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Source: Walter McBride / Getty Vivian Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, scholar, and artist who was also the mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died at 102. On Thursday, Debbie Allen shared the news with a poetic tribute that reflected her mother’s own creative spirit. “Mommie you have transformed into that cosmic bird Hawk that lives and breathes Freedom. We will follow your trail of golden dust […]

Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty LinkedIn has released its inaugural Top Colleges rankings, marking the first time the platform has ranked universities based on real alumni outcomes rather than prestige. As part of the rollout, LinkedIn spotlighted a Top 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), recognizing schools whose graduates excel in landing jobs, building networks, and advancing professionally. Why This Ranking Stands Out Unlike traditional lists that rely on […]

Source: Fo Yo Soul / Fo Yo Soul (St. Louis, MO – August 18, 2025) – As we celebrate the 46th Anniversary of Black Music Month, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (GMHOF) today announces its 2025 Induction Gala Ceremony and Expo, the two-day event is scheduled during Gospel Music Heritage Month on Friday, September 5, and Saturday, September 6, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the St. […]

Source: Jim Vondruska / Getty History is never defined by those who protested on the sidewalks. Or those who shout from the sidelines. Or make pithy posts about what should happen. Those people choose the safety of obeying the law as they protest the obscenity of those very laws. There’s not a lot of courage in that, and no one remembers them.  History is instead defined by those who walk […]

Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty August 19th marks the anniversary of the passing of Comedian and Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory, and we honor a man who transformed comedy from entertainment into a weapon for social justice. Gregory died on August 19, 2017, at age 84, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire activists and comedians alike. As Gregory once said, “The most difficult thing to get people […]

Source: John Lamparski / Getty “I almost lost my life,” admitted Love & Hip Hop: Miami alum Shay Johnson, recalling how heavy bleeding went unchecked for months. “I thought I was just stressed, working too much. I was drinking, not eating right, and ignoring my body. Then I collapsed. Doctors found fibroids the size of grapefruits, and I needed a blood transfusion.” Now Johnson says she’s cut back on alcohol, overhauled her diet, and […]

A right-wing nonprofit media company called PragerU is facing backlash after a resurfaced video downplayed slavery amid talks that it could become the new PBS. Source: Moussa81 / Getty The clip, featuring a cartoon version of Christopher Columbus, suggests the institution of slavery was “as old as time and has taken place in every corner of the world.” In the video, Columbus goes further, stating: “Being taken as a slave […]

Source: MarkNH / Getty Harriet E. Wilson, born Harriet Adams around 1825 in Milford, New Hampshire, is widely recognized as the first Black woman to publish a novel in the United States. Yet for more than a century, both her life and work were largely forgotten. In 1859, Wilson published Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North. Showing that Slavery’s […]

Source: WinnieVinzence / Getty Black men teach, too — and Atlanta School Board Member Alfred “Shivy” Brooks is determined to make sure the world knows it. On Aug. 10, Brooks, a teacher at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, shared a now-viral video of himself joyfully greeting and “dapping up” his fellow Black male teachers. In the clip, his colleagues beamed with pride as he acknowledged their presence […]