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Source: Madison Maynard / other Attorney Lee Merritt and the Rev. Jamal Bryant noticed a glaring omission from the agenda of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference: not a single session addressed lynching. So they organized their own last-minute panel. Held at the Westin Washington, D.C., Hotel, the
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Bros. If you ask a lot of Black people — especially Black people of a certain age — what the golden era of Black TV and film is, I imagine most of them would say the 1990s, or maybe the ‘80s. They’d probably say
More than 260,000 New York City delivery workers are set to receive compensation from DoorDash under a $131.5 million settlement announced Tuesday by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The agreement, which was also reported by The New York Times, includes more than $115 million
A Houston-area mother is mourning the loss of her 5-year-old daughter after gunfire struck the family’s car in what authorities describe as an apparent road rage shooting. Zah’Layah Walter was riding with her mother, Monica Hicks, and four siblings on Grant Road near Jones Road in northwest Harris County on
photo credit: BE XCEL by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors September 22, 2026 Franklin is among the Black men being honored at this year’s BLACK ENTERPRISE XCEL Summit Kirk Franklin has spent more than three decades expanding the reach of gospel music, blending its traditional choir sound with elements of hip-hop, R&B,
Source: Courtesy of the family of Nolan Wells / Family of Nolan Wells A grand jury in Mississippi found that there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. According to the New York Times, the grand jury report found that “the position of, the
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to the campaign trail Tuesday. She will appear alongside Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Their Detroit-area event is focused on Black maternal health, an issue Harris emphasized during her time as vice president. El-Sayed is working to bring together Democratic voters following
Source: Courtesy Office of Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch / Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch On Monday, we reported on the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan immigrant who was shot in the back by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Austin, Texas, prompting immediate protests in the area because people are tired
Richard Lawson who’s associated with Netflix’s “Beauty in Black” is opening up about a deeply personal chapter involving cocaine addiction, recovery and the frightening experience that ultimately pushed him toward rehabilitation. In a recently shared clip from an interview he did with Fox 5 Atlanta’s Portia Bruner for her “Portia”
Source: The Washington Post / Getty In today’s episode of Things Black People Already Knew, But Now There’s A Book About, the U.S.’ third president, Thomas Jefferson, very likely fathered children with his enslaved victim of mass human trafficking, Sally Hemings, and researchers at the Smithsonian Institution have all but
Source: Madison Maynard / other Attorney Lee Merritt and the Rev. Jamal Bryant noticed a glaring omission from the agenda of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference: not a single session addressed lynching. So they organized their own last-minute panel. Held at the Westin Washington, D.C., Hotel, the
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Bros. If you ask a lot of Black people — especially Black people of a certain age — what the golden era of Black TV and film is, I imagine most of them would say the 1990s, or maybe the ‘80s. They’d probably say
More than 260,000 New York City delivery workers are set to receive compensation from DoorDash under a $131.5 million settlement announced Tuesday by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The agreement, which was also reported by The New York Times, includes more than $115 million
A Houston-area mother is mourning the loss of her 5-year-old daughter after gunfire struck the family’s car in what authorities describe as an apparent road rage shooting. Zah’Layah Walter was riding with her mother, Monica Hicks, and four siblings on Grant Road near Jones Road in northwest Harris County on
photo credit: BE XCEL by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors September 22, 2026 Franklin is among the Black men being honored at this year’s BLACK ENTERPRISE XCEL Summit Kirk Franklin has spent more than three decades expanding the reach of gospel music, blending its traditional choir sound with elements of hip-hop, R&B,
Source: Courtesy of the family of Nolan Wells / Family of Nolan Wells A grand jury in Mississippi found that there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. According to the New York Times, the grand jury report found that “the position of, the
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to the campaign trail Tuesday. She will appear alongside Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Their Detroit-area event is focused on Black maternal health, an issue Harris emphasized during her time as vice president. El-Sayed is working to bring together Democratic voters following
Source: Courtesy Office of Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch / Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch On Monday, we reported on the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan immigrant who was shot in the back by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Austin, Texas, prompting immediate protests in the area because people are tired
Richard Lawson who’s associated with Netflix’s “Beauty in Black” is opening up about a deeply personal chapter involving cocaine addiction, recovery and the frightening experience that ultimately pushed him toward rehabilitation. In a recently shared clip from an interview he did with Fox 5 Atlanta’s Portia Bruner for her “Portia”
Source: The Washington Post / Getty In today’s episode of Things Black People Already Knew, But Now There’s A Book About, the U.S.’ third president, Thomas Jefferson, very likely fathered children with his enslaved victim of mass human trafficking, Sally Hemings, and researchers at the Smithsonian Institution have all but