Almost as soon as you settle in to watch the 1939 melodrama “Lying Lips,” you can figure out who is the victim, who is the villain and who is the hero. And even if you know how it all will end, you want to watch anyway.
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Michelle Obama Pens Sweet Anniversary Note To Barack: ‘Still Feeling The Magic’ | HuffPost
The former first lady and “Becoming” author celebrated their “next chapter of becoming empty nesters.”
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Died: Cain Hope Felder, Scholar Who Lifted Up the Black People in the Bible | Christianity Today
His pioneering work showed Scripture is full of racial diversity.
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Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix just broke one of Usain Bolt’s world records | CNN
Lauren M. Johnson, CNN The longtime couple have finally become engaged, celebrating with family and friends. (Image via NBC Chicago). Featured Image [dropcap]C[/dropcap]NN – Not so fast, Usain Bolt — there’s a new World Championships record holder, and her name is Allyson Felix. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] USA Olympic sprinter Felix broke Bolt’s record Sunday after winning […]
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Carol’s Daughter Founder Lisa Price Reflects On Selling Company And More At The ‘In Between Series’ | Vibe
Lisa Price sat down with Gild Creative Group’s Tiffany Hardin to talk entrepreneurship and her beauty brand’s success.
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Lupita Nyong’o Wrote a Book For Girls of Color to “See More Dark Skin in a Beautiful Light” | POPSUGAR
Chanel-Vargas, POPSUGAR Image Source: Amazon. Featured Image Lupita Nyong’o is now a published author, and her children’s picture book Sulwe — which means star in her native language Luo — sends a powerful and much-needed message to girls of color.
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Idris Elba signs MOU with government of Sierra Leone to develop Bonthe Island | The Sierra Leone Telegraph
Abdul Rashid Thomas, The Sierra Leone Telegraph [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Government of Sierra Leone and Sherbro Alliance Partners – a development company owned by film actor Idris Elba and Sierra Leonean entrepreneur – Siaka Stevens, have today 30th September 2019, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in New York, to establish a strategic public-private […]
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The Ghosts of Elaine, Arkansas, 1919 | NY Books
In America’s bloody history of racial violence, the little-known Elaine Massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas, which took place in October 1919, a century ago this week, may rank as the deadliest. The reasons why the event has remained shrouded and obscure, despite a shocking toll of bloodshed inflicted on the African-American inhabitants of Phillips County, […]
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Byron Allen Strikes $290M Deal To Buy 11 Local Stations From USA Television | Deadline
Dade Hayes, Deadline [dropcap]B[/dropcap]yron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has acquired 11 local TV stations from USA Television for $290 million. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The stations serve small to mid-sized cities (spanning markets ranked No. 79 to No. 188 in the U.S.) and have network affiliations with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. While the deal’s valuation is a […]
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Chicago Nonprofit Will Award $900,000 to Artists of Color | Artforum.com
Artforum.com, Artforum.com Jeffreen M. Hayes. Photo: Milo Bosh. Featured Image [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hreewalls, a cultural nonprofit that supports visual artists in Chicago, has announced that it will award $900,000 to artists who identify as African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, or Native American (ALAANA). The organization will grant $300,000 per year for the next three years to artists of […]
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