Former NBA guard Nate Robinson, known for defying the odds, faces a dire prognosis as his kidneys are functioning at less than 15 percent capacity. Without a kidney donor soon, his condition is critical. Robinson, 40, fashioned an 11-year professional
The American Black Film Festival has found a new Ally. It’s a long-established Ally really. Ally Financial, which has been around quite awhile, recently emerged as one of the supporters of the festival, holding a reception at the recent gathering
He wasn’t the first Negro Leagues alum to play Major League Baseball, but he was among the most impactful. The tributes that are pouring in for Willie Mays, baseball’s “Say Hey Kid” who died Tuesday at the age of 93,
Four months after slamming a Black teenager’s face into the ground, dragging him by his locs and swearing at him, a Columbus, Ohio, police officer has been fired. Donovan Bever’s actions on Feb. 19 left Columbus police chief Elaine Bryant,
Exactly 85 years after her family was burned out of an all-white neighborhood, the 97-year-old “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is moving back to the address where the fire was set. Opal Lee was 12 years old when a racist mob —
Donald Trump was convicted Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, becoming the first former president convicted of a crime. Trump was indicted in connection with a hush-money payment made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels before of
A 23-year-old Air Force airman’s family wants an explanation after he was shot to death in Florida, in yet another instance where police have killed a Black person minding his own business in his own home. The death of Roger
Dozens of Atlanta HBCU students, alumni and sympathizers declaring solidarity with protesters on college campuses across the nation made their displeasure known Wednesday — about the U.S. role favoring Israel in its war with Hamas, about President Joe Biden’s imminent
Kim Godwin, who only three years ago became the first Black woman to run a broadcast television news division, is out at ABC News. The timing seems peculiar, given that Godwin just signed a contract extension in February. Even amid
