LT. CHARLES HALL
JULY 2
1777—Vermont becomes first U.S. territory to abolish slavery. By 1783, New Hampshire and Massachusetts had followed Vermont’s lead. The abolition...
by The Chicago Crusader Staff
Sean “Diddy” Combs, the influential hip-hop mogul and entertainment executive, was acquitted Wednesday, July 2, 2025, of the most serious...
Executive produced by Stanley Nelson and Travis Mitchell and directed by Alexis Aggrey, new documentary explores the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall,...
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Douglas Turner Ward (1930-2021) wrote a searing play, Days of Absence that depicted the way life might be like in a small southern town...
Walter Scott at an interview at the L.A. Sentinel office in 2017. (E. Mesiyah McGinnis/L.A. Sentinel)
by Cora Jackson-Fossett, Los Angeles Sentinel Managing Editor
Walter...
LORENA AMOS
Lorena Amos, with the United Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh, tells the New Pittsburgh Courier that the organization’s next “Community Read Aloud” will...
Lynn Hamilton (Photo IMDb).
Lynn Hamilton, the beloved actress best known for playing Donna on Sanford and Son, has died. She was 95.
Hamilton passed away...
