In 1963, Henry Montgomery was skipping school when a plainclothes officer walked up on him. As a Black teen living in the South, he was startled by the white man so he shot him. Montgomery was just 17 and didn’t know the man he’d just shot was East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Hurt. Montgomery was initially…
Feels good when you get compensated for the terrible things someone did to you, especially when it’s a cop. That’s the case of Clarence Gailyard, a Black man who was stomped on by a white South Carolina police officer. Gailyard will get a $650,000 pay out from the city of Orangeburg.
Fresh off the announcement that Queen Sugar will end with its upcoming seventh season, OWN already has its new family drama The Kings of Napa ready to hit screens Jan. 11 at 8 pm.
An associate of convicted sex trafficker R. Kelly was sentenced to 96 months in prison for witness intimidation on Wednesday.
If you have been paying attention to any parts of social media over the past few weeks then you know Kanye West—excuse me, Ye—went on Drink Champs, the talk show podcast hosted by Noreaga and DJ EFN and said all manner of shit. One of the things he said was that Beanie Sigel, the Philadelphia, Pa. rapper signed to…
