Back for a 4th Olympics run, LeBron James says gold is all that matters
Sports“I’m here to have a good summer,” James saysLAS VEGAS (AP) — He first played on the U.S. Olympic team…
First Missionary Baptist Church of Decatur (1866- )
First Missionary Baptist Church of Decatur was established in 1866 in northwest Alabama by 21 former slaves in the home…
Roc Nation Co-Presidents Celebrate 5th Anniversary With New Artist Signings, Collaborative Mixtape ‘We Don’t Chase Trends’
July 8, 2024Roc Nation co-presidents Shari Bryant and Omar Grant have big plans to celebrate their fifth anniversary with the…
Aldis Hodge reveals ‘Cross’ premiere date at Essence Festival
EntertainmentHodge, who will produce and star in the series, revealed the news while speaking on a panel at the annual…
Moments From The 2024 Essence Festival That Everyone Is Talking About
Trending Source: Josh Brasted / Getty It’s officially our favorite time of the year! The 2024 Essence Festival is well…
UK general election has art trade on tenterhooks
Illustration: © Katherine HardyGeorgina Adam, our editor-at-large, comments on major art market trends and their impact on the trade. Her…
How One Black Man Blazed A Trail In The CIA
July 8, 2024The CIA recently gave George Hocker a prominent place in its museum.In 1957, George Hocker became one of…
Knees Not Included: Megan Thee Stallion Bringing Back Hottie Bootcamp, Introducing A New Twerking Workout
Trending Source: Paras Griffin / Getty / Megan Thee Stallion Ready to learn from the master? Megan Thee Stallion is…
Head of Frieze parent company Endeavor calls on Joe Biden to drop out of US presidential race
Ari Emanuel participates in a panel at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2015 conference in Aspen, Colorado Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune…
Roger Williams University (1866-1929)
Founded as the Nashville Normal and Theological Institute and by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, a Christian missionary society…
Kamala Harris For President? Black Voters At Essence Festival Weren’t Opposed
July 8, 2024Black voters expressed during the 2024 Essence Festival that although they support, Biden, they’re would favor electing Harris…
Edna May Griffin (1909-2000)
Edna May Griffin, often referred to as ‘the Rosa Parks of Iowa,’ was a prominent American civil rights pioneer in…
Black Politicians Stand Behind President Joe Biden After He Vows To Stay In The Race–And ‘Beat Donald Trump’
July 8, 2024Together we stand, divided we fall…..Several Black politicians are declaring that they stand with President Joe Biden after…
Bronny joining the Lakers is LeBron James’ ‘greatest accomplishment’ in the NBA, says the proud dad
LifestyleThis year during the NBA Draft, Bronny James was picked by the Los Angeles Lakers, joining his father LeBron James…
Art is on the curriculum at The Campus, a former school in upstate New York transformed by six galleries
Haegue Yang's Sonic Rotating Whatever Openings on Hemisphere #16 (2022) installed in a former science lab at The Campus Photo…
Kai Cenat Reveals Twitch Nearly Banned Him For Blasting Fireworks Inside Home
July 8, 2024The streamer revealed the indoor fireworks were simply a stunt to trick his viewers.Kai Cenat’s antics almost got…
A’ja Wilson Becomes Las Vegas Aces’ All-Time Scoring Leader
July 8, 2024The 2023 WNBA Finals MVP now has 4,301 points surpassing Sophia Young-Malcolm’s 4,300 career points.Many records are being…
Damson Idris stars alongside Brad Pitt in new ‘F1’ trailer
EntertainmentIdris stars as Joshua Pearce, a rookie racing prodigy on the scene and mentee to Pitt’s Sonny Hayes, in “F1.”The…
Kemba Walker Officially Retires From The NBA
TrendingSource: Alfonso Cannavacciuolo / GettyAt the young age of 34-years-old, former NBA All-Star and college basketball legend Kemba Walker is…
Vikings draft pick Khyree Jackson, 2 former high school teammates killed in car crash in Maryland
SportsJackson was in the running to earn a starting cornerback job after being drafted in the fourth round by the…
Banksy's Glastonbury migrant boat artwork is ‘vile’, says UK home secretary
Banksy's inflatable migrant boat artwork is carried across the crowds during Lil Simz's set at Glastonbury 2024 Photo: Luke Brennan/…
Angel Reese Scores New WNBA Record, Beats Candace Parker In Double-Doubles
July 8, 2024Reese has emerged as a frontrunner for this season’s Rookie of the Year.Angel Reese is in a “league…
Fantasia Is Perfection In A White Christian Siriano Dress For 4th Of July Performance
TrendingSource: Taylor Hill / GettyFantasia and Christian Siriano go together real bad. The beloved actress and singer was a vision…
‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 4, Episode 5: Revenge can wait?
EntertainmentOPINION: Seriously, how in this world is this series supposed to wrap up in five more episodes? Tariq JUST figured…
George Hocker: The Black Spy Who Broke Racial Barriers
TrendingSource: CIA / CIA.govGeorge Hocker’s remarkable journey as a Black spy, amid the tumultuous civil rights era, remained largely untold…
Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with it
CrimeA recent case from Ohio, in which an 81-year-old man was targeted by a scammer and allegedly responded with violence,…
US National Gallery acquires four Robert Longo drawings, including one of the 6 January insurrection
Robert Longo's Untitled (Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol; January 6th, 2021; Based on a photograph by Mark Peterson) (2021)Courtesy the…
2 Bronx Sisters Drown At Coney Island Beach
July 8, 2024New York City residents 18-year-old Aisha Mohammed and 17-year-old Zainab Mohammed drowned after going into the waterA family…
UK general election 2024: what art world figures want from the new Labour government
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech at Tate Modern on 5 July after his party swept to…
Alleged Drunk Driver Arrested After Driving Truck Into NYC 4th Of July Gathering, Killing 3 People
July 8, 2024Forty-four-year-old Daniel Christopher Hyden drove a pickup truck into a New York City park, killing three while injuring…
Fashion icon Bethann Hardison shares her secrets to aging gracefully
LifestyleAfter an impressive career as a fashion model, agent and advocate, Bethann Hardison shares her unique perspective on aging and…
Behind the British Museum’s struggle to find a space to show one of its greatest Assyrian reliefs
The Banquet Scene, more than 2,600 years old, depicts Assyrian king Ashurbanipal© The Trustees of the British MuseumOne of the…
Khyree Jackson, 2 Others Killed In Maryland Car Accident
July 8, 2024Khyree Jackson, a former standout cornerback at the University of Oregon and a 2024 fourth-round pick of the…
Coco Gauff can’t get a new game plan at Wimbledon and loses to Emma Navarro
SportsGauff has yet to make it past the fourth round at Wimbledon, and she exited at that stage again Sunday,…
Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods
NewsThe heat isn’t just uncomfortable. It’s the top cause of weather-related U.S. fatalities, quietly killing about 350 New Yorkers annually.…
Happy Anniversary: Ciara And Russell Wilson Celebrate 8 Years Of Marriage
TrendingSource: Karwai Tang / GettyThey met at a basketball game, fell in love like a modern-day fairytale, and have been…
Grambling University Player Sues NCAA For Discrimination Against HBCUs; Judge Sets July Settlement Conference
July 7, 2024The NCAA has responded to McKinney’s claims by saying that it considers multiple factors in its decision to…
Kendrick Lamar’s Fiancée Whitney Alford Shows Off Her Dance Moves In ‘Not Like Us’
Copyright © 2024 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved. TrendingSource: Lester Cohen / GettyKendrick Lamar finally released the music video…
Spain’s plans for a national Civil War museum in disarray
The construction of the National Museum of the Battle of Teruel and the Civil War is advancing slowly and its…
Watch: Historic poll of Black voters finds Harris has higher approval than Biden
ElectionsThe Black Futures Lab survey shows that among 211,000 Black Americans, Vice President Kamala Harris has a 71% approval rating.On…
Paramount Global Joins The Ongoing Efforts To Erase Black History
TrendingMary J. Blige, BET Awards Source: Paras Griffin / GettyIf something happened but it wasn’t documented, does it count as…
July Book Bag: from a giant tome of Islamic and Middle Eastern art to a biography of the overlooked British artist Mabel Nicholson
Adam Henein's Big Reader (1995) features in The Farjam Collection of Islamic and Middle Eastern ArtThis two-volume publication published in…
At Essence, Black Democrats rally behind Biden and talk up Kamala Harris
ElectionsVice President Kamala Harris sat down for a fireside chat with Essence CEO Caroline Wanga as Democrats face a difficult…
Reality Star KeKe Jabbar’s Cause of Death Revealed
TrendingSource: KEKE JABBAR / InstagramEarlier this week, reality fans were shocked to learn the loss of beloved reality star KeKe…
How One Group Fights For Locally Grown Reparations
July 7, 2024The African American Redress Network consists of lawyers, historians, and experts dedicated to racial justice. As conversations surrounding…
Artist who threatened to blow up art to save Julian Assange reflects on ‘extreme stress’ of the experience
Andrei Molodkin’s Dead Man’s Switch is a pneumatic pump connecting two barrels that could cause a chemical reaction strong enough…
Gambling University Player Sues NCAA For Discrimination Against HBCUs; Judge Sets July Settlement Conference
July 7, 2024The NCAA has responded to McKinney’s claims by saying that it factors in multiple factors in its decision…
Oldest example of figurative art found in Indonesian cave
The team at the Leang Karampuang site used a new technique to determine the minimum age of the paintings, employing…
Black Woman Named First Female Chancellor Of England’s University Of Birmingham
July 7, 2024The 60-year-old Sandie Okoro previously broke barriers as the first Black woman to hold the position of senior…
Boston’s First-Black Owned Art Gallery To Showcase Black And Brown Artists
July 7, 2024Blkchip Gallery was opened by Tavares Brewington and the Street Theory Collective. .Boston’s newest art gallery, located in…
National Urban League honors 4 Black women for their community impact
EntertainmentBevy Smith, Tracey Edmonds, Faith Jenkins and Lisa Price received honors from the National Urban League at Essence Festival luncheonNEW…
Haiti’s prime minister says Kenyan police are crucial to controlling gangs
NewsPrime Minister Garry Conille called initial feedback on having Kenyan police in the capital “extremely, extremely positive.”UNITED NATIONS (AP) —…
Polished Players: A List of Professional Athletes Who Paint Their Nails
Trending Source: Steve Eichner / Getty In a country where the nickname of our nation is ‘the land of the…
Qatar Museums and Venice's new protocol of co-operation includes aim of restoring 'symbolic parts of the city’
ACP Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, Venice, is home to the exhibition Your Ghosts Are Mine—Expanded Cinemas, Amplified Voices, produced by Qatar Museums,…
Klay Thompson offers thoughtful farewell to Warriors, fans in Instagram post
SportsThompson, one-half of the “Splash Brothers” with Stephen Curry, won four championships with the Warriors and was best by injuries…
Anton van Dalen, who imaginatively chronicled life in Lower Manhattan, has died, aged 86
Anton van Dalen in his studio in Anton: Circling Home (2020) Photo by Anthony LindseyAnton van Dalen, the Dutch American…
Kendrick Lamar Delivers Music Video For ‘Not Like Us,’ Adding Clever Visuals To His Drake Diss
July 7, 2024Kendrick Lamar’s diss track music video takes several more shots at the “The Motto” rapper.Compton Rapper Kendrick Lamar…
Looking a lot like dad, Bronny James makes NBA Summer League debut
SportsJames wound up 2 for 9 for four points in his debutSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Once that second-quarter layup went…
Boxer Ryan Garcia apologizes for using racial slurs, says he is going to rehab
SportsGarcia also complained that other fighters had made racist statements without being disciplined by the WBCRyan Garcia apologized in a…
‘Viscerally real’: a Caravaggio painting provides inspiration for a newly translated novel
Caravaggio’s faces are hard to forget—consider the beautiful fortune teller, her almond-shaped eyes casting a spell over her young customer…