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Did You Know Lady Liberty Was a Monument to Slavery Abolishment, Not Immigration? [Corrected]
The newly opened Statue of Liberty Museum, which debuted May 16 in New York Harbor, brings to light a little-spoken-of aspect of the statue’s history: the statue was never meant to be about immigration, but meant to honor the liberation of slaves. Wrote the Washington Post: “One of the first meanings [of the statue] had…
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Yes, Oui, Cannes: Film Director Mati Diop Becomes First Black Woman Ever to Win
On Saturday, French-Senegalese director Mati Diop became the first black female filmmaker to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Independent reports. She was also the first black female director to ever have a film compete at Cannes. Diop, 36, took home the Grand Prix, the festival’s second-highest award, for her film Atlantics.…
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Lori Lightfoot Begins Dismantling Chicago’s Corrupt Aldermanic System Her First Day in Office
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, and Lori Lightfoot did not come here to play. On day one of her new position as mayor of Chicago—making her the first black woman to lead the city—Lightfoot is working to overhaul Chicago’s tradition of “aldermanic privilege” that grants the 50 members of the City Council,…
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The Marathon Continues: Puma x Nipsey Hussle Collaborations Are Coming Soon
The death of rapper Nipsey Hussle continues to be mourned by communities around the world, but now there’s another way to support his vision and help out his family in the process. This week, Puma Brand and Marketing Global Director Adam Petrick announced that the company’s collaborations with Hussle (real name: Ermias Joseph Asghedom) that…
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Remy Ma Faces New Charges in Assault Case
Reminisce “Remy Ma” Mackie is facing four misdemeanor charges for allegedly assaulting her Love & Hip Hop: New York co-star Brittney Taylor back in April. According to official records reviewed by TMZ, on Friday she was charged with two counts of assault in the third degree, one count of aggravated harassment in the second degree,…
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Kanye West Lovingly Remembers His Mother, Donda, During Interview With David Letterman
In Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, which begins streaming May 31, Kanye West speaks candidly about how the loss of his mom, Donda West, continues to affect him. As Rolling Stone notes, Donda, who died in 2007 after having cosmetic surgery, never got to meet her four grandkids: North, almost…
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Mary Winston Becomes the Next Lone Black Woman to Lead a Fortune 500 Company
Mary Winston has earned every right to be celebrated as Bed, Bath & Beyond’s new interim CEO; but we’ve also got to talk about a few things. When Ursula Burns, the first black woman to run a Fortune 500 company, stepped down as CEO of Xerox as of January 2017 after the company was split…
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Councilwoman Challenges Shreveport’s ‘Saggy Pants Law’
In February, 31-year-old Anthony Childs was fatally shot in Shreveport, La., by police during a chase that began after Childs was stopped because he was wearing sagging pants. Since that tragedy, councilwoman LeVette Fuller has wanted to end a law passed in 2007 that prohibits wearing pants below the waist in the majority-black community.…
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Last Known U.S. Slave Ship, the Clotilda, Said to Have Been Discovered in Alabama
Researchers at the Alabama Historical Commission recently announced that they’ve located the remains of the last known ship known to bring enslaved Africans to what we now call the United States. As National Geographic notes, slave importing was officially banned in 1808, though an illegal trans-Atlantic slave trade continued for many years. In 1860, some…
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A Black Lady Sketch Show Reveals a Cast Ready to Make You Laugh
Three more funny black women will be co-starring in a new half-hour sketch comedy series along with creator and executive producer Robin Thede, Shadow and Act reports. A Black Lady Sketch Show, which HBO has described as “the first sketch comedy series written by, directed by and starring black women,” will feature “a core cast…
