Beyoncé announced that she is donating via her BeyGOOD foundation $1 million in additional funds to help Black-owned small businesses. The multiple Grammy award winner is disbursing the amount from the Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund she launched in July as a partnership between her BeyGOOD foundation and the NAACP Empowerment Programs. The grants worth…… Read more »
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Nickelodeon’s ‘Nick News’ Returns With A Special On Race Hosted By Alicia Keys
Nickelodeon‘s “Nick News” is set to stage a comeback on June 29 with a special episode “Kids, Race and Unity: A Nick News Special,” hosted by Alicia Keys. The one-hour special, executive produced by Fernita Wynn and Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson, will showcase the voices and experiences of Black kids in the country, which is in the…… Read more »
Stevie Wonder Declares ‘Systemic Racism Can Have An Ending,’ Urges People To Vote
Stevie Wonder has called on people to vote for a change that brings an end to systemic racism in the United States. “If life can have an ending, all things can have an ending. Systemic racism can have an ending. Police brutality can have an ending. Economic repression of black and brown people can have…… Read more »
Halsey Launches Black Creators Fund
Halsey took to social media to promote her recently launched “Black Creators Fund,” which aims to “give funds, resources, and a platform to black creators,” financed entirely by her team. “If you’re an artist, poet, graphic designer, writer, film maker, music producer, journalist, make up artist, or creator of any kind, we want to see…… Read more »
Beyoncé Demands Justice For Breonna Taylor
Beyoncé wrote to Kentucky Attorney General demanding justice for a black woman killed by police three months ago. The superstar urged Daniel Cameron to bring charges against the three officers involved in Breonna Taylor‘s killing. Taylor, who was a decorated emergency medical technician with no criminal record, was killed on March 13 in her apartment…… Read more »
Selena Gomez Gives Control Of Her Instagram To Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike
Selena Gomez recently gave control of her Instagram to Run The Jewel‘s Killer Mike in order to teach about the work of black activists and the history of racism. “Right now, a lot of people are asking what they can do,” Mike said in the first of a series of posts on Selena’s Instagram Stories.…… Read more »
Alicia Keys Demands Justice For Breonna Taylor
Alicia Keys is leading a new video campaign demanding the arrest and removal from service of the police officers who are responsible for the killing of Breonna Taylor. The video that she posted on Twitter begins with Keys asking, “Do you know what happened to Breonna Taylor?” Breonna’s mother, Tamika Palmer then recalls the brutal…… Read more »
Janet Jackson Shares Message In Support Of Black Lives Matter
Janet Jackson took to Twitter on Sunday to post a message in support of Black Lives Matter and urged Americans to rise as one to erase the boundaries that keep people apart. “We are a nation with no geographic boundaries, bound together through our beliefs,” Jackson wrote. “We are like-minded individuals, sharing a common vision,…… Read more »