Watching the Golden Globes last night from our view was the obvious, a sea of White faces. As unsettling as that can be, it was good seeing the color black in style while walking the red carpet to make bold a statement denouncing sexual assault and misconduct. And, it was especially inspiring to see Black people […]
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Congratulations to Oprah Winfrey, on becoming the first Black woman to receive the Golden Globes’s Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement! The ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2018 and be televised live on NBC. The news of was announced by 2012 Cecil B. DeMille honoree Morgan
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The NAACP announced today that prominent labor union organizer and leader William Lucy will be honored with the prestigious NAACP prominent labor union Chairman’s Award which is bestowed in recognition of individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Leon W. Russell, Chairman of the NAACP National
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If you don’t think it’s important for everyone to see images of themselves represented positively, you are dead wrong. Thanks to Mattel, little muslim girls who wear a hijab are seeing that Ibtihaj Muhammad, U.S. Olympian and 1st Muslim female medalist, now has a barbie. And, they’re probably saying, ‘she looks like me!’ In her
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Officer Archie Calvin Buggs was brutally murdered November 4, 1978. His tragic death has gone unmemorialized for 39 years. Over the last several years, the San Diego Black Police Officers Association (SDBPOA) has worked tirelessly to get a memorial for Archie worthy of bringing pride to his legacy and his family. That day has finally
99 year-old trailblazer Katherine Johnson This week 99 year-old trailblazer Katherine Johnson, a mathematician whose contributions to NASA’s early space missions were instrumental to its success, was honored during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The organization opened the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility in her honor. Johnson, an African-American woman from West Virginia, and her work
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Six African-American women for the first time in history– are sitting police chiefs in the state of North Carolina. The women represent Raleigh, Durham, Morrisville and Fayetteville, respectively. Catrina Thompson is the chief of police in Winston-Salem and Patricia Norris is the director and chief of police for Winston-Salem State University’s police force. Among them
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon makes $1M donation to the J.J. Watt Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund to assist Houston residents. In honor of all the heroes in Houston who helped their neighbors in a time of need, Jimmy invited Victoria White, Marquist Taylor and their Houston Gospel Choir joined by The Roots, with a
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Today the world has lost legendary comedian, civil rights crusader Dick Gregory, who died earlier today. He was 84. His family announced the news on his public social media pages. “It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that their father, comedic legend and civil rights activist Mr. Dick Gregory departed this
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(Chicago, Il ) Imagine waiting to make your transition in hospice care, and telling the nurse that you’re having trouble swallowing and asks— would it be possible to have some ice cream? The response comes off as cold and blunt, ‘No, we don’t have any ice cream.’ Sadly, denial of simple requests like this
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