Maya Angelou’s image will be placed on a new batch of U.S. quarters that went into distribution on Monday, the U.S. Mint announced. The achievement makes her the first Black woman in the country’s history to ever appear on the coin. U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) shared the […]
James Mtume, the creative force behind the band Mtume, has passed away at the age of 76. According to a Twitter post by a close friend’s daughter, Lisa Lucas, he passed away on Sunday. “So much loss. So much grief. Rest in power to Uncle […]
Bahamian-American actor and civil rights activist Sidney Poitier supported the Poor People’s Campaign at Resurrection City, a shantytown set up by protestors in Washington, D.C., May 1968. | Source: Chester Sheard / Getty In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for […]
We’re finally getting our first look at Peacock’s reimagined Bel-Air. The streamer has released the trailer for the drama starring Jabari Banks as Will. It follows the same premise as the original, that Will got in trouble in Philadelphia, and moved to Bel-Air to live with […]
Halle Berry wrote a touching tribute to trailblazing icon and friend Sidney Poitier, who died at age 94. The “Bruised” actor shared an Instagram post dedicated to Poitier hours after the Bahamas’ minister of foreign affairs reported his death on Friday. “An enormous part of my soul weeps at […]
According to bandmates George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, one of the founders of Parliament-Funkadelic , Calvin Simon, 79, died on Thursday. “We lost another original member of Parliament/Funkadelic. A friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Simon was a former member of Parliament/Funkadelic,” Collins posted on Instagram. View this post on Instagram […]