*(CNN) — Robin Roberts and Amber Laign are officially married. “An intimate, magical wedding ceremony in our backyard followed by a joyous reception…ohhhh the dancing!!” Roberts wrote on Instagram on Sunday, next to a photo of herself and Laign holding hands in their wedding gowns. “We are immensely grateful to all for making it a
Marlon Humphrey (Punch Line Podcast) *Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey says he’s got legitimate beef with Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara. Speaking on the Punch Line Podcast, per totalprosports.com, Humphrey brought up a time when the athlete and his singing spouse cut in line while they were at a Disney park
Martin Luther King Jr delivers his iconic and historic ‘I Have A Dream’ speech at the 1963 March on Washington – GettyImages *A report on the racial wealth gap released by the Institute for Policy Studies last month found it will take Black households a whopping 513 years to reach income parity with white households
By Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming “The Marvels,” has a diagnosis for the recent struggles of superhero movies. It basically comes down to, she says, “Mo’ money, mo’ problems.” Success inevitably breeds bigger budgets. Box-office expectations get inflated. Even superhero spandex can’t sustain endless cycles
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia (NNPA Newswire) – Sean “Diddy” Combs has gifted his Bad Boy family with life-changing anniversary gifts. According to Billboard, the music mogul has decided to return the publishing rights of his label’s artists and songwriters to their rightful owners. The move resulted in Bad Boy
By PRNewswire BALTIMORE, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The PepsiCo Foundation, National Urban League and Greater Baltimore Urban League are pleased to announce the first Culinary Tasting Event in honor of the Black Restaurant Accelerator Program. The one-night event will showcase grantees of the program and highlight success stories emerging from this impactful partnership. The
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By DaQuan Lawrence, AFRO International Writer, DLawrence@afro.com As the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (MOW) returned to the nation’s capital for its 60th anniversary, fraternities in the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NHPC), a group of nine historical Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs ; D9) adamantly called for social justice. “The men of Alpha stand
By Howard Fendrich, AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This was what so many folks figured Coco Gauff would do at some point. Didn’t matter how young she was. Didn’t matter whether there were setbacks along the way. Those outsized expectations did not make the task of becoming a Grand Slam champion as a
By AFRO Staff On a late August evening, Timothy Alphonso Carter married Cornitra Tache’ Sampson in an elegant ceremony, attended by 700 guests at Carter’s home church, the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore. Carter, an applications engineer, is the younger son of New Shiloh’s first couple, the Rev. Monique T. Carter and the Rev.