The Biden administration is looking into ways to get a move on the release of the $20 bills featuring Harriet Tubman after the Trump’s administration dismissed the idea initiated by […] The post Biden Administration Wants To Speed Up Effort To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 bill appeared first on Essence.

Ava Duvernay’s Queen Sugar is returning to OWN next month after its season 4 finale aired in September of 2019. The upcoming season will follow the Bordelon family as they […] The post Here’s Your First Look At Season 5 Of ‘Queen Sugar’ appeared first on Essence.

The Smithsonian Channel will premiere “How We Got Here: The History of Conflict in America” on Saturday, January 23 at 3 pm EST/PT. The special evening of programming will serve […] The post ‘How We Got Here: The History Of Conflict In America’ Premieres Today appeared first on Essence.

Washington, D.C. — Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general, is now the nation’s first African American Secretary of Defense.  Austin was nominated by then President-elect Joe Biden to lead […] The post Biden Names Lloyd Austin Nation’s First African American Secretary Of Defense appeared first on Essence.