This “Fresh Reggae Tracks” playlist is devoted to new reggae. Many of these tracks were released this year, while others are from recent years. Reggae has always been infused with social change, love, ...

We are into July and for my money, a particularly good time to enjoy some sweet reggae music. This “Fresh Reggae Tracks” playlist is devoted to new reggae. Many of these tracks were released this year ...

Yesterday I was tagged in a post by an old high school friend, asking me and a few others a very public, direct question about white privilege and racism. I feel compelled not only to publish his ...

Information and commentary about the Good Things Black People Do, Give and Receive around the World (via goodblacknews.org). Click to read The Good Black News Letter, a Substack publication with ...

[Photo credit: HolLynn D’Lil. Brad Lomax, center, next to activist Judy Heumann at a rally in 1977 at Lafayette Square in Washington.] by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Today, GBN celebrates ...

Happy January Music Monday and MLK Day here at Good Black News! It’s your friend and selector, your sonic chauffeur, your groove conductor, Marlon, back again. I’m delighted to offer up this first of ...

In 1945, Lionel Hampton spotted a five year-old boogying so hard during his concert in Los Angeles, that the legendary the vibraphonist handed young Roy Ayers his first pair of mallets. Roy Ayers went ...

A Chicago federal court has awarded Robert Smith more than $2.4 million in damages for enduring five years of humiliating sexual and racial harassment at a South Side grocery store. Smith, who is ...

Actor and Howard University graduate Taraji P. Henson and former head of the NBA Players Association and NBA star Chris Paul are among the more than a dozen top education leaders, celebrities and ...

Deeronn Booker, 33, won the United States Bowling Congress Masters championship at Suncoast Bowling Center in Las Vegas on Sunday, defeating Patrick Dombrowski of Parma, Ohio, 217-177, to win the ...

According to Forbes.com, statistics from a publicly-available U.S. Department of Education database reveal that six-year graduation rates (a commonly-used metric in higher education) for Black ...

Mavis Staples is eighty-four years old as I peck these words. She has been a gospel and soul singer longer than Elizabeth II wore the crown. Many R&B vocalists started in gospel music, though she and ...