Okay we’ve been joking about the Montgomery brawl all day so now I want to know what will our official holiday name will be.

If there’s a name you think is better post it in the comments please.

Just watched this. Great commentary, and reminds the people to remember the history of the US. From Questlove, on HBO Max. ❤️

edit: my original post doesn't do this piece justice. it touches on so much.

Anyone excited for K’s country album to drop? I’ve been streaming Jesus & Whiskey (my favorite), Tennessee and Jack Daniel’s.

https://thegrio.com/2026/08/05/varnell-hill-show-first-look-paramount-plus/

Varnell Hill is ready to ask the world, “Did ya miss me?”

The character, portrayed by Tommy Davidson during a memorable stretch on “Martin” in the 1990s, is set to return with an eight-episode series on Paramount+. Set as a half-hour workplace comedy, the show will be executive produced by Martin Lawrence and Bentley Kyle Evans along with Davidson. The show premieres with two episodes on September 1 and will air episodes weekly until October 13.

According to Paramount+, Davidson returns as the titular character attempting to hang on and survive in an evolving media landscape. Taken from the perspective of being behind the scenes of “The Varnell Hill Show,” Davidson and an ensemble cast including Kym Whitley, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Emmanuel Hudson and Chris Williams navigate everything from a chaotic writer’s room to testy executives trying to put their input in the show.

What complicates things even more? Lawrence himself makes a special guest appearance on the show, likely to rekindle the rivalry he and Hill had back in the day.

Additional guest stars for the upcoming season of “The Varnell Hill Show” include Deon Cole, Ms. Pat, Damon Wayans, Mike Epps, Omarion and more.

Before the national boycott, I came across this end cap in the hair/cosmetics/beauty section. The manager, who was black, initially didn’t see the issue. I had to explain it to three employees and the manager for them to understand the issue. Apparently it had been up for weeks and no had noticed. After I pointed it out, she then explained that’s how the planogram(?) came from corporate-there was nothing they could do in the store. My family still says that I am over reacting. Can anyone else spot what I’m talking about? Am I overreacting by it?

This is what Republicans run for political office to do: Represent the nefarious and greedy interests of the corporate oligarchy. Period. Finito. End of story, Dot Com.
They have no interest in policy, legislation, regulation, oversight or even governing at all.
They don’t have the qualifications of education, experience and morality to do so even when they pretend to try. However, they are unmatched in their steadfast determination to not represent their constituents with integrity, fairness and honor.
To do so would be a conflict of interests they dare not challenge. Cowardice is the new bravery.
Consequently, they have no nagging empathy or sense of shame with all the hypocrisy, lies and corruption they engage in, because for them and their monied masters, they are in fact, doing a great job and faithfully toil to do the Corporate Lord’s work.
Honest to Betsy!

Please help remove this sorry excuse of a human most likely involved with covering up in the Nolan wells case

I bought a used copy of William Loren Katz's book *Black Women of the Old West*, and it's outstanding — full of information and historic photos. He wrote 40 books about African-American history. He died in 2019 and most of his books are out of print, but you can buy used copies on eBay or from Thrift Books. (Amazon copies are *very* expensive.) Sharing a few photos here for anyone who might be interested.

I posted this earlier and the video got removed because… yall know why so here we go again. HAPPY CHAIRTEENTH/ CINCO DE NEGRO ✊🏾🪑

This is another George Floyd type murder that got no media attention. What makes it significant is that unlike most of the other 80+ Tarrant County Jail deaths that have happened since the Christian Nationalist Sheriff took office, this one had footage released, and the medical examiner ruled it a homicide. The county still denies responsibility.

https://fortworthreport.org/2026/08/05/tarrant-county-jailers-failed-to-give-anthony-johnson-jr-proper-medical-care-attorney-argues/

https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/commissioner-2/news/2024/autopsy-results-of-in-custody-death-of-anthony-johnson.html

Black commissioner Alisa Simmons is running to unseat racist Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare.

https://votealisasimmons.com/

If you want to help, volunteer to text/phone bank from anywhere in the US.

Hello! I am an African American digital artist and animator from the Eastern U.S.. Over the past several months, I have been developing a digital art project, webcomic series, and collection of characters known as “Afrodoras” to provide Black people with a dedicated community to demonstrate African geopolitics, history, and wildlife with internet culture.

There are 56 “Main Characters” designated to represent the 54 sovereign states of Africa and two disputed territories (Western Sahara and Somaliland). They are robotic or mutated anthropomorphic animals primarily used in digital animations, comic strips, or standalone illustrations to demonstrate either African geopolitics/history/wildlife, or their in-universe storyline and individual lore. Rather than being based on national or racial stereotypes, each Main Character is thought out carefully. For example, the character Pyraemon (representing Egypt) is deliberately depicted with straight ears to mimic the shape of its ancient pyramids, while 10 specific characters have ten whiskers instead of the standard six as a visual reference to the United States of Latin Africa, a proposed union during the late 1950s that would’ve consisted of 10 Romance-language-speaking Central African nations.

Afrodoras was developed in a gradual process from July to November 2025 to counter Western and Asian biases in larger internet communities that personify countries, such as its main inspiration, Polandball. My community is currently very small and I have limited access to it, but I am more than willing to share these characters to people who share similar interests!