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Roslyn Singleton talks about her treatment by American Airlines on WSOC *Two-time cancer survivor Roslyn Singleton says she was humiliated by American Airlines staff after they gave her an ultimatum: either cover up her ‘f*** cancer’ sweatshirt or be prevented from boarding her flight from Los Angeles to Charlotte, North Carolina. Singleton, whom you may […]

[…] she is.” Since this was not any fault of mine, the way the individual continued to act appeared to be, upon reflection, because I was an African American woman, — Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) December 26, 2017 “Since this was not any fault of mine, the way the individual continued to act appeared to […]

[…] members 6,000 miles across the country and back. “I went to 22 states and eight national parks,” Carr said. “One of the greatest freedoms that we enjoy as Americans is the freedom of movement, we are free to move. “Americans went from East to West because they didn’t want to be close to their neighbors.” OTHER […]

Iman Shumpert *Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert called out American Airlines after being inconvenienced but it’s not clear what triggered his frustration.  In a post shared on social media, Shumpert said he’d be going to jail if the airline bamboozles him again during the booking process.  He wrote, “American Airlines has inconvenienced me yet […]

[…] donated one million frequent flier miles to its newest Charity Miles partner, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), to assist its effort to expand college access for African- American and other minority students. “One of the big barriers for our students taking advantage of the opportunities we offer is that they may not have the […]

[…] of the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. *The president of North Carolina’s NAACP filed a lawsuit Wednesday against American Airlines accusing the company of kicking him off a flight in April because he is black, reports ABC News. The Rev. William Barber, who electrified the 2016 […]

[…] what the total truth is, but we’ll give it a shot. Earlier it was reported that a woman collapsed and died in the rear bathroom on an American Airlines flight and was dragged naked from the waist down past other passengers by a medic. Theresa Hines, 48, of Carrollton, Texas – who was traveling by […]

American Airlines *An American Airlines flight bound for Texas had to turn back to Arizona due to a passenger’s aggressive farting.  According to Fox 17, the incident occurred on Jan. 14 during a flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Austin, Texas. Reddit user lamgalatx wrote that an unidentified man “was audibly disgruntled about something, maybe […]

[…] ABFF Founder Jeff Friday. Sponsors of the 2016 American Black Film Festival to date are: HBO (Founding/Presenting), the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB; Host) and American Airlines (Official). For festival registration, partner hotel and film submission information, visit www.ABFF.com. About the ABFF The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is an annual event dedicated […]

[…] that you do. pic.twitter.com/nDgrWL1pDw — GM Diversity (@GM_Diversity) July 1, 2017 The 2018 ABFF Honors sponsors are BET Networks (Presenting Sponsor), AT&T and Cadillac (Red Carpet Sponsors), American Airlines (Official Airline Sponsor), Hennessy (Official Spirit Sponsor), Hilton (Official Hotel Sponsor) and CBS, Comcast, Creative Artists Agency, Facebook, HBO, Morgan Stanley, Motion Picture Association of America […]

[…] Andscape, Ally, Comcast NBCUniversal, Walmart, Cadillac (Presenting), City of Miami Beach, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB), UPS, TV One Networks, Netflix, Meta, Prime Video (Major), American Airlines, IMDb, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Variety, YouTube Black Voices, Prudential Financial, ALLBLK, Bounce TV, OWN, Warner Bros. Television (Official), A&E Network, BET Media Group, Motion Picture Association […]

[…] He received the National Award of Excellence for his business achievements. Graves Sr. served on the boards of several Fortune 500 companies, including AMR Corp., which runs American Airlines, and DaimlerChrysler AG. MORE NEWS: Oprah Announces New Book Club Pick ‘Hidden Valley Road’ (Video) Earl Graves Sr. Here’s more about Graves via BlackEnterprise.com: Graves was […]

[…] and expressed her thrill at celebrating black women within the theater community and profound gratitude to the event’s corporate sponsors Toyota, Sisters from AARP, Luster Pink, and American Airlines. “Every time I get the pleasure to take this position and look out and see supporters and friends and women who believe in women inspiring other […]

Aldis Hodge attends The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA Inaugural Emmy Nominees Night presented by American Airlines, Breguet, and Dacor at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills on September 14, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. *Aldis Hodge, best known for his turns in WGN’s “Underground” and “Hidden Figures” will show off a series of his paintings this […]

[…] 63 passengers on board. A GoFundMe page set up by a fellow union member describes her as “a Ground Handling agent for Piedmont Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines, a loving mother of 3 kids and a wonderful daughter to her beloved mother, Natalie English of Montgomery, Alabama.” The page’s description further adds, “Please know […]