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Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Former President Barack Obama is undoubtedly black culture’s most likeable president of all-time. As the first African-American president, Obama’s rise to power was already groundbreaking and historic. Apart from sharing the same skin, Obama’s character, confidence, and leadership were infectious, regardless of race. Who is the coolest president of all time? The 44th president exuded a level of coolness that captivated the nation to be […]

Source: MARK FELIX / Getty On Thursday (Aug 1), community leaders, elected officials, celebrities and more gathered at Fallbrook Church to celebrate the life and works of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. RELATED: How Kamala Harris’ Candidacy Is Inspiring Young Black Voters In Texas RELATED: LeToya Luckett Ties The Knot With Husband Taleo Coles In Stunning Houston Wedding Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the eulogy, and attendees included President Bill Clinton, former […]

Source: Sophie Bassouls / Getty Friday marks the 100th birthday of James Baldwin, one of the most iconic figures in American literature and society, and one of the most treasured by the Black community.  His work so masterfully unpacked social issues, from what freedom must mean for all Black people—to all people—more than a generation after his death in 1987, that we can hear him in the work of Kendrick […]

Veronica Fraley is currently living out her dreams as a part of Team USA’s Track and Field team at the 2024 Summer Olympics. However, the 2024 NCAA discus champion expressed that she was struggling to pay her rent which caught the eye of Flava Flav and Alexis Ohanian. On Thursday (August 1), Veronica Fraley took to X, formerly Twitter, to share with her followers that her school, Vanderbilt University, didn’t […]

Source: Theo Wargo / Getty Drake may be done going back and forth with Kendrick Lamar, but it seems like A$AP Rocky isn’t letting the King of the North off the hook that easily for speaking sideways about his queen, Rihanna. Months after A$AP Rocky took a subliminal shot at Drake on Kid Cudi’s “WOW,” the Harlem rapper is at it again as he throws another indirect dart at the […]

Simone Biles, who already secured her position as the most decorated gymnast of all time, won her second gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris this week. After a glowing reply on X from Ricky Davila, Simone Biles took a jab at Donald Trump and the former president’s weird “Black jobs” quip. Ricky Davila shared an X reply Friday morning (July 2) featuring images of Simone Biles showing […]

Source: Courtesy / HBCU Week Foundation The HBCU Week Foundation is bringing its college fair back to Walt Disney World Resort for the second time, spotlighting Disney’s commitment to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Read more about the college fair inside. The HBCU Week Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging high school students to enroll in HBCUs, providing scholarship dollars for their education, and creating a pipeline […]

Source: nedomacki / Getty If your diet is rich in processed red meat, you could be at a higher risk of developing dementia. That’s according to new research revealed July 31 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia. The findings are the result of a four-decade study of more than 130,000 adults. Researchers looked at the link between diet and cognition. They define processed red meat as bacon, bologna […]

Source: Jason Armond / Getty Who actually thought that Donald Trump in a room of real, Black, seasoned journalists wasn’t going to be a whole disastrous insult to Black people–to reasonable people of any race? When it was first announced that Donald Trump was invited to participate in a Q&A session at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention in Chicago, plenty of people warned it was a […]