Richelieu Dennis purchases Essence Communications

PHOTO CAPTION: Richelieu Dennis purchases Essence Communications from Time Inc., returning the iconic Essence magazine to 100 percent Black ownership. (Essence) In a deal that re-establishes Essence magazine as a totally, Black and independently-owned entity, Sundial Brands founder Richelieu Dennis recently announced the purchase of Essence […]

South Carolina lawmakers push for confederate war symbols 

A pair of state lawmakers in South Carolina are pushing for war statues and memorials, especially ones that honor Black Confederate soldiers in the state, despite the fact historians have said there are none to be found. The two Black lawmakers who are spearheading the […]

Fifty Years Ago

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., born on January 15, 1929, turned 39 years old fifty years ago.  Assassinated on April 4, 1968, he didn’t make it to 40.  Yet in his scant 39 years on the planet, he upended the ways we think about race, […]