Teachers are superheroes needed in a pandemic
Just last week we were all ear hustling from our social distance about the invisible opponent that goes by the name COVID-19. Openly, we all wanted to know if we…
The Coronavirus Doesn’t Discriminate, But U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases
The new coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But physicians in public health and on the front lines say that in the response to the pandemic, they can already see the emergence of…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed while standing on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. King was in the city to speak…
This Company Offers Same-Day Delivery For Black-Owned Products
There has been a huge movement in the black community to turn their buying power toward black-owned business. One entrepreneur based in St. Louis has found a way to bring…
(2017) LeVar Burton Reading ‘Goodnight Moon’ To Neil DeGrasse Tyson Is Just Awesome
“Levar? You think when the cow says ‘Moo,’ he’s really saying, ‘Mooon’?” I occasionally long for someone to read “Good Night Moon” to me as I fall asleep. #ExpressionsOfImmaturity —…
Black Cinema at Its Birth
American cinema is over 125 years old, and African Americans have been a part of it from the beginning. This participation has often been fraught, stymied, and curtailed, but the…
NBA Player Marcus Smart Will Donate Blood for Experimental COVID-19 Treatment
The NBA season has been suspended due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Several NBA players have been infected with the virus. Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart was sickened by COVID-19 but…
Thomas Sims Captured in Boston After Fleeing Enslavement
In early 1851, Thomas Sims, an enslaved black man living in Savannah, Georgia, successfully escaped bondage and fled to Boston, Massachusetts — where slavery had been abolished. Only a few…
Oprah Winfrey Donates $10 Million To Coronavirus Relief
Oprah Winfrey is the latest billionaire to step up amid the coronavirus pandemic. The television mogul today announced she will donate $10 million to coronavirus relief efforts. In an Instagram…
‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean on Me, ” “Lovely Day” and…