by October Gallery
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…
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…
Check out 21 ways Sherelle Holder and her team are innovating with the natural hairstyle. When it comes to styling locs and faux locs into some of the most creative…
New Orleans star, who was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 symptoms, saluted as ‘giant of a musician and even greater father’ Ellis Marsalis, the jazz pianist who fathered two of…
On April 2, 1933, a mob of white men broke into the Winston County jail in Louisville, Mississippi to lynch a 65-year-old black man named Reuben Micou. Mr. Micou had…
“We are literally being put up against a wall and making a choice between life and death, between working and eating or not working and not eating.” Ezzie Dominguez estimates…
Like most good businesses, Loza Tam was created to meet a need. Founder Tomara Watkins started the business, which sells head wraps, turbans, and headbands, back in 2016 to solve…
On April 1, 1875, the Supreme Court finished hearing arguments in United States v. Cruikshank, a case that asked whether the federal government had the power to punish white men…
Since its first conference, CultureCon went from an intimate headcount of 150 attendees to close to 2,000 during last year’s event — where Tracee Ellis Ross, Dave East, Regina King…
With grants and marketing spending, the social media giant hopes to support outlets doing essential local reporting but struggling with a drop in advertising. Facebook announced on Monday that it…