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Source: Bloomberg / Getty After two years away at junior college, James Mungin II had just returned home to Miami’s historic African American neighborhood, Liberty City, when a white neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, went on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed Black teenager, Trayvon Martin. Mungin knew Martin in passing—the 17-year-old lived in Liberty City with his father but was visiting his mother at her suburban Orlando home when he […]

Southern University and A&M College The community of Southern University and A&M College just got a rough start to Spring Break 2025 with the recent death of a 20-year-old student who died following his involvement in an off-campus fraternity ritual under Omega Psi Phi. Louisiana native Caleb Wilson, also a member of the school’s renowned Human Jukebox marching band, was recognized in a public statement made today (Feb 27) by […]

Source: X Sometimes we just have to do it for ourselves. Earlier this month, a group of neo-Nazis who likely consider themselves to be of the intellectually superior race thought it was a grand (wizard) idea to travel to a predominately Black neighborhood in Lincoln Heights, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, and stage a white supremacist demonstration near a highway overpass where they hung a swastika banner. As any Black […]

Source: koldo studio / Getty What we know: A white woman from Georgia, Hannah Grace Cobb, has been charged with the fatal shooting of her 30-year-old Black boyfriend, Telvin “Telbo Rackins” Osborne. Police reveal that the couple was intoxicated before an argument broke out, which lead to the fatal shooting Osborne’s social media posts showing disdain for Black women resurfaced online, sparking online controversy as Osborne’s family asks for privacy […]

There’s always that one Black person who is hellbent on making the rest of us cringe with their antics.  Think Tim Scott, who did everything in his power to make Trump love him thinking it would get him the VP nod. Sadly for him, he was mistaken because there was no way Trump was putting a Black man on his presidential ticket, but nice try, you big goofy.  There’s Herschel […]

Source: Santiago Felipe / Getty Sha’Vi Lewis (3rd from left), a Clark Atlanta alum who appeared on season 18 of Bravo’s Project Runway, has passed away at the age of 39. As reported by TMZ, the fashion designer died on Monday, February 24. The cause of death is not known at press time. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10212823300933869&set=a.1011902074352 Sha’Vi’s sister, Akira, said in a statement to TMZ, “We are in a state of disbelief as we […]

Source: UCG / Getty   At this moment, when executive orders attack the rights and safety of women and nonbinary people of color—when our very existence is debated and devalued–it’s easy to feel an immense sense of overwhelm and anxiety. In these moments of doubt, remember: you are not alone. We are a chorus, and our voices echo through history. We have fought for and lost rights to our bodies, our […]