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Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya, are named ambassadors to Benin
The country or Benin has appointed American filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, a seasoned producer and author, as its ambassadors for African Americans in the US, which coincides with the country offering people of African descent a chance to visit and claim their citizenship if eligible. Benin’s southern coast has a…
Read MoreThe Justice Department releases files on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The U.S. Justice Department recently released on July 21 files regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., despite some members of the King family opposing the release, though one family member supports it. The release contains 230,000 pages of documents and comes following President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14176, said U.S. Attorney…
Read MoreA judge sent a former cop to prison for involvement in the murder of Breonna Taylor
U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings last week rejected an unsigned plea by the Department of Justice to sentence Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer, to time served after he shot up Breonna Taylor’s home and a neighbor’s home during a botched no-knock raid looking for a drug suspect who had moved. Instead,…
Read MoreMalcolm-Jamal Warner is killed in a swimming accident
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, was killed Sunday in a swimming accident in Cocles de Limón, on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. Warner, 54, was swimming when he was caught in a high current and pulled out to sea. He was assisted by people who were at the beach, but he was declared…
Read MoreBlack kids are getting fatter, and the reasons are multifaceted
The obesity rate among Black children and adolescents rose from 22.4% in 2011 to 35.8% in August 2023, according to a study published in Annals of Family Medicine, a bimonthly publication. Obesity prevalence in Black children and adolescents was 62.73% higher than the overall prevalence across all races and ethnicities combined. Childhood and adolescent obesity…
Read MoreFormer president of Nigeria dies
Muhammadu Buhari, the former president of Nigeria, Africa’s wealthiest country, was recently buried in his northern hometown as thousands of people lined the streets to say goodbye. Buhari, 82, died Sunday in London from an undisclosed illness, but SaharaReporters said he died of leukemia. He handed over power in 2023. Current President Bola Tinubu, who…
Read MoreTwo Black men are released after long prison sentences
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reversed the convictions of Charles Collins and Brian Boles for the murder of 85-year-old James Reid in 1994 after they spent decades in prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Their convictions were based on lies told by detectives, withheld evidence, and police coercion. Boles spent 30 years in prison…
Read MoreA British man is cleared of an alleged crime 48 years later
A British Black man who was sent to prison based on the testimony of a corrupt and racist cop finally had his name cleared for the crime, but it was long after he had died. Errol Campbell, who died in 2004 after serving 18 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, had his…
Read MoreHe escaped from jail and posted a video declaring his innocence and asking Trump for help
One of the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail has given a new meaning to going on the lam by posting a video on social media claiming that he is innocent and asking President Trump for help. Antonie T. Massey, 32, stared into the video camera, claiming that he didn’t escape but was…
Read MoreCoco Gauff wins the French Open
Coco Gauff won the 2025 French Open at the Roland-Garros Complex on Saturday, defeating Aryna Sabalenka, who entered the women’s finals as the number one player in the world, compared to Gauff, who was ranked number two. After Gauff won the tournament, 6-7, 5-7, 6-2 and 6-4, she lay on her back on the clay…
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