A Forsyth County, Ga., teacher is under investigation after posting to Facebook a photo of Michelle Obama and a comment in which she referred to the first lady as a gorilla. Jane Wood Allen, a teacher at Chestatee Elementary School in Gainesville, Ga., posted a photo of the first lady, called her a gorilla and also made reference to…

Netflix’s Luke Cage is no doubt a huge success. After being released Friday, it has become one of the streaming service’s most-streamed series and has fans asking for a second season. Mike Colter, who stars as Luke Cage, is Marvel’s first black superhero, and the series focuses a lot on everyday issues plaguing the black…

If you’re the type who pays attention to trending topics, you’ll notice  that both #LukeCage and #Solange are currently trending on Twitter. And for good reasons. At 12 a.m. Friday, Netflix released its long-awaited series, Luke Cage. The Jessica Jones spinoff stars Michael Cotler as the invincible Luke Cage, as well as Mahershala Ali, Alfre…

The University of Texas at San Antonio is about to give students a sip of Beyoncé’s Lemonade in the form of an English course. On Thursday, UTSA announced the launch of “Black Women, Beyoncé and Pop Culture,” which will use the singer’s most recent album as its foundation. The English course will focus the “theoretical, historical and…

Tristan Rettke, a freshman student at East Tennessee State University, apparently thought it would be funny to dress up in a gorilla mask and taunt a group of Black Lives Matter protesters. But it wasn’t funny when Rettke was charged with one count of civil rights intimidation. According to WCYB, Rettke was also armed with a…

Mary J. Blige wasn’t too pleased about the comments she’s been receiving about her upcoming interview with Hillary Clinton. On Monday a promo shot was aired that shows Blige singing Bruce Springsteen’s “41 Shots” song to Clinton as she sat across from her. Most people’s reaction to the song ranged from “WTF?” to “Why, Lord.…

If you ask certain people what the Second Amendment of the Constitution means, they’ll be able to quickly ramble on about their right to bear arms. But if you move further down the amendments and come to the 13th and ask them what it’s about, you’re sure to hear crickets. The 13th Amendment to the…

Just because Serena Williams is the greatest athlete in the world doesn’t mean she doesn’t feel a sense of paranoia when around police officers. On Tuesday, after being a passenger in her own car while her 18-year-old nephew was driving, Williams wrote about how she felt when she saw a police officer. In the Facebook…

An interesting event occurred during Monday night’s presidential debate, and it had nothing to do with Donald Trump. But a lot to do with Mary J. Blige. During a promo for Blige’s Apple Music talk show, Blige was shown singing Bruce Springsteen’s song “American Skin (41 Shots)” to Hillary Clinton during her appearance. The song…

Denzel Washington has worked years to bring August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play, Fences, to the big screen, and this Christmas it’s finally happening. The first official trailer of the Washington-directed movie was released Tuesday, and it’s absolutely amazing. The film stars Washington alongside Viola Davis. In 2010, Davis and Washington both won Tony…