota police department denied accusations from critics who believe they deployed undercover officers to undermine protests happening in
Read more
Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker was born on March 3, 1962, in Wrightsville, Georgia. He was born to Willis and Christine Walker and was one of the seven siblings. Walker attended Johnson County High School in Wrightsville. As a child, Walker showed little interest in sports rather he preferred reading books and
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Mar
3
1962
Nigeria coronavirus: 7,261 cases; Buhari's private Eid, chloroquine warning
Total confirmed cases = 7,016 (new cases
Read more
Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Sponsored by Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative
Zimbabwe: Abducted MP Mamombe, Activists Roughed Up By Makorokoza Lovers - Mutodi
Sacked Information Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has made startling claims hospitalised MDC MP Joanna Mamombe and two female party activists were roughed up by their lovers who are illegal miners following an argument over payment of their "services" in foreign
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Man-Child Donald Trump Reacts BIGLY By Signing “Useless” Excutive Order That Targets Social Media
Doing what he does best, he signed an executive order that put tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google as well as the internet law that gives them legal immunity from the content users may share on their
Read more
Source: The Urban Daily
Sponsored by New York University
Desoto City Hall & Some Facilities Set For a Limited Reopening on May 18th: Safety Restrictions & Modified Rules In Place
On Monday, May 18th, in conjunction with Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to reopen Texas, DeSoto’s City Hall, and some other important City facilities will reopen to the public on a graduated
Read more
Source: Serving Northeast Texas
News Brief: Minn. Protests, Texas COVID Testing Sites, Trump Tweet
Now, at that point, video shows police on top of him, including a white officer with a knee on
Read more
Source: Stories About Black History
Kenya coronavirus: Updates from March - April 2020
May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607
Read more
Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
Woman Fired After Backlash From Racist Park Confrontation
NEW YORK (AP) — The verbal dispute between a white woman with an unleashed dog and a black man bird watching in Central Park might normally have gone unnoticed in a city preoccupied by the coronavirus
Read more
Source: Black America Web
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
Nigeria coronavirus: 8000+ cases, Africa’s 4th most impacted
Total confirmed cases = 8,068 (new cases
Read more
Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Kenneth Walker, FBI Launches Investigation
Several developments in the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old decorated Louisville, Kentucky, EMT who was fatally shot by three white officers while sleeping in her home, evolved over Memorial Day
Read more
Source: MadameNoire
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Walker, Alice M. (1944- )
The first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Alice Walker was born the eighth child of sharecroppers Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker, on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. Walker became the valedictorian of her segregated high school class, despite an accident at
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Feb
9
1944
FedEx Worker Claims He and His Coworker Were Fired After Posting Video of Them Confronting Racist Customer, Company Denies Firings
FedEx spoke out after a Black worker claimed he and a coworker were fired for posting a video of a confrontation with a white
Read more
Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
More from Your Black World
Black Female Nurse Who Worked at ICE Exposes Agency for Performing Mass Hysterectomies
Second-Round Lockout: Details Emerge Regarding Stalemate Over Stimulus Deal Part 2
NEW CASE: Ghislaine Maxwell Forced Girl, 14, to Satisfy Jeff Epstein’s “Compulsive” Sexual Urges
T.I Agrees To Settle Federal Claim He Promoted Fraudulent Cryptocurrency
Famous Jazz Critic Stanley Crouch Dies At 74
Kanye West URINATES on Grammy- Vows To Not Release Songs Until He’s Freed From Universal and Sony Contracts
Former Neo-Nazi Says White Supremacist Officers Use ‘Ghost Skins’ to Hide Their True Beliefs While On the Police Force
Roy Jones Jr. Says He Made A Mistake With Agreeing to Fight Mike Tyson
CBC Brings Forth ‘Jobs And Justice Act Of 2020’ To Improve The Lives Of Black Families
White Woman Hits Black NY Jogger With Glass Bottle And Called Her The N-Word
Mocked For Being Dark-Skinned, Tyrese Says He Struggled With Low Self-Esteem As A Child
Dad Forgives Man Who Raped and Killed His 9-Year-Old Daughter
Megan’s Success Makes Thee Stallion Too Big for Her Latest Bouts With Bad Press
Naomi Osaka Says ‘Keep Politics Outta Sports’ Crowd Fueled Her US Open Win
NeNe Leakes is Out the Door at ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’
Far Right-Wing Group Praises its Big City Billboards With ‘No Police No Peace’ Message
Canadian-Born Supermodel of Indian Descent Explains Her Previous Anti-Black Dating Sentiments & More – Your
Second Woman on Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Dead at 87
Leader In the Fight Against Racial Injustice in Indiana Lied About Being Black
Rep. Jackson Lee Stops Deportation of Woman Claiming Fallopian Tube Removed Without Consent
Chris Rock Opens Up About Being Diagnosed With Nonverbal Learning Disorder
“Sometimes People Really Do Grow Apart,” Cardi B Opens Up About Divorce From Offset
Far Right-Wing Group Praises its Big City ‘No Police No Peace’ Billboards
AKA Sorority Sisters Have Donated Over $200,000 and Counting to Biden-Harris Campaign
Deion Sanders is Officially the Head Football Coach at Jackson State University
Black Woman-Owned Tech Recruiter In Las Vegas Secures Funds From Multi-Billion-Dollar Investment Firm
Ahead of Kentucky AG’s Breonna Taylor Decision, Louisville Police Chief Declares State of Emergency
Michael Cohen Says Trump’s Dislike of Obama Is Purely Racial
Mike Ditka Tells NFL Players To ‘Get The Hell Out of U.S.A’
Dave Chappelle Recalls How Prince Reacted to His Decision to Leave Chappelle’s Show
WNBA Star Maya Moore Marries The Man She Helped Free From Prison
Dr. Dre’s Estranged Wife Files Lawsuit Claiming She Co-Owns His Name and The Chronic Album
Wells Fargo’s CEO Said There Is a ‘Limited Amount Of Black Talent’
4 People Charged in Gruesome Killing Of Black Father Found Burning in Ditch
Da Brat Opens Up About Being Bisexual, Says She’s Marrying A Woman
Don Lemon Proposes Elimination of Electoral College Amid Supreme Court Battle
Grand Jury Fails to Indict Cops on Murder Charges in Breonna Taylor Case
Louisville Police Officer Hit With Gunfire as Breonna Taylor Protests Intensify
Daniel Cameron Was Recently on Trump’s 20-Person List of Supreme Court Nominees
ICE Doctor Suspected of Performing Illegal Hysterectomies Banned From Treating Detainees
Chris Rock to Host ‘SNL’ for Third Time, Megan Thee Stallion Will Headline as Musical Guest
Costco Pulls Palmetto Cheese From Shelves After Food Brand’s Owner Posts Racial Slurs on Facebook
Trump Said No Peaceful Transition If He Loses Upcoming Election
Stevie Wonder Tearfully Responds To Breonna Taylor Indictment
Delonte West In Rags, Begging For Money On The Streets
Jaguar Wright Accuses Mary J. Blige Of Being Gay
Breonna Taylor’s Mother Says The Justice System Isn’t Designed To Protect Black Women
Louisville Police Major Says Members of Black Lives Matters Are ‘Punks’ And Will Be Washing Their Cars
“Girlfriends” star Reggie Hayes Hospitalized For Congestive Heart Failure, Struggling To Get Work
Charles Barkley Blasted For Claiming Breonna Taylors Killing Was Justified

Business Facts