Tag: Women

Seventy-one years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, brutally tortured, shot and thrown into the Tallahatchie River by two white men who walked free. As the 71st Emmett Till Anniversary Commemoration Weekend kicks off in Mississippi, his legacy continues to confront the undeniable reality that systemic injustice is still alive and well today. Generations have passed since 1955, but the horror hasn't stopped. It has only evolved. Black families are still burying sons found hanging from trees, while police labeled their deaths suicides.

Drake just went from Iceman to Iron Man, rocking Tony Stark's signature armor in Toronto while filming what appears to be an upcoming music video. Drizzy was spotted roaming the Canadian National Exhibition in the iconic red-and-gold Marvel hero armor, greeting fans and looking ready to drop bars or blast somebody with a repulsor beam. Another person decked out in a silver Iron Man-style suit was right there with him.

Six decades after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Black Americans returned to the same steps with a familiar message: the fight for voting rights isn't over. The National Action Network and Drum Major Institute organized a march bringing together activists, students, parents and everyday people who wanted to make their voices heard and stand up for the political power previous generations fought to secure.

NBA YoungBoy throws the woman to the floor like a ragdoll, and then yanks her around and drags her on the floor. The woman looks scared out of her wits, struggling to get away from YoungBoy, who just won't let up. At one point, he rips off her top and it appears she's bleeding from a facial injury but in the end they walk off together down the hallway.

Just when you thought the battle between the late Aretha Franklin's sons involving her assets was over, a new report is unfortunately proving otherwise. Now we have new details on why the estate issues haven't been resolved. Franklin's two sons, Kecalf Franklin Cunningham and Ted White II, are embroiled in a legal battle over the copyright interests in songs including Think and Dr. Feelgood.