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11-Year-Old Boy Gets Finger Amputated After Escaping Racist School Bullies
By: Wendy Medina
Eleven-year-old Raheem Bailey was forced to have a finger amputated after running away from racist bullies that have been tormenting him for months, says his mother Shantal Bailey in a heartbreaking Instagram post. Since the start of his attending Abertillery Learning Community in South Wales in September of last year, Raheem...
Will Smith Admits He Had a Premonition of His Career Downfall While Tripping on Psychedelics
By: Wendy Medina
Will Smith reveals he had a vision of the destruction of his career before the Oscars slap while tripping on ayahuasca, an herbal drink with psychedelic properties. While speaking to David Letterman on the most recent episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Smith recounts the trip, seeing all...
First Funeral Services Begin for Buffalo Shooting Victims
By: Wendy Medina
The first couple of funeral services began for the 10 Black victims killed in the racist attack at the Buffalo Tops supermarket May 14. Heyward Patterson’s family held a private ceremony on Friday at the Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church. Patterson, 67, was an esteemed deacon at the Tabernacle Church...
New York Appoints Financial Guardian Over Wendy Williams’ Accounts, Talk Show Host Is Not Pleased
By: Yolanda Baruch
Wendy Williams saw a minor breakthrough with her ongoing battle with Wells Fargo when a New York court removed the bank from its operational role and appointed a financial advisor as guardian over the talk show host accounts, a move that still displeased the daytime media personality, according to Deadline....
Congrats! Supa Cent’s Boyfriend Rayzor Popped The Question, And The Couple Is Now Engaged
By: Yolanda Baruch
Instagram influencer Wuzzam Supa Cent, real name Raynell Steward, and founder of the Crayon Case makeup set, recently became engaged to her boyfriend on Wednesday after celebrating their first anniversary, according to The Block. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wuzzam Supa (@supa_cent) Supa...
Atlanta-Based Gynecologist Launches Clean And Cute Panty Wash To Reduce Vaginal Infections
By: Yolanda Baruch
Dr. Tosha Rogers is one of the top OB/GYN in the nation in women’s health and wellness, and ironically, she had no interest in the field at first. According to her website, she graduated from Drexel University in 1998 with a B.S. in Chemistry with honors and enrolled in the...
Bring The Golf Course Into Your Home With This Simulator
By: Black Enterprise Shop
Those who have discovered the fun world of golf know just how difficult it can be to leave the clubs alone once the rounds on the course end. Now that the weather has transitioned from the gray days of winter to the sun-soaked spring and summer, golfers are itching to get back...
Rockland County School Accused of Racist Taunts for Third Time in Three Months
By: Wendy Medina
A third racist incident took place at a Pearl River, New York, school sports event within a three month span. Earlier this year it was monkey sounds, and this week on May 18, racial slurs were thrown at student athletes, reports WABC. In February, fans at a Rockland County high...
Michigan Teacher Placed on Leave After Image of Barack Obama Used on Assignment: ‘Which of the Following Are Primates?’
By: Wendy Medina
A teacher at The Roeper School, a private gifted school in Birmingham, Michigan, has been placed on leave after assigning students a worksheet that depicted the former President Barack Obama next to monkeys, with the question, “Which of the following are primates?” Classes were canceled on Thursday and police patrolled...
Parents Of Nygil Cullins Killed By Atlanta Police Demand Better Trained Officers
By: Yolanda Baruch
On Wednesday, Atlanta police killed a 22-year-old young man named Nygil Cullins at a Buckhead steakhouse after experiencing a mental health crisis. Quinten and Mya Cullins are both overcome with grief and anger by their son’s death at the upscale Fogo De Chao on Piedmont Road, according to Fox 5...
Kenan Thompson Says Samuel L. Jackson Is Not Banned From ‘SNL’ After Dropping F-Bombs: “It’s All Good, Bro”
By: Yolanda Baruch
Kenan Thompson dropped by the Tonight Show to clear the air about honorary Academy Award winner Samuel L. Jackson‘s supposed ban from Saturday Night Live. Jackson has not appeared on the popular sketch comedy show for the past ten years and blames Thompson for his banishment, according to the Huffington...
‘Joseline’s Cabaret’ Dancer Amber Ali Withdraws From $25M Lawsuit Against Joseline Hernandez
By: Wendy Medina
Amber Ali, a Joseline’s Cabaret dancer who lawyered up after an alleged brutal assault during a reunion special shoot back in March, has now dropped out of the $25 million lawsuit against attackers Joseline Hernandez and boyfriend Ballistic Beats. Ali, along with Cabaret cast members Re Re O’Dell, Henny, and...
Michael Vick Emerges From Retirement To Suit Up In The Fan Controlled Football League
By: Yolanda Baruch
Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick hasn’t touched a pigskin in over six years. Still, he will once again don a football jersey reportedly with an undecided team in the Fan Controlled Football League on May 28, the beginning of the final week of its regular season, according to Bleacher Report....
Black Women Discuss Leveraging Your Brand to Build Your Business To Become An Entrepreneur
By: Derek Major
The final panel of the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit featured two Black women who are the walking definition of the word entrepreneur. BLACK ENTERPRISE Vice President/Deputy Chief Content Officer Alisa Gumbs sat with Miss Diddy, founder of The Brand Group LA and Milan Rouge, founder, Milano Di Rouge clothing store...
Tracy McGrady Takes His Shot—at a Basketball League
By: Pete Croatto
Every retired professional athlete faces the same reckoning: Where’s the next rush? Tracy McGrady, the high-flying Hall of Fame basketball legend, is living it. His Ones Basketball League (OBL), a one-on-one round-robin basketball tournament, is taking place over seven weekends in seven cities. (Next stop this weekend: Chicago Hope Academy...
The Ancestor’s Project Explains Kambo: Sacred Earth Medicine From Venomous Frogs
By: Jeroslyn Johnson
You probably read the title of this article and thought, “how can anything from a venomous frog be considered healing?” Well, the Ancestor’s Project is here to further educate the masses on the benefits of Sacred Earth Medicine and alternative healing techniques. The Ancestor Project (TAP) is an educational, healing...
Viola Davis Talks Colorism In Hollywood, Says A Director Called Her By His Maid’s Name
By: Atiya Jordan
Viola Davis is readily open to retelling her personal experiences with colorism in Hollywood, including the time when a director called her by his maid’s name. On May 19, the Oscar and Emmy-winning actor attended Kering at the Cannes Film Festival for a compelling Women In Motion conversation, where she revealed...
Never Scramble For Cloud Storage Again Thanks To This Bundle
By: Black Enterprise Shop
These days, you’re more likely to find a file cabinet as an exhibit at a museum than in someone’s house or at an office complex. As computers continue to establish themselves in every walk of life, so have their storage capabilities. Everyone has made use of computer storage in some...
