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1 week ago | ebony.com | Delaina Dixon

How close can you get to Durand Bernarr at his You Gon' Grow, Too! Tour 2025? Just a finger point away. The "Unknown" singer and 2024 EBONY Power 100 performer was up close and personal with the audience at Tabernacle in Atlanta to support the release of his third album, BLOOM. Mufasa: The Lion King star Fọlákẹ́ Olówófôyekù has a new role.

1 week ago | ebony.com | A.J. Weddington

Harvard University has agreed to transfer ownership of two of the earliest known photographs of enslaved African Americans to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. This decision concludes a 15-year dispute initiated by Tamara Lanier, who says she is the great-great-great-granddaughter of one of the subjects depicted in the images. The photographs, dating back to 1850, portray Renty Taylor and his daughter, Delia, both enslaved in South Carolina.

1 week ago | ebony.com | Delaina Dixon

You can't keep a good woman down for long. Acclaimed journalist and political analyst Joy-Ann Reid, whose brave and brash commentary was the voice for many, is launching a new platform, The Joy Reid Show, on June 9. And this time, no one can silence her. The new series will launch with a three-day stream every Monday, Wednesday and Friday across YouTube and all major podcast platforms.

1 week ago | ebony.com | Delaina Dixon

After every binge session I watch of Living Single, that nineties sitcom that followed four friends living it up in a Brooklyn, N.Y. brownstone, I often wonder, whatever happened to this fantastic four? With A Different World claiming its reboot, isn’t it about time we got Khadijah James, Synclaire James, Regine Hunter and Maxine "Max" Shaw back together? Queen Latifah is down for the experience. “We've been talking about it for years.

1 week ago | ebony.com | Savannah Taylor

Black Music Month has easily become one of the most anticipated celebrations year after year. It is a time to revere the ingenuity of Black artists across time in space and the many ways in which their contributions continue to touch hearts and minds. In a cultural moment where nostalgia meets reverence, NPR Music is taking listeners on a soul-stirring journey this June in honor of Black Music Month 2025.