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NAACP & American Film Market Launch “Guidelines For the Depiction of Black Life in Media

LOS ANGELES – This week, the NAACP Hollywood Bureau partnered with American Film Market, curating an impactful conversation on the importance of media storytelling and the long term effects of the media’s misrepresentation of African Americans on the Black community. “It is incumbent upon those of us who sit in positions of authority and power within …

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Netflix drops the first trailer for the upcoming Bayard Rustin biopic, ‘Rustin, Starring Coleman Domingo

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, Netflix has dropped the first trailer for the upcoming Bayard Rustin biopic, ‘Rustin,’ which stars Colman Domingo.⁠ In the trailer for “Rustin” which explains how civil rights leader Bayard Rustin defied the odds to plan the historic event. On Aug. 28, Black, white, young, old, rich, …

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US Cannot Afford to Default!

Dems and GOP Differ on Debt Limit Priorities (Again)!By DL White  “GOP Protecting the Rich & Well-Off  Here we go again! We have been here before. No deal yet in the Dept Limit debacle. The clock is ticking and time is rapidly running out…….Welcome to the latest version of the debt limit discussions……… Two political …

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54th NAACP Image Awards: Congressman Bennie G. Thompson & Benjamin Crump to Receive Special Awards

Today, the NAACP and BET announced that U.S. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) will be honored with the prestigious Chairman’s Award during the “54th NAACP Image Awards.” The Chairman’s Award is bestowed in recognition of individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Past honorees of the Chairman’s Award include Samuel L. Jackson, the late U.S. Congressman …

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Democrat Hakeem Jeffries Will Be First Black Minority Leader of U.S. House of Representatives

Democrat Hakeem Jeffries will succeed Nancy Pelosi in becoming the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader. Jeffries, who is replacing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will be the first Black lawmaker to lead a political party in Congress. This is a major history-making change in American Politics. Hakeem Jeffries represents the diverse Eighth Congressional District of New …

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The Oprah Winfrey Network Continues Powerful OWN Your Vote 2022 Campaign

“OWN Your Vote” (Tuesday, September 27, 2022) – OWN and national voting rights leaders today joined forces to launch the OWN Your Vote 2022 campaign – a bipartisan, pro-social campaign mobilizing Black women to vote in the upcoming midterm election and arming their communities to do the same. OWN Your Vote first launched in 2020 …

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