Maia Chaka Becomes First Black Woman in History To Officiate an NFL Football...
One hundred years after it was originally formed as the American Professional Football Association back in 1920, the NFL has finally broken major ground by having the first Black woman ever in the...
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Met Gala 2021: People of Color Shine on the Diverse and Inclusive Red Carpet
Fashion’s biggest night — the Met Gala — was once again a diverse and inclusive affair with women and men of all races sporting some of the most buzzed-about and impressive looks of the evening....
View ArticleRuPaul Becomes the Most Awarded Black Artist in Emmy History With His...
RuPaul Charles is already an LGBTQ icon, the most famous drag queen on the planet and executive producer of a global reality TV empire, but he can now add another crown to the list of honors he has...
View ArticleTerence Blanchard Becomes First Black Composer To Have His Opera Performed at...
When the opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones premieres at Metropolitan Opera House on Sept. 27, the performance will make history. It will be the first-ever opera composed by a Black musician to be...
View ArticleVideo Game Company Behind ‘Call of Duty’ and ‘Candy Crush’ To Pay $18-Million...
Video game giant Activision Blizzard has announced that it will agree to pay an $18-million settlement to end a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit recently brought against the company by the...
View ArticleSinger R. Kelly Found Guilty on All Counts of Racketeering and Sex...
Twenty years after he was first hit with a litany of abuse and misconduct charges, but ultimately not convicted, R&B singer Robert Sylvester Kelly (better known as R. Kelly) has been found guilty...
View ArticleBubba Wallace Becomes the First Black Race Car Driver To Win NASCAR Cup Since...
In a historic first and an ongoing sign of increasing diversity and representation within the world of auto racing, Bubba Wallace has become the first Black driver to win a major NASCAR Cup race since...
View Article10-Year-Old Racist Email From Las Vegas Raiders Coach Jon Gruden Causes Stir...
Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is in the hot seat after an incredibly racist email he had written a decade ago resurfaced in an NFL investigation. Barry Wilner of the Associated Press reported that...
View ArticleRolling Stones Officially Retire Classic —Yet Controversial — Rock Song...
“Brown sugar” appears to no longer “taste so good” for U.K. rock band the Rolling Stones. The New York Post’s Jesse O’Neill reported that the group has “retired one of their most popular rock songs due...
View ArticleMusic Icon Prince Could Soon Be Honored With Posthumous Congressional Gold Medal
He changed music history and was the soundtrack for countless people’s lives, and now music legend Prince could soon be awarded a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal by the U.S. government. Mark...
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