Okayplayer proudly announces the debut episode of the third season of Webby Award-winning podcast and video series The Almanac of Rap, hosted by dynamic hip-hop artist...
The second annual HBCU First LOOK Film Festival (HBCUFLF) and the premiere of the 2024 HBCU First LOOK “I Aspire” 100, will return to Howard University,...
When We All Vote, founded by Michelle Obama, focuses on transforming voting culture and increasing participation by closing the race and age gap.
On July 6, 2024, 36-year-old Sonya Massey called 911 because she feared a prowler was in her backyard.
Actress and comedian Erica Ash passed away in Los Angeles on July 28 after a cancer battle. She was 46 years old.
William Goines, the first Black member of the modern-era SEALs in the early 1960s, died June 19 at the age of 87.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has died after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.
Researchers have found 11 new gravesites in Virginia believed to be enslaved African Americans.
Patricia McGill, an African American woman from Houston, recently celebrated her 80th birthday despite living with sickle cell disease.
Lambert was inspired to do the project after reading that the Texas Board of Education considered changing the usage of the word "slavery" to "Indentured servitude"...
