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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated January 19, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Let’s get a few important things out of the way: The Reverand Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was not the docile, unintimidating, conflict avoider that mainstream media has propped him up to be in the years since his passing. We established that here at ESSENCE long ago. Read (or reread) here and here for a refresher. (He
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(Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated January 19, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Let’s get a few important things out of the way: The Reverand Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was not the docile, unintimidating, conflict avoider that mainstream media has propped him up to be in the years since his passing. We established that here at ESSENCE long ago. Read (or reread)
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Janice Combs and Diddy attend the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Photo Credit: Dia Dipasupil / FilmMagic By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated December 10, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Everyone has been discussing and dissecting the documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning.
Executive produced by fellow hip-hop mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, the highly anticipated doc which chronicled the rise and fall of Combs recently debuted on Netflix. It has
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The news cycle is increasingly intense, and most of us can barely keep up these days. A huge part of what is dominating our news content, from television screens to phones, is politics. One day, we’re learning about significant negative
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Michelle Obama and Tracee Ellis Ross. Photo Credit: MBE By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated November 7, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Selling out a popular venue like The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on a windy Wednesday night in the middle of a daunting recession ain’t easy. And getting folks to wrap lines around the block—not to enjoy a chart-topping artist perform—but to hear about… wait for it: