Boston, MA – November 8: Andrea Campbell, candidate for Attorney General of Massachusetts, speaks to the assembled crowd at the Massachusetts Democratic Partys Election Night Celebration. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) February 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, a celebration of the outstanding contributions Black people have made […]
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 01: Wunmi Mosaku attends the 32nd Annual Actor Awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brianna Bryson/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images) February 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, a celebration of the outstanding contributions Black people […]
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Credit: L, Nelson Mandela (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images); R, Debi Thomas (Photo by American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images) Before we close out what some have dubbed “the worst Black History Month,” we want to take time to focus on the positives and remind everybody of all the good events that have taken place […]
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Source: Anadolu / Getty Somewhere in the afterlife, the ancestors are sitting at a long mahogany table. Harriet Tubman has her arms folded like she already knows this meeting is about to be stupid. Frederick Douglass is rubbing his temples the way you do when you realize you escaped slavery just for people to still […]
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Black History Month is supposed to be all of the progress we’ve made as a community, but we can’t help but also remember many of the tragic Black history moments which shockingly occurred during the month of February. From Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination to the recent N-word scandal at the BAFTA Awards, it often seems […]
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Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images. We don’t know who needs to hear this, but mainstream American music didn’t just pop up on the radio out of thin air. Surprisingly, for some of the biggest hits by white artists—those songs were born in Black churches, […]
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Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images. We don’t know who needs to hear this, but mainstream American music didn’t just pop up on the radio out of thin air. Surprisingly, for some of the biggest hits by white artists—those songs were born in Black churches, […]
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Source: Guinness World Record recipient Corhonda “HOODA” Dawson / Photo courtesy of Corhonda Dawson’s Instagram page. Congratulations are in order for Memphis native and scuba diver Corhonda “HOODA” Dawson, whose latest achievement has secured her a place in the record books. In April 2025, the Whitehaven resident earned a spot in the Guinness World Records […]
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Source: Tom Williams / Getty “Black People Are Not Apes.” That sentence should not be necessary in 2026. During Black History Month. It should not need to be printed, displayed, or defended inside the United States Capitol. And yet, there it was, elevated as a form of protest during last night’s State of the Union. […]
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(Original Caption) 3/2/1940- Los Angeles, CA: Actress Hattie McDaniel is shown with the statuette she received for her portrayal in “Gone With The Wind.” The award was for Best Supporting Role by an Actress, and was made at the 12th annual Academy Awards ceremony. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) The Oscars are right around the […]
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Source: It’s still Black History Month, y’all. Which means we should be listening to our ancestors instead of white noise. Maya Angelou told us, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” John Davidson showed us who he was at the BAFTA Film Awards when he hurled the N-word, not once […]
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While there’s only been one successful Black American to sit behind the Oval Office, Black folks have a long history of running for U.S. president and getting pretty damn close! Before Barack Obama, several African Americans endured countless “no’s” and harassment just for a chance to run for official office. So now that their sacrifices […]
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As we celebrate Black History Month, we have an opportunity to reflect both on how far America has come in embracing our richly diverse heritage — and how much further we must go. This year’s commemoration is especially significant, marking the centennial of organized Black History observances first established in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. […]
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Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Have y’all ever heard of Al Jolson? He was that early-20th-century Broadway star and Hollywood entertainer who built an empire smearing burnt cork on his face and singing in blackface about “Mammy.” He was the voice behind The Jazz Singer, the first major talking picture. Under hot stage lights, he […]
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Source: Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers / Getty Recent moves from the University of Texas Board of Regents highlight how Texas universities and colleges are doubling down on racist censorship. The UT Board of Regents decided Black History Month was the perfect time to enact a new censorship policy. Passed with little notice, the policy aims to […]
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Frederick Douglass had just returned home from the meeting of National Council of Women on Feb. 20, 1895 when he collapsed from a heart attack in the hallway of his Washington, D.C. home. While he never knew his actual birthday, the day Douglass died while still fighting for what was right will forever be remembered. […]
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Source: Tom Williams / Getty Ever since President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes and got panned as a racist across social media — as if that’s not an everyday thing for an everyday bigot — he has been on a “Look at my African-American over here” […]
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 16: Jennifer Hudson attends the 8th Annual American Black Film Festival Honors at SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Beverly Hills on February 16, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brianna Bryson/FilmMagic) February 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, a celebration of the outstanding contributions Black […]
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Bhattacharya has a history of undermining the CDC’s pandemic guidance. In 2020, the then NIH head, Dr. Francis Collins, labeled the former Stanford University physician and economist “fringe,” after Bhattacharya helped author the “Great Barrington Declaration,” which called for the end of the coronavirus lockdowns. In 2024, Bhattacharya criticized the CDC’s recommendation for widespread masking […]
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Bhattacharya has a history of undermining the CDC’s pandemic guidance. In 2020, the then NIH head, Dr. Francis Collins, labeled the former Stanford University physician and economist “fringe,” after Bhattacharya helped author the “Great Barrington Declaration,” which called for the end of the coronavirus lockdowns. In 2024, Bhattacharya criticized the CDC’s recommendation for widespread masking […]
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Source: Win McNamee / Getty President Donald Trump is honoring civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died at age 84 on Tuesday, the only way anyone could have imagined Trump would… By making Jackson’s death all about himself. To Trump’s credit — or that of whoever is writing his Truth Social posts these days […]
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Source: USGirl / Getty America has gotten so committed to laundering its conscience that even the word Black in Black History is now being handled like contraband, even in institutions that were literally built to preserve it. Which brings us to Florida A&M (FAMU). Last week, FAMU found itself in the surreal position of having […]
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Source: NurPhoto / Getty As the Trump administration continues to prove itself to be a bigoted white supremacist organization by directing the National Park Service to remove Black history exhibits depicting slavery and the Jim Crow era, so that the eyes of the white and eternally fragile won’t feel bombarded by them, one judge has […]
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