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Sheryl Lee Ralph, 66, 1st-time nominee, wins Emmy award
By Sally Ho, Associated Press Veteran actor Sheryl Lee Ralph, an ageless stalwart of the industry who won an Emmy as a first-time nominee at the age of 66, relished in her victory by bellowing powerful...
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Broadway theater renamed in honor of James Earl Jones
By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The newly restored Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist....
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Ray Charles Jr. Pays Tribute To His Father And Those Impacted By 9/11
By Percy Lovell Crawford, Zenger Newswire “Ray! Salute For America,” a tribute to the late great Ray Charles, also honored those affected by the events of 9/11. Held in Los Angeles on Sept. 11 at Herb...
View ArticlePoet Marilyn Nelson wins $100,000 lifetime achievement prize
By Associated Press Marilyn Nelson has won the $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award, a lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets for “proven mastery in the art of poetry.” “For...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Why ‘The Woman King’ Is Revolutionary
By Dr. Stephane Dunn and Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftal, Chicago Defender Back in a 1974 review of the Bond-like Cleopatra Jones movie starring Tamara Dobson, Feminist and former Ms. Magazine editor Margaret...
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6 Inspiring ‘Firsts’ That Black Women Accomplished
By BOTWC Staff (courtesy of The Skanner) We’re highlighting six Black women from the past and present who are number one! They accomplished inspiring and historic feats that may be unknown, but...
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Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81
By The Associated Press Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81. Sanders, who...
View ArticleRihanna To Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire Rihanna, who refused to perform during the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show because of her stand with Colin Kaepernick, has decided to...
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Kanye West Terminates Yeezy’s Partnership To Make Fashion Affordable
By Adam Eckert, Zenger News Rapper and designer Kanye West, who goes by “Ye,” has terminated his Yeezy brand partnership with Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS) two years after the deal was announced. “Everyone knows...
View Article‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio dies at age 59
By Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Andrew Dalton, AP Entertainment Writers Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic...
View ArticleRevolutionary Black portrait exhibition opens at University of Virginia
By Sydney Shuler, The Daily Progress During the Jim Crow era, when minstrel shows and racist caricatures accounted for nearly all visual representations of Black people, hundreds of Black Virginians...
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Kanye may not like books, but hip-hop fosters a love of literature
By A.D. Carson, University of Virginia When Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – stated during a recent podcast that he doesn’t read books, some people questioned whether he was sending the...
View ArticleAfter #FreeBritney, California to limit conservatorships
By Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill limiting conservatorships that grant legal guardianship over individuals, a move that comes...
View ArticleKanye West’s Twitter, Instagram locked over offensive posts
By Associated Press Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts have been locked because of antisemitic posts from the rapper, now known legally as Ye. Spokespersons for Twitter and Instagram parent...
View ArticleNo Room for Black Folk
By Oscar H. Blayton, The Skanner In a recent interview in Vulture Magazine, Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, author of “The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games”...
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The Best Things to Happen to Black People in 2022 (So Far)
By Word In Black From continuing to deal with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, to Black Americans being attacked by white supremacists, 2022 has been a long year. But we’re still our...
View Article4 Sitcoms From the 90s That Embodied Black Excellence
By BOTWC Staff, Courtesy of The Skanner These shows changed the game! Recently, we have been experiencing a resurgence of Black television’s heyday. Everyday new and exciting sitcoms are emerging,...
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Actress and Director LisaRaye McCoy Talks Breast Cancer and her BET Film, The...
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire This year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that health professionals will diagnose more than 287,850 new cases of invasive...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd’s Daughter Plans $250 million Lawsuit against Kanye West
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire Calling comments by Kanye West repugnant, the family of George Floyd said they are filing a $250 million lawsuit against the troubled...
View ArticleCardi B battles with lawyer in racy mixtape artwork case
By Jonathan Landrum Jr. , AP Entertainment Writer A heated exchange between rapper Cardi B and the lawyer for a man suing her for copyright infringement got so intense Wednesday that the judge briefly...
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