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Kyrie Irving donates $50K to foundation set up by Tamir Rice’s mother
NBA star Kyrie Irving once again extended his generosity by donating $50,000 to a fundraiser set up by the mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Black boy who in November 2019 was gunned down by an Ohio police officer as he was playing with a toy gun. Per The Black Wall Street Times, the Tamir…
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Mom charged after throwing her two babies from second-floor window
A 24-year-old mother is facing attempted murder charges after police say she threw her two...
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22-year-old mom charged after 2-year-old son accidentally shoots himself
Teasia Leonard put her two-year-old son’s safety at serious risk when the toddler was...
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Supreme Court agrees to hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards
The Supreme Court has decided to hear the case of a former Louisiana prison inmate who had...
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Mom arrested for leaving child outside all day in extreme heat — Police
A 30-year-old mother was arrested by the Evansville Police Department for allegedly abandoning...
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Georgia mom charged after her son, 12, was spotted in the trunk of a moving car
Authorities in Georgia arrested and charged a 36-year-old woman after a viral video showed...
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How enslaved Nigerians in Brazil helped usher in the end of international slave trade in 1835
Few people know that Brazil has the largest population of black people outside of the African...
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The bravery of the enslaved Blacks who led the massive 1842 slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation
History says that after Native Americans were exempt from the slave trade in 1730, many of...
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‘I would certainly look at the facts’ – Here’s what Trump said on possibility of granting Diddy a pardon
Embattled music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs, 55, can spend the rest of his life...
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Juneteenth: Time for a new view on the freeing of the last slaves in Texas
As we join Juneteenth celebrations throughout the country this week, marking the day in Texas...
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America: No Longer the Shining City on the Hill
Imagine for a moment that the immigrants coming to America are leaving their countries not...
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Ghana closes Washington, D.C. embassy over alleged visa scam
As part of an inquiry into a suspected visa scam, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s foreign...
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Creole Pope, Creole Saint? Pope Leo XIV and the Venerable Henriette Delille
The impact of the news that the new Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots in the 7th Ward of...
Culture
119 looted Benin Bronzes returned to Nigeria from Netherlands – the largest single repatriation to date
After more than 120 years, 119 Benin Bronzes, which were looted by British troops, have been returned to Nigeria. The artifacts were stolen from the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria by British soldiers in 1897. The Netherlands returned the artifacts on Thursday, and they included human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a…
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Egypt: How the North African nation is using sports to boost its global image and economy
Egypt is turning to sports as a key tool to improve its international image, strengthen diplomatic...
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New details about mysterious structures found beneath Egypt’s Giza pyramids could rewrite human history: report
Scientists have controversially claimed that a vast underground city in Egypt predates the...
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Why African-Americans are moving to Africa in droves, and should you?
In recent years, a growing number of African-Americans have been moving to Africa, seeking...
History
TikToker goes viral for claiming Harriet Tubman did not exist
Some Black TikTokers have claimed that Harriet Tubman wasn’t a real person. As reported by The Root, a content creator named Ce Chronicles alleged in a since-deleted video that famed abolitionist Tubman was actually a U.S. government spy called Araminta Ross. The TikToker also claimed that abolitionist Sojourner Truth was also a spy and that her…
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40 years after becoming NC State’s first Black student president, Kevin Howell is now 1st Black chancellor
Kevin Howell became the first Black student body president of NC State University in 1987....
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College student Dennis Hubert awarded his degree 95 years after he is lynched
Morehouse College awarded Dennis Hubert, a sophomore in divinity school, a posthumous degree...
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Creole Pope, Creole Saint? Pope Leo XIV and the Venerable Henriette Delille
The impact of the news that the new Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots in the 7th Ward of...
Women
16-year-old wins the prestigious Arkwright Scholarship for her genius medical drone design
The Arkwright Engineering Scholarship, one of the most coveted awards for young engineering talent in the UK, has been given to Kande Sill for her project, “Enhancing Medical Delivery,” which looks into the safe delivery of vital medical supplies, like blood and vaccines, to underprivileged areas via drone. The 16-year-old’s medical drone design includes a…
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Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot Kafayat Sanni excels in Ghana
After making history as Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot, Flt. Lt. Kafayat Sanni...
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Meet Kirsty Coventry, the first African and first woman to become president of the International Olympic Committee
Kirsty Coventry made history as the first female and first African president of the International...
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‘The Price Is Right’ contestant wins car on birthday just days after losing hers in an accident
Sometimes things simply work out, as they did for one The Price Is Right competitor who desperately...
Business
BiteSight: A look at the new video-first food delivery app making waves in NYC and beyond
BiteSight, the new video-first food delivery app, started really turning heads after a sister urged her brother in a viral TikTok video to introduce the app. “I built this app, and it’s like TikTok meets DoorDash,” the woman’s brother, Lucious McDaniel IV, said of the app. As the video went viral, BiteSight quickly started rising…
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Serena Williams joins Reckitt as first entrepreneur-in-residence to support health, hygiene startups often overlooked
Serena Williams is expanding her investment portfolio by paying attention to sectors that are...
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Bernice King’s Redemption Bank is now the first Black-owned in the West, with $65 million in assets
In 2023, a group of Black investors based in Atlanta agreed to buy a white-owned bank, Holladay...
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Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter made history getting his full $30.57M signing bonus up front
Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter signed a four-year deal on Sunday worth $46.6 million...
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