PSA is part of NYC Census 2020 campaign to reach historically undercounted New Yorkers before the 2020 Census self-response period ends September 30, 2020 Link to PSA: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iLwvy_ocjI5IJubRTE_1-gu93GahWNe6/view Actor VICTOR WILLIAMS at the world premiere of Shade, in Hollywood. April 6, 2004 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – Today, NYC Census 2020 released a new PSA featuring actor Victor […]
Photo Credit: Immigration Impact By American Immigration Council Legal Staff, Immigration Impact Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a fierce champion of progressive rights and the second woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, died on Sept. 18, 2020. Long recognized as a staunch advocate for women’s rights, Justice Ginsburg leaves behind a legacy on immigration that […]
Sign for Breonna Taylor with say her name at Black Lives Matter rally for George Floyd, a peaceful protest in Washington Square Park, New York City, NYC. – NEW YORK – JUNE 5, 2020 (Shutterstock) By MSN People in Louisville and across the country are unleashing their anger after a Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday […]
Photo: Lisa Cummins – Barbados Tourism Minister Lisa Cummins, Minister of Tourism for Barbados, speaks with CTO’s Johnson Johrose about the progress made towards/since the return of international travel – and other tourism-related news – since the onset of the novel coronavirus. Minister Cummins addressed a number of topics, including her vision for Barbados tourism, […]
By BBC Italian designer Stella Jean says more needs to be done to tackle racism in the industry. Jean, of Haitian descent, told the BBC she decided not to showcase in this year’s Milan Fashion Week in protest over racism in the industry. She launched a campaign asking ‘Do Black Lives Matter in Italian Fashion?’ […]
Lori Loughlin at the Women’s Cancer Research Fund’s An Unforgettable Evening at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on February 28, 2019, in Beverly Hills, CA – LOS ANGELES – FEB 28 (Shutterstock) By BlackNews Victorville, CA — Lori Loughlin, a Hollywood actress who was arrested in March 2019 for a college admissions scandal, will be serving two […]
By BlackHistory It has been rumored for years that a Black woman named Amelia Bassano Lanier was the female writer who is responsible for all of William Shakespeare’s plays. Is this true? Well, to answer that question we first need to properly introduce and identify who exactly this woman was. Amelia was born in 1569 […]
By BlackNews Nationwide — Netflix has given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order to a new animated take on Norman Lear’s classic sitcom “Good Times.” Carl Jones, whose credits include animated series “The Boondocks” and “Black Dynamite,” as well as TBS’ Tracy Morgan star “The Last O.G.,” will create, showrun, and executive produce the project. The new […]
By BlackNews Nationwide — Sylvester Ofori, a Ghanaian pastor from Orlando, Florida, shot and killed his wife, Barbara Tommey, after reportedly discovering that she was having an affair with another man who is a member and choir director at his church. She was also reportedly pregnant with his child. According to YEN, some reports are circulating the […]
By Black Business At the age of 16, Paris McKenzie has opened her own beauty supply shop called Paris Beauty Supplyz in Brooklyn, New York making her the youngest person to ever do so. Already equipped with a lot of business experience, she has so far been running the business smoothly. Over the years, Paris […]
