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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjDjIWPwcPU Marvel Comics released the second trailer for the “Black Panther” movie just in time to shake up your mundane Monday. The trailer shows the cast in all of their Black glory, fighting in intense battle scenes laced with epic visual effects. Stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Forest Whitaker and […]
Before his untimely death at the hand of St. Paul police officer Jeronimo Yanez, Philando Castile was a popular nutrition services supervisor at the JJ Paul Montessori school in St. Paul, Minnesota. After his death, his friends and family vowed to keep his memory alive in a special way. Splinternews.com reports: The Philando Feeds The Children […]
After unsuccessfully hiring three college presidents in the last year, legendary HBCU Morehouse College has officially named its new president, who promises to be the perfect fit to take Morehouse into a new era. https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/919952361979895808 2016 saw Morehouse College dealing with not only a revolving door of college presidents, but also a lawsuit filed by […]
Add another racially charged incident to an increasing list of discrimination charges against American Airline. In the latest incident, a civil rights activist Tamika Mallory complained that an American Airlines pilot kicked her off a plane on Sunday over a seat assignment dispute, the New York Daily News reports. Mallory, who co-chaired the Women’s March […]
Tamron Hall has found herself in the middle of the widening Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal. The Hollywood producer has been accused to sexually harassing, assaulting and raping a growing list of women that includes Hollywood actresses Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Rose McGowan, Angelina Jolie and more. Unfortunately, Hall, after leaving NBC when she learned she’d […]
Music star and newly minted “American Idol” judge Lionel Richie has been granted the rights to produce a feature based on the life of legendary songwriter and musician Curtis Mayfield. Richie is developing the project via his RichLion Productions., which acquired the rights from the Curtis Mayfield Estate, according to Deadline. “It’s an honor for me to bring […]
We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome, some day. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome, some day. *Those stirring words from the first verse of the iconic song “We Shall Overcome” shaped the Civil Rights Movement and became the battle cry for African-Americans throughout the late 1950s, 1960s, and beyond. […]
Poet, esquire, and ex-con, are all monikers that Reginald Dwayne Betts wears interchangeably. Esquire, the most recent title, wasn’t easily obtained. Although two decades have passed since Betts was convicted of a felony at the age of 16, the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee flagged the application of the poet and Yale Law School graduate for […]
The pastor of a South Carolina megachurch had to come out and apologize for his wife on Thursday after she posted an angry Facebook message targeting black NFL players who take a knee against social injustice. Fox Carolina reported that Rev. Ron Carpenter, Jr. of Greenville’s Redemption Church, posted the apology video on Facebook after his wife Hope […]
Another celebrity marriage has just bit the dust. Former NBA player turned NBA announcer, NBA coach (Golden State Warriors), Mark Jackson and Desiree Coleman are divorcing. It was Coleman, a gospel singer/actress, who filed the papers. She and Jackson, who’s also a minister at the True Love Worship Center International in Reseda, California, have been married for 27 […]