Dr. Quintard Taylor, the distinguished historian of African American history and founder of BlackPast.org, has died at 77. Born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Taylor built a towering academic legacy documenting Black life across the United States, especially in the American West. His scholarship includes the Pulitzer Prize–nominated Search for the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the […]
The Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) will make its debut in May 2026, introducing six teams and marking the only professional women’s baseball competition in the United States. Interest is already surging. More than 600 women registered for last month’s open tryouts in Washington, D.C. the first women’s baseball tryout of its kind since 1943, […]
Claudienne Hibbert-Smith, founder and CEO of TRU Real Estate Exchange Elite, has been honored by the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) with its Top Teams Award after her Miami-based group recorded $377 million in sales volume in 2024. The recognition places Hibbert-Smith and her team among the nation’s elite and highlights their focus […]
NBA Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony’s reputation for generosity resurfaced this week after veteran reporter Ian Begley recounted a moment when the former New York Knicks star offered to pay a teammate’s “whole salary” to keep him on the roster. In a recent interview, Begley, then covering the Knicks for ESPN, said Anthony stepped in […]
A$AP Rocky has weighed in on the Drake–Kendrick Lamar saga, calling the lyrical battle “healthy for Hip-Hop” but denouncing Drake’s reported legal action against Universal Music Group (UMG) over Lamar’s smash diss track, “Not Like Us.” Speaking in conjunction with his ELLE cover story published Tuesday, Sept. 23, the Harlem rapper reflected on the high-profile […]
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