Makur Maker’s choice of an HBCU only becomes a movement if others follow
Top players like Mikey Williams have to join Maker at schools like Howard to create a trend
‘If not now, when?’: Black MLB players past and present on what needs to change
Sports
Layshia Clarendon: ‘Kelly Loeffler is the anti-movement’
The WNBA star responds to the Atlanta Dream co-owner’s criticism of Black Lives Matter
Sports
Top hoops recruit Makur Maker chooses Howard in a game-changer for HBCUs
The 6-11 star says he hopes his decision inspires others to consider historically black colleges
Culture
‘P-Valley’ on Starz never lets its viewers forget the labor that goes into stripping
Katori Hall’s drama is a Southern noir tale of striving and familial destruction
HBCU
Fiction predicts reality in novel about star athlete attending Howard
‘What Follows’ was meant to inspire elite Black athletes to envision the possibilities of HBCUs
HBCU
Makur Maker on his decision to attend Howard: ‘I want to change the culture’
Seeing Black students, alumni and celebrities all doing great things motivated him
Culture
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Old Guard’ overflows with new energy
A high-octane action flick leaves us convinced: A new action queen has been crowned
The Uplift
‘Another Act’: Kirk Franklin on his music and his role as a spiritual leader during civil unrest
Also, he discusses the new season of BET’s ‘Sunday Best’
CIAA, SIAC suspend fall sports, may move some to spring
Sports
Soccer world is speaking up in America: ‘We are ready to make change’
How Black Players for Change came to exist in MLS
Sports
The rise of Patrick Mahomes is complete
The reigning Super Bowl MVP follows in the footsteps of other Black quarterbacks who have been the NFL’s highest-paid players
Sports
How LeBron James used ‘The Decision’ to raise more than $2 million for the Boys & Girls Club
Ten years ago, LeBron took his talents to South Beach and helped thousands of children in the process
Culture
‘Another Act’: Comedian Chris Spencer talks about his new comedy series and virtual reality
He’s also teaming up with his wife Vanessa on an Instagram Live show titled ‘Date Night’
‘Equality’ tops list of NBA players’ most popular social justice jersey messages
Sports
The challenges of being a Black play-by-play announcer in the NBA
‘You notice when you’re the only guy of color that is not a former player who is holding a microphone’
The exile of Oakland A’s Bruce Maxwell and the birth of MLB’s Black player movement
Sports
Noose comment by Penn State basketball coach points to larger NCAA problem
Too many college coaches need a basic education on racial issues
Sports
Do the right thing … change the name of Washington’s NFL team
The kinship Native people have with Black people can be felt in this transformative moment
Culture
We are still charged with meeting the challenge that Frederick Douglass issued
I ask of this Independence Day: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?
Culture
In ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble,’ the Georgia congressman reminds us there are still many rivers to cross
Lewis’ journey from cotton sharecropper to Congress is retold in a new documentary
Culture
‘Another Act’: Actress and singer Demetria McKinney talks Freeform’s ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ and representation of Black women in film
She discusses wearing her natural hair, motherhood and how she prepares for roles