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Jimmy Carter, 100, lives longer enough to cast ballot for Kamala Harris
FILE – Former President Jimmy Carter greets attendees as he departs the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., Nov. 29, 2023...
The significance of Black actors over 50 in cinema
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 20: Morgan Freeman speaks onstage at the “The Shawshank Redemption” screening during the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April ...
How Black musicians are shaping modern music
American blues musician Aaron ‘T-Bone’ Walker (1910 – 1975), UK, 3rd March 1965. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Photo by: Evening Standard / Getty Images The ...
Idris Elba: Life, career and cultural impact
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 21: Idris Elba attends the press conference for “Three Thousand Years of Longing” during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, ...
The influence of Black culture on fashion
Patrick Kelly (fashion designer). (2024, January 13). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kelly_(fashion_designer) From bold-colored scarves to the zoot suit in Harlem to the mass popu...
Hip-hop fans mourn Ka, the NYFD captain who was an underground rap legend
(Photo credit: Screen capture from the “Cold Facts” music video) Rapper Ka died unexpectedly over the weekend at age 52. After releasing his final album, “The Thief Next to Jesus,” in Augu...
Digable Planets’ 1994 album ‘Blowout Comb’ is one of the Blackest albums of all time
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 29: Digable Planets and The Roots perform onstage during the BET Experience – Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is The Love of My Life at Hollywood Bowl on June 29, 2024...
Trump slammed as mentally unfit after saying Black voters should get their ‘head examined’
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 15: on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) “The person most in need of a head examination before Election Day is Donald Trump,”...
Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis’ breast cancer has spread after opting to ‘keep’ her tumor: ‘I thought I had this’
Ananda Lewis arrives at Radio One’s 25th Anniversary Awards Gala August 17, 2006 in Washington DC. (Photo by Nancy Ostertag/Getty Images) Ananda Lewis discussed her health journey with CNN’s Ste...