Chadwick Boseman’s Widow Simone Ledward Boseman Paid Touching Tribute to Him at Stand Up to Cancer Event

Over the weekend, Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) held its annually televised fundraiser.

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Josephine Baker to Be Honored at the Pantheon, France's Highest Posthumous Tribute

One of the most pioneering Black entertainers in history—and certainly one of its most famous expats—is receiving well-deserved recognition, 46 years after her death. On Tuesday, it was announced that the remains of American-born entertainer-activist Josephine Baker would be reinterred at Paris’s Pantheon monument,…

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Trump Wants Judge to Reinstate His YouTube Account So He Can Sell Stuff

The former president of the people of Alabama is asking a Florida judge to issue a preliminary injunction in his beef with YouTube—which has banned his racist lying ass from the site—so he can have access to the platform to sell his wares.

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Is the WWE Racist?

Back in April, WWE superstars Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks made history (and broke the internet) when they became the first Black women to go head-to-head in a Wrestlemania title match. As the two performed in front of the WWE’s first live audience in over a year—a sold-out crowd of over 25,000 at Raymond James…

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White Florida Man Wants to Use 'Stand Your Ground' Defense After Threatening Teens With Gun, Yelling Racial Slurs

Mark Bartlett, who threatened a group of Black protesters with a loaded gun and yelled racial slurs at them on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2019, is pushing for a “Stand Your Ground” defense.

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