6-Year-Old Kelsey Hines Has a Message for Baltimore
(Video Posted By Kelly Ellerbe on Thursday, April 26, 2018) Kelsey Hines asked her mother Kelly Ellerbee to record a message because she had something to say about the overwhelming…
Pat McGrath is holding a casting call for makeup artists this weekend
The legendary maquillage queen Pat McGrath is looking for new talent to join her team, and she’s holding a casting call at The Makeup Show in New York City on…
Hackers Try to Ruin NASA Competition for Three Black Teens
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, India Skinner, Mikayla Sharrieff and Bria Snell are 11th graders and members of the cheerleading squad at Banneker High School in Washington, D.C.,…
‘Dear White People’ Cast Reacts to Kanye’s Slavery Remark
EBONY caught up with the cast of Dear White People on the red carpet while attending the Season Two screening premiere of their Netflix series held at ArcLight Cinemas on…
Trump White House Wants to Talk About Race
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, Perhaps sensing some sort of momentum with Black Americans in the wake of Kanye West’s seemingly ubiquitous, rambling, full embrace of Donald Trump, the…
Kevin Hart Survives Scary Plane Landing
Kevin Hart is thankful to be alive after a plane he was flying in had a rough landing. The comedian posted on Instagram on Thursday saying that private jet he…
Support for Pioneering Journalist Ida B. Wells Monument Grows
By Lisa Snowden-McCray, Special to the AFRO Ida B. Wells, the intrepid journalist and Mississippi-native whose work exposed the horrors of lynching, is having a moment. It’s a perfect storm…
Adidas Isn’t Cutting Ties with Kanye After Controversial Slavery Comments
Adidas will continue to work with Kanye West despite an online petition on Care2 calling for them to drop the rapper. People are demanding the German sportswear company separate from…
UNCF Releases Report on Black Youth’s Perception of College
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, On April 26, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) released a report, “A Seat at the Table: African American Youth’s Perceptions of K-12…
Bill Cosby Kicked Out of Television Hall-of-Fame Following Guilty Verdict
One week after Bill Cosby was found guilty of sexual assault, the disgraced stand-up has been expelled from the Television Hall-of-Fame. According to Deadline, the Television Academy has kicked the…