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FILM REVIEW – John Lewis: Good Trouble | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
“I feel lucky and blessed that I’m serving in the Congress… But there is a force that is trying to take us back to another time and another dark period,” warns congressman John Lewis. And he’d know. Since age 17, this brave crusader has been at the forefront of the civil rights movement. Now at age
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Source: The Florida Star
Legendary Singer Deniece Williams Join Other Big Stars at NNPA Virtual Conference
Williams, whose transformed RB, pop, and gospel music over her extraordinary five-decade career, joins Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana, and Salt-N-Pepa in a star-studded lineup of musical talent appearing at the first virtual conference in the 193-year history of the Black Press
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Dame Dash accuses Lifetime, Growing Up Hip Hop of exploiting his relationship with Aaliyah - TheGrio
Hip hop mogul Damon Dash believes that white cable network executives have a nasty habit of exploiting his relationship with... View Article The post Dame Dash accuses Lifetime, Growing Up Hip Hop of exploiting his relationship with Aaliyah appeared first on TheGrio.
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Siskel Film Center’s ‘Film Center from your Sofa’ presents new releases | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) continues “Film Center from Your Sofa: Stay Connected and Stream with Us.” New releases that started late last month are “Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things” and “The Invisible
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Matthew A. Cherry's Academy Award-Winning 'Hair Love' Short to Be Turned into TV Series for HBO Max
Matthew A. Cherry's viral short film Hair Love is getting plenty of love these days. The 2020 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short Film is being
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(BPRW) HBCU HEROES HOSTS FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL ESPORTS TOURNAMENT FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ON JULY 5 IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE FILM CALL-TO-ACTION TO INCREASE STUDENT VOTER PARTICIPATION The Black Chronicle
WHAT (Black PR Wire) The Good Trouble Takeover is a 4-hour, online NBA 2K20 tournament between six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and premiere-a-thon to support the release of
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Missouri Rapper Huey, Creator of Pop, Lock & Drop It, Shot and Killed at Age 32
Missouri rapper Huey, best known for his 2006 single Pop, Lock Drop It, was shot and killed Thursday, June 25 in his hometown of []
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This is pop cultures moment of reckoning on matters of race | The Atlanta Voice
From Motown and The Cosby Show to hip-hop and Black Panther, America has long consumed Black culture even as our countrys systemic racism sent a very different message. But never quite like this. In the weeks since the recent Black Lives Matter protests, Black-themed cultural media have been
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Global Star Amara La Negra Vows to Stand Firm in the Fight for Racial Equality - Los Angeles Sentinel
Her passions have propelled her into a position of influence and leadership as she fights for equal rights for Black and Afro-Latino citizens. The post Global Star Amara La Negra Vows to Stand Firm in the Fight for Racial Equality appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Keedron Bryant performs viral song, I Just Wanna Live for Dr. Dre - TheGrio
Keedron Bryant, a 13-year-old boy best known for going viral after singing a tribute to George Floyd, is working with... View Article The post Keedron Bryant performs viral song, I Just Wanna Live for Dr. Dre appeared first on TheGrio.
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Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future - Black News Channel
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When country singer Rissi Palmer was working on her debut album, she wanted a song like Gretchen Wilsons Redneck Woman, a song that would introduce her and tell her story to fans. On her 2007 debut single, Country Girl, she
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Thandie Newton Says Hollywood Executive Amy Pascal Used Black Stereotypes During Meeting - Free Press of Jacksonville
By Sara M. Moniuszko Thandie Newton is opening up about her experience with stereotyping in Hollywood. During an interview with Vulture, which published Tuesday, the English actress, 47 recounted a meeting she had with Amy [...]
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ALL OVER TOWN: ‘Black Man’ makes a statement for African American Music Month - TSDMemphis.com
Memphis singer-songwriter Brandon Lewis depicts the painful institutional mistreatment of Black men in his new single, titled “Black Man.” “Black Man. I’m still a man. It shouldn’t matter about the color skin that I’m in, I’m still a man. A Black man.” Though the single was written and recorded
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WORLD Channel Continues its Celebration of Pride Month with a Film looking at Young LGBT Asylum Seekers | BlackPressUSA
To close out WORLD Channel’s celebration of Pride Month, Director Rodney Evans' documentary Vision Portraits debuts June 30. Best known for his films Brother to Brother (2004) and The Happy Sad (2013), in Vision Portraits, Evans takes viewers on a personal journey as he profiles three blind or
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This Is Us Actor Lonnie Chavis Writes Open Letter About Dealing with Racism Even as a Young Child In America
At only 12 years old "This Is Us" actor Lonnie Chavis seems to have a grasp on how differently a Black person compared to others has to navigate through
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Impatience grows for cops arrests in Breonna Taylors death | The Atlanta Voice
The outcry has reverberated for weeks online and at demonstrations nationwide: Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor. But three months after plainclothes detectives serving a warrant busted into her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment and shot the 26-year-old Black woman to death, only one of the
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Four Acts Return to 2021 State Fair Main Stage! - Milwaukee Community Journal
June 26, 2020 – Wisconsin State Fair Park Officials are excited to announce four rescheduled concerts for the 2021 Wisconsin State Fair, despite the cancelation of the 2020 State Fair due to COVID-19. The 2021 Wisconsin State Fair will run Thursday, Aug. 5 through Sunday, Aug. 15 at Wisconsin State
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VIDEO: A Conversation with DJ Vince Adams | Chicago Defender
According to Chicago DJ Vince Adams, he is a businessman first DJ second. His career started in 1984 and he began DJing professionally while attending Florida AM University.  Over the years, he has increased his visibility and expanded his professional brand providing services for major
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Milwaukee In Pain - Milwaukee Community Journal
Impact of COVID-19 in the Black Community Milwaukee, July 2nd, 2020- Humble Ambitious Media Incorporated has released their premiere documentary “Milwaukee In Pain”. This captivating, thought provoking, informative and engaging media presentation captures the effects of the pandemic on the
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Tessa Thompson Says Upcoming Marvel Slate Will Embrace Diversity - Houston Forward Times
In a recent interview with Variety, Marvel star Tessa Thompson revealed that the upcoming slate The post Tessa Thompson Says Upcoming Marvel Slate Will Embrace Diversity appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM 6.19.20 7PM ET — CeCe Peniston | BlackPressUSA
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#AAMAM: Celebrating New Orleans Funk and Soul (LISTEN)
As Good Black News continues to celebrate African-American Music Appreciation Month, today we get regional. In GBN contributor Marlon West‘s words: “This collection of New Orleans Funk features ack…
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Country singers The Dixie Chicks remove Dixie from name
The multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY Award-winning trio formerly known as The Dixie Chicks have changed their name. Just call them, The Chicks. The post Country singers The Dixie Chicks remove Dixie from name appeared first on TheGrio.
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Jenny Slate, Kristen Bell admit Black voice actors matter – but that doesn’t solve the problem
Yesterday, actress Jenny Slate took one for the team (and by that I mean #TeamWokeWhitePeople) by stepping down from her role as Missy, a bi-racial Black girl on the popular Netflix cartoon Big Mouth. She was quickly followed by Kristen Bell, who stepped down from her role as *surprise* another
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‘SNL’ Alum Jay Pharoah on the Moment Police Officers Kneeled on His Neck [VIDEO] - Atlanta Tribune
Comedian Jay Pharaoh is speaking out about an encounter with Los Angeles police that he says left him on the ground with an officer’s knee on his neck. The former “Saturday Night Live” star sharedsurveillance footageof the officers approaching him with guns drawn and pinning him to the ground. At
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Camille Cosby says White women Have History of False Claims Against Black men Free Press of Jacksonville
By A.R. Shaw   Camille Cosby, the wife of Bill Cosby, had some choice words for the “Me Too” movement. She recently shared her thoughts on the women’s movement against sexual abuse and assault and also [...]
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Simon & Schuster names Dana Canedy as first Black publisher - TheGrio
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Actor Nathan Davis Jr. sues United Airlines for $10M for racial profiling - TheGrio
Nathan Davis Jr. from Marvel’s Runaways and Snowfall filed a lawsuit this week alleging he was kicked off an airplane last December after a flight attendant falsely accused him of possessing a gun, in what the actor believes was a racially motivated incident. READ MORE: Jada Pinkett Smith denies
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T.I. to Teach Class On the Business of Trap Music at Atlanta HBCU Free Press of Jacksonville
By Cassidy Sparks Tip “T.I.” Harris is headed to the classroom. The rapper and businessman will be lending his music industry expertise to students at Clark Atlanta University next semester teaching an innovative new course [...]
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College Student’s VFX Hero Video Catches Disney Boss’ Eye - Houston Forward Times
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