About Shannon Dawson

Shannon Dawson is a podcaster, former radio host, and digital content writer based in New York City. She's previously penned for sites including Power 96.5 FM in Lansing, Michigan, and WGCI Chicago for over five years. Shannon joined the iOne team in 2020 as a staff writer for MadameNoire, Bossip, HelloBeautiful, and NewsOne writing about a number of topics from pop culture and entertainment to music and news. When she isn’t writing, you can find Shannon heavily immersed in New York’s music scene as a full-time DJ.

Monique Baugh, 28, was abducted Dec. 31, 2019, after being lured to a Maple Grove, Minnesota, home under the pretense of a property showing.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opened its 2025–26 season Dec. 3 with a gala at New York City Center, celebrating a new era under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.

Dancers like Jennifer Jones and Danielle Jolie Dale-Hancock helped usher in diversity to the Rockettes dance troupe in the 80s.

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The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955 is now set to be preserved and rebuilt as a “sacred” site dedicated to honoring the 14-year-old’s life and the tragedy that reshaped the civil rights movement. On Nov. 24 — the day after the birthday of Mamie Till, Emmett’s mother — […]