Photo credit: David Poller The San Diego Association of Black Journalists “An Intimate Evening with HLN’s Michaela Pereira” 2017 student scholarship reception was held at the Red Card Cafe on April 28th, 2017. The annual reception gives students who receive named scholarships the opportunity to meet and mingle with professionals in the field […]
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An image of a group of Yale University students has gone viral for positive images of Black males on social media. One of the men, 21-year-old Akintunde Ahmad, tweeted the photo of himself and his nine Black male friends at the Ivy League school Sunday, April 23, using #BlackMenofYaleUniversity and it now has 15K retweets and 32k likes
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Russell and Ciara Wilson welcome their new baby! The couple announced the birth of their daughter on Friday night while the NFL draft was taking place. Ciara posted to her Instagram account details of the birth of Sienna Princess Wilson, weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, according to the post. The couple married last summer
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The NAACP and Fuse (www.fuse.tv) have teamed up to raise awareness and advance the dialogue of the issues highlighted in Show Me Democracy, the first film featured in Fuse’s recently announced documentary series entitled “We The Dreamers.” Premiering on Saturday, April 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fuse, Show Me Democracy follows seven St. Louis college students as they evolve into advocates and activists in the wake
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Born in Heiberger, Alabama, in 1927 civil rights activist Coretta Scott King, the wife of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., played a prominent role in continuing his vision of nonviolent protest for civil liberties after her husband’s assassination. King founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in 1968, successfully advocated
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Let me ask this question: What’s wrong with being nice? Some might agree with that old saying that nice guys finish last. And some might argue that good guys always come in first. Which ever point taken, you must admit that there are definitely some signs that being too nice is worrisome. With that, unfortunately there
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BALBOA PARK While not held on actual Earth Day, activities throughout the day at Balboa Park run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, and include an Earth Day Parade. More than 300 exhibitors, a food pavilion, entertainment venues, eARTH Gallery arts and crafts show, a Clean Car Concourse and a
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This coming Saturday, Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne and Renée Elise Goldsberry star in the new HBO Film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Based on the adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller (2010) of the same name written by Rebecca Skloot, the film tells the story of how scientists exploit a poor black tobacco
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Don Cheadle acquired the film and TV rights to Prince of Darkness by Shane White. Cheadle will star in and produce the movie about Jeremiah G. Hamilton, America’s first black billionaire. Steven Baigelman, who co-wrote the “Miles Ahead” screenplay with Cheadle, has been tapped to adapt the “Prince of Darkness” script. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will be
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It’s hard to believe that this week marks a year since we lost Prince. In honor of the impact that the icon had on the world, The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), in partnership with some of the nation’s leading libraries will commemorate the cinematic legacy of Prince with a series of special screenings
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