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US Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Travel Ban Nationwide https://t.co/kNnOZuMngB #AfroNews
Travelers Arrive in US to Hugs and Tears after Ban is Lifted https://t.co/4tVmZf64gm #AfroNews
Trayvon Martin’s Parents Write Book on 5-Year Anniversary https://t.co/U8dXaA3OUe #AfroNews
Black Cleveland Pastor, Delivers ‘Fake News’ at Trump White House BHM Meeting
The Reverend Darrell Scott, pastor of the New Spirit Revival Center in the Cleveland area, a speaker at the Republican National Convention and a member of the Trump Transition Team Executive Committee, by his own admission falsely stated certain facts that curiously suggested that some of the top gang leaders he had a relationship with in
Beyoncé Announces She’s Pregnant with Twins on Instagram
NEW YORK (AP) — Blue Ivy is about to become a big sister — twice over. Beyoncé and Jay Z announced Wednesday on Instagram that the superstar singer is pregnant with twins. “We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two,” said a statement signed
Refugees: A world Away from Loved Ones, Anxious and in Limbo
President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees from certain countries has brought stress, desperation, worry and confusion to a number of families in the United States and abroad. Trump’s order temporarily halted the entire U.S. refugee program and banned all entries from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days. Many refugees in the U.S. had expected
Jasmine Guy Heads Back to College for BET Drama ‘The Quad’
NEW YORK (AP) — Jasmine Guy is back at make-believe school. For the third time. At 54, she has had a varied career as a dancer, writer and singer as well as actress. But she remains best-known for her stint as college student Whitley Gilbert on the “Cosby Show” spin-off “A Different World” (which aired
Quotes from Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards
Remarks from winners and others at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards: “This story is of unity, this story is what happens when we put our differences aside and we come together as a human race. We win, love wins, every time. … Thank you so much for appreciating these women. They are ‘Hidden Figures’ no
Azealia Banks Picks Fight with Rihanna over Trump Order
Rapper Azealia Banks has launched another social media beef, and this time her target is Rihanna. Banks called out the Barbados-born Rihanna after the singer tweeted : “Disgusted! The news is devastating! America is being ruined right before our eyes!” The tweet was a response to President Donald Trump’s order to temporarily suspend immigration from
Trump Set to Govern with Whitest Cabinet in Decades
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — Somewhat reflective of American demographics, more than half of President Barack Obama’s and President Bill Clinton’s cabinet members and slightly less than half of President George W. Bush’s were women and minorities, according to the New York Times. Donald Trump represents a significant break from that tradition. His cabinet is
Black American Journey Finally Enshrined in National Museum
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture opens this week alongside the Washington Monument and the National Museum of American History, it will firmly — and finally — anchor the Black experience in the nation’s narrative. “In 1915 . they say, ‘There should be a monument. There should be a
