So I was scrolling Substack when I saw this photo above: a neon yellow sign taped to a counter that…
As Juneteenth approaches, the Grammy Award-winning Sounds of Blackness offers Twin Cities audiences a stirring soundtrack for Freedom Day: “Juneteenth…
No disrespect to any Knicks fans, but unless you are a TRUE New York City, born and raised New Yorker,…
On this day in 1864, Congress passed a law requiring equal treatment for Black Union soldiers in pay, arms, equipment,…
I stayed up this time to watch. I lost my voice yelling at the television in those final minutes when…
This Day In History: June 14th Whether you know her from classic shows such as The Jeffersons (1975) and 227…
Thurgood Marshall Nominated to the Supreme Court It was “the right thing to do, the right time to do it,…
This piece was originally published on NewsOne, June 11, 2026. In May 1916, in Waco, Texas, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was convicted of murder…
Leading the performance is conductor Kedrick Armstrong, newly named music director of the Oakland Symphony — the ninth in that…
This Day In History: June 12th Whether you have learned about the case in history class or watched the 2016…
Civil Rights activist, Medgar Evers, was murdered in his driveway. While taking T-shirts (which read “Jim Crow Must Go” on…
Karen Hunter paused her show to address the guilty verdict against Karmelo Anthony, the Black teenager convicted in the fatal…