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Juneteenth Marks A Freedom That Arrived Late And Remains Incomplete
Juneteenth asks something more of us than a barbecue and a day off work. It asks us to hold the arrival of freedom in 1865 alongside the long and unfinished record of people who have spent the years since defending it, a fight that still has no finish line.
By the time Congressman John Lewis died in 2020, he had spent more than half a century fighting for the liberation of Black Americans.… Read more
The evidence includes surveillance footage showing Anthony and Austin Metcalf entering the track meet and video of Anthony leaving the tent and stadium, with onlookers pointing him out to police.
The judge who presided over Karmelo Anthony’s trial earlier this month released portions of evidence from the trial, including body cam footage of Anthony’s arrest, images of the knife Anthony had and surveillance footage showing Anthony and Austin Metcalf in the moments leading up to Metcalf’s fatal stabbing last April.… Read more
The Oscar winner released “Death Letter Blues” with Taj Mahal on Juneteenth ahead of his upcoming project, “Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience.”
Morgan Freeman has one of the most recognizable voices in Hollywood. Now, he is using it to help tell the story of one of America’s most foundational sounds.
The 89-year-old Oscar-winning actor has announced “Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience,” a 12-track album set for release on Aug. 7 via Decca Records. The project, which Freeman serves on as both producer and narrator, is described as a journey through 100 years of blues music, blending Delta blues, orchestral arrangements, and cinematic storytelling.… Read more
Style in my family was never something accidental or casual, but rather a practice rooted in discipline and pride. This was something passed down quietly through observation rather than explanation, long before I ever thought about fashion as an industry or a form of cultural expression.
The origin of that sharpness begins with my grandfather in Baltimore, a man who believed deeply in the power of presentation and understood instinctively that the way you dressed could communicate dignity before you even spoke.… Read more
Ahead of Father’s Day, director David Fortune’s debut feature Color Book, follows Lucky, played by William Catlett, a recently widowed father raising his 11-year-old son Mason, portrayed by Jeremiah Daniels. Mason has Down syndrome, and together the pair set out on a trip through Metro Atlanta to attend their first Atlanta Braves game. This supposedly simple outing becomes an examination of fatherhood as transportation problems, financial struggles, grief, and everyday obstacles force the two to navigate a difficult day together.… Read more
After SZA said AI music models trained on hundreds of her songs, including some she believes may be unreleased, her frustration is raising bigger questions about consent, ownership and how Black creativity gets used in the AI era.
SZA is not mincing words after finding out her music may have been used to train artificial intelligence.
The Grammy-winning singer recently shared an Instagram Story showing that an AI music database listed 238 of her songs as material used to train AI models.… Read more
The former president and first lady surprised South Side students at the Obama Presidential Center’s public library, marking a Juneteenth opening rooted in books, legacy and access.
Barack and Michelle Obama helped open the Obama Presidential Center’s new public library by putting books in front of children first.
On Friday, June 19, the former president and first lady surprised a group of young Chicago students inside the Chicago Public Library branch located on the Obama Presidential Center campus on the city’s South Side.… Read more
Actor Mario Rodriguez wants a judge to sanction the media mogul, claiming Perry won’t sit for questioning unless his sexuality is off-limits. Perry’s lawyer denies it.
Tyler Perry is pushing back against a new claim in the ongoing $77 million sexual assault lawsuit filed by actor Mario Rodriguez, and this latest dispute is not just about the allegations themselves. It is about what Perry can — or should — be asked under oath.
According to TMZ, which obtained court documents in the case, Rodriguez is asking a judge to sanction Perry, claiming the billionaire filmmaker has not sat for a deposition despite Rodriguez’s side trying to schedule one since April 14.… Read more
Every year, thousands of people travel to New Orleans for the ESSENCE Festival of Culture. They come for the concerts, the food, the conversations, and the feeling that only this city can provide. Yet a short walk from the French Quarter sits one of the most important locations in American history, a place whose influence remains unmatched.
Known today as Congo Square, the three-acre site inside Louis Armstrong Park has carried many names over the centuries.… Read more
Whether navigating newborns, toddlers, co-parenting, or mental health, these groups are reminding Black dads they don’t have to do it alone.
Just as Black women have long leaned on community as they navigate motherhood, more Black men are discovering that fatherhood doesn’t have to be a solo act. And the data backs up what these dads already know to be true, despite persistent stereotypes, Black fathers are statistically among the most involved parents in America, present for bath time, homework, and everything in between. … Read more
