Delroy Lindo urges white anchor to say n-word in viral clip from TV show
Actor Delroy Lindo was a whole mood on Twitter for the way he seemingly handled a white reporter’s question regarding the n-word. The scenario actually played out in an old…
‘My 600-lb Life’ star James King dead at 49
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. James King, who appeared on the TLC reality series “My 600-lb Life,” died…
Tyler Perry tips $21K to restaurant workers during COVID-19 shutdown
Tyler Perry is out here offering cheer to essential restaurant personnel as the country battles the novel coronavirus pandemic. During a trip to a Houston’s restaurant in Atlanta on Sunday,…
Hospital shares video of Lizzo thanking medical workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Days after sending staff battling the coronavirus pandemic at the Boston Medical Center…
Doc shows FBI neglected to explore all of the ‘Atlanta Child Murders’ leads
Could either the Ku Klux Klan or a pedophile ring have been responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Atlanta’s missing children in the early 1980s? READ MORE: Super-producer Will…
Russell Simmons Brings Back Def Comedy Jam to Raise Money for Coronavirus Ravaged Areas
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Hip-hop and business mogul Russell Simmons has seen the devastation the novel coronavirus has wreaked on his hometown of Hollis in Queens, N.Y.,…
NNPA Op-Ed Highlights Other Coronavirus Risk Faced By Black Americans
By AFRO Staff National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. recently authored an op-ed for The Hill, an influential Washington publication, that highlights an important…
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Black Mistrust of Medicine Looms
By Aaron Morrison and Jay ReevesThe Associated Press Just as the new coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, gym members in New York City frantically called the fitness center where…
Civil Rights Hero Lowery Honored at Private Atlanta Funeral
By The Associated Press Family of the Rev. Joseph Lowery gathered April 4 for a small, private funeral for the civil rights veteran who worked closely with Martin Luther King…
Tiger At NYC’s Bronx Zoo Tests Positive For Coronavirus
By Jennifer PeltzThe Associated Press A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an…