An HBCU baseball player is getting a shot in the pros. Former Alabama A&M standout Trey Rutledge is taking the next big step in his career after signing a professional contract with the New York Mets. Rutledge reported to the team’s spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida, this week to begin his first […]
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Brooklyn-based artist Leaf is starting a new chapter with the latest release, “In Your Dreams.” This pop-infused album continues the momentum from the Dreamgirl era while exploring the themes of feminine power, manifestation, and self-empowerment. The album coincides with the official video for the Lead single, “Nobody,” featuring Groovy. “In Your Dreams” is a bold
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The official trailer for “Is God Is,” the feature debut from playwright Aleshea Harris, has been released as the movie prepares for a theater run beginning May 15th. Harris wrote and directed the movie, based on the award-winning play of the same name. “Is God Is” centers on two sisters and their epic revenge journey
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As the country mourns the death of civil rights icon and activist Jesse Jackson, political and community leaders are praising Jackson with memorials and celebrations planned across the country. But Republicans appear to be denying Jackson the highest honor that the country affords to important figures upon their deaths. Republicans respond to Jackson’s death Journalist
Before Jesse Jackson led marches, delivered speeches, and built coalitions on the national stage to fight injustice, he suited up as an HBCU football player. Jackson, who died this week at 84, called plays, dodged tacklers, and learned lessons at North Carolina A&T. Jackson arrived at A&T in 1961, transferring from the University of Illinois
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As President Donald Trump prepares to give the State of the Union address in front of Congress and other government officials on Tuesday, a dozen Democratic legislators have already said they won’t be there. Instead, they’re partnering with progressive groups to organize a competing political rally to protest against the Trump administration. Progressive groups and
Alemeda’s back with some new music, releasing a new single titled “Broken Record” and described as a “gritty garage-punk banger that calls out conditional love and romantic gestures.” “I wrote ‘Broken Record’ about being taken for granted. It’s about not feeling seen until you’re gone.” This follows the release of her sophomore EP titled “But
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DALLAS — The Dallas Sports Commission has been awarded a three-year bid to host the HBCU Athletic Conference Hope Credit Union Basketball Championship from 2027 through 2029, conference officials announced Wednesday. The announcement was made during a press conference at Paul Quinn College’s Health & Wellness Center. Kiki Baker Barnes, commissioner of the HBCUAC, was
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Let’s take a look at the highly anticipated Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, the fifth installment of the popular music- and dance-infused franchise. It’s dropping today ahead of the all-new Descendants/ZOMBIES Worlds Collide: Concert Special. This new movie is set to drop on Disney+ this summer. Descendants: Wicked Wonderland explores the meaning of happily ever after with
The first trailer has been released for Part 2 of Season 2 of Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black, and the showdown that fans really want to see between Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams) and Mallory (Crystle Stewart) is coming. Kimmie says that the Bellaries are at each others throats, and hers, so she and Rain (Amber
