Queen Sugar has returned with a fourth season so ripe with drama its uncertain if the Bordelons will remain the tight-knit family we have grown to love. Most of the turmoil centers on eldest sister Nova’s decision to write a tell-all memoir that not only reveals her truths but shouts what she calls the “secrets” […]
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant is headed to the Brooklyn Nets, leaving the Golden State Warriors after three seasons. His decision was announced Sunday at the start of the NBA free agency period on the Instagram page for The Boardroom, an online series looking at sports business produced […]
By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Essence Festival, which draws thousands to New Orleans during the fourth of July week, is celebrating 25 years of bringing African American women of all ages together for thought-provoking conversation and performances from top musical acts. Launched to mark the 25th anniversary of black-owned Essence […]
In the beginning of the summer’s heat, I headed down to New York for the first time. It would be a 10 day trip, with little on the itinerary–I planned on finding my way around the grand state with the help of a good friend, who graciously allowed me to become her temporary roommate. With […]
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press “They made me a slave today.” Aneka Burton still remembers the way her then 10-year-old son, Nikko, who is black, recounted his experience to his grandfather after school one day. It was 2011. But Burton believes the classroom exercise in which Nikko’s classmates were encouraged to examine and pretend to […]
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kamala Harris can’t forget the older black woman she met in Iowa while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama before the state’s 2008 caucus. “I remember her saying to me, ‘They’re not going to let him win,’” Harris recalled. “She did not want […]
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Mom and racket-holding Dad joined two coaches and a hitting partner at Coco Gauff’s practice session on a cloudy Sunday afternoon at the All England Club as the 15-year-old American prepared for what could be the toughest test yet of her hard-to-believe Grand Slam […]
Screening the work of some of the most talented visual storytellers in the country, ABFF presented a curation of shorts, feature films, and documentaries that brought to life the multiplicities of blackness. The festival served as the world premiere for several films gaining the eyes and hearts of viewers and hopefully the attention of […]
By MICHAEL LENNOX Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Snowfall” co-executive producer and co-creator John Singleton was in the hearts and minds of cast members who gathered Monday on the red carpet for the premiere of the third season of the FX crime drama. Singleton, 51, died in late April following a stroke while the […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This is a list of historic sites receiving grants from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, an effort by the National Trust for Historic Preservation: — African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School (Museum of African American History) – Boston, Massachusetts. The oldest extant black church in America was built […]