NewsOne Featured Video Kelvin Cochran. | Source: LinkedIn/Kelvin Cochran In today’s episode of Thank God For…Slavery? a former Atlanta fire chief who happens to be Black decided a Black History Month event was the perfect opportunity to essentially thank America for saving Black people from Africa by, well, condemning Africans to two and a half […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Arseniy45 / Getty Black History Month is not only a time to celebrate the achievements of Black people in America, but also a time to reflect on our past and why we are who we are in the now. During the month of February, we are bombarded with all kinds of […]
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. (Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs) has thought a lot about how to make game development more sustainable. Growing up in a military family meant Xalavier traveled around the world depending on where his family was needed. It exposed him to a wide array of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video President Joe Biden speaks during a reception celebrating Black History Month, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2023. | Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty At some point, President Joe Biden just needs to come to glory on the fact that trying to relate to […]
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Dionne Warwick is the undisputed Queen of Twitter. Whether she’s scolding the social media platform’s CEO, Elon Musk, roasting the stage names of some of today’s biggest stars, providing her two cents on trending topics, or pledging her allegiance to different recording artist’s stan clubs, the “Walk On By” singer has become everyone’s favorite Internet […]
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Around this time ten years ago, Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” had already spent five weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs ranking. Thanks to a remix from Nelly — a preeminent artist at the intersection of hip-hop and country — “Cruise” highlighted the emergence of bro-country and a turning point in hip-hop-inspired country music production. It […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: creative services / iOne Digital Welcome to Episode 2 of Black Folklore In Video: The Ghosts Of Lake Lanier. Lake Lanier is a popular destination for Georgians. Just 40 miles from Atlanta in Forsyth County, Georgia, it attracts millions of visitors every year. But the lake’s disturbing origins and high fatality […]
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NewsOne Featured Video She traveled far and wide to support children and families around the world. Cornell University Nutrition is among the most critical issues of our time. Diet-related illnesses are shortening life spans and the lack of conveniently located and affordable nutritious food makes it hard for many Americans to enjoy good health. Physicians […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: John Moore / Getty Here’s a question: Why in the year 2023 are we even still talking about blackface? How many politicians have to spend their careers apologizing for the time they photographed themselves wearing blackface, calling it a past “mistake” as if they slipped and fell face-first into a bowl […]
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Welcome to Episode 1 of Black Folklore In Video: Haints of Hoodoo. Host Grant Yanney delves into the origins of the color Haint Blue, a pale blue-green that can be seen painted on the exterior of old homes in the South. Today, you will find Haint Blue paint on hardware store shelves, but the story […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Penske Media / Getty A legend deserving of praise is none other than the phenomenal storyteller Larry Wilmore, who has an impressively stacked entertainment resume. Wilmore is also responsible for putting other legendary talents in a position to win, because of his sharp eye for talent. For more than 25 years, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty As the U.S. commemorates the annual observance of Black History Month, actress Keke Palmer spoke with NewsOne’s sister site Hello Beautiful to touch on a number of issues, including how she rings in the yearly celebration of all things Black. While discussing her long-term partnership with McDonald’s, […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Mel Melcon / Getty Students at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa County are banding together to protest their school’s controversial Black History Month program. On Feb. 8, students flooded the streets outside of the school’s campus after the administration refused to allow a student-run Black History program to teach historical moments […]
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The richest artists in the music industry do not make most of their money from music. Take Jay-Z for example, the bulk of his yearly income comes from his investments in brands like Tidal, Armand de Brignac, D’Ussé, and his Roc Nation entertainment and sport management agencies. It’s the same with Kanye West thanks to […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Konstantin Ivlev / Getty The racists are really out in full force this Black History Month, ain’t they? We’re barely a week into the month of February and we have already seen “White History Month” trending on Twitter, high school students wearing blackface and mocking slavery because “it’s February” and school […]
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NewsOne Featured Video The cover of a map of the colonies on the east coast of America shows a scene from a harbor in 1751. The text reads ´A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Maryland, with part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Drawn by Joshua […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Vergani_Fotografia / Getty Black History Month is not only a time to reflect on the accomplishments of our past heroes, but it’s also a time to contemplate their words. Quotes from Black history can be a great way to personalize yourself with some of the most prominent figures in American history. […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: rez-art / Getty Here’s a novel idea: How about we all agree that the best way to honor Black History Month is to simply teach and celebrate more Black history? Stop with the racist BHM school activities. Stop having students pick cotton and pretend to be slaves. Stop with the inappropriate […]
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Students at an upstate New York middle school were fed chicken and waffles, with a side of watermelon, on the first day of Black History month last week. And while it’s not the first time the vendor responsible for the meal has served stereotypical Black foods to students during Black History Month, it insists the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video U.S. Patent Office, [Washington, D.C.] ca. between 1918 and 1928. | Source: HUM Images / Getty America has long been the land of innovation. More than 13,000 years ago, the Clovis people created what many call the “first American invention” – a stone tool used primarily to hunt large game. This spirit […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty OK, I need all police departments, sheriff’s offices, U.S. Marshals services, state police, highway patrols, DEAs, FBIs, boys in blue, men in Black, and Caucasians Oppressing Pigmented Society (COPS) to come to glory on one damn near universal fact: BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO SEE BLACK […]
Read More NewsOne Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty OK, I need all police departments, sheriff’s offices, U.S. Marshals services, state police, highway patrols, DEAs, FBIs, boys in blue, men in Black, and Caucasians Oppressing Pigmented Society (COPS) to come to glory on one damn near universal fact: BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO SEE BLACK […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: danijelala / Getty Jeff Johnson joined the Rickey Smiley Morning Show during the first week of Black History Month and wanted to take the time to help people understand the importance of history not only within America but around the entire world. “Black people were first and I don’t say that […]
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NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: tommaso79 / Getty Black History Month comes with the prerequisite of showcasing your pride, exploring our history, donating to Black-centric causes, and more. However, before you get busy with your month-long itinerary, we must do our due diligence with Black-owned businesses. And that means showing our support. Thanks to inclusion and persistence […]
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Source: Lachlan Cunningham / Getty Once again, Stephen Curry is having another stellar season. Click inside to find out how the reigning NBA Finals MVP is paying homage to another Black legend that came before him. This season, the Golden State Warriors guard has given fans memorable moments on the court and has done it […]
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NewsOne Featured Video UPDATED: 12:30 p.m. ET, Feb. 4, 2023 Originally published: Dec. 1, 2017 Rosa Parks, who is befittingly called the “Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement” for sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, would have celebrated her 110th birthday on Saturday. Born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, the […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Maddie Meyer / Getty A southern college campus stunt meant to amplify “racist” criticism over affirmative action that downplays the educational value and accomplishments of people of color has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. It was in that context that a so-called “Affirmative Action Bake Sale” was recently held on […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Let me begin by stating a few simple facts: For the vast majority of its history, whiteness has represented the default for social and cultural normalcy in America. White people are and have always been overwhelmingly represented in every pillar of America’s popular culture, from TV to […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Heritage Images / Getty With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States. For instance, on April 20, 2010, an African American Studies professor at Princeton, Eddie S. Glaude, sparked an online debate […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Joe Raedle / Getty While the police-involved killings of Tyre Nichols and Anthony Lowe are still fresh in the minds of Black people across the country—causing an increase in the demand for police reform and a focus on how police killings affect Black America—Miami police thought it was the perfect time […]
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NewsOne Featured Video President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to basketball legend Bill Russell on Feb. 15, 2011. | Source: ImageCatcher News Service / Getty As the father of Black history, Carter G. Woodson had a simple goal – to legitimize the study of African American history and culture. To that end, […]
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