The nominees for the 51stNAACP Image Awards were announced today at a joint press conference with Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP and Connie Orlando, Executive Vice-President, Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy. The winners will be revealed…
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Louis Gossett Jr. and Lena Waithe to Recognized by American Black Film Festival Honors
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors announced today the recipients of two of its most prominent awards, the Hollywood Legacy Award and Industry Renaissance Award, which each honor outstanding accomplishments in film and television. Academy AwardⓇ winner Louis Gossett…
Read MoreThe 360-Degree Village Approach to Mentoring Black Males
“You got it. . . what it takes Go get it. . . where you want it? Come get it. . . get involved ‘Cause the brothers in the street Are willing to work it out” — Public Enemy, “Brothers…
Read MoreMiss Jamaica Wins Miss World Title; Top Beauty Pageant Winners Now at 5
The Black Girl Magic continues! Six days after Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa captured the Miss Universe title in Atlanta, Toni-Ann Singh, Miss Jamaica, was crowned Miss World 2019 in London on Saturday, December 14. Her victory makes Singh the fifth…
Read MoreSouth African Crowned Miss Universe; Social Media Goes Crazy for Black Beauty Queens
Black Girl Magic truly ruled beauty pageants this year! On Sunday, December 8, Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi, was crowned Miss Universe 2019 in Atlanta. She joins the history-making group that includes Miss America Nia Franklin, Miss USA Cheslie Kryst…
Read MoreFrom W.E.B. Du Bois to Cornel West: Civic Leaders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-American men, was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Initially serving as a support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice on campus,…
Read More‘Shakesha and the White Boy’ Should Be in Your Podcast Rotation
Shakesha and the White Boy is a weekly podcast hosted by Shakesha Williams and Ryan Dinger. Politics and pop culture collide on this upbeat podcast about two people from different walks of life. Shakesha, a filmmaker and founder of Harlem…
Read MoreShould Black People Celebrate Thanksgiving?
I remember the year I tried to boycott Thanksgiving. I was 19, entering that necessary but annoying phase of young self-righteous and half-informed quasi-pro-Blackness. I drove home anyway because students were essentially kicked out of dorms for the holiday. As…
Read MoreComcast Is Challenging a 153-Year-Old Law That Protects Against Racial Discrimination. We Can’t Let That Happen.
Today, the Supreme Court is hearing one of the most important civil rights cases to come before it this term. Comcast, which is number 32 on the Fortune 500, is poised to take an unprecedented step. Because of a dispute with…
Read MoreSens. Booker and Harris to Join NAACP Town Hall About Comcast Lawsuit Against Black Media
On Tuesday, November 12, at 8:00 p.m., in Baltimore, Maryland, the NAACP will host a tele-town hall on one of the most important civil cases in decades, Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media. NAACP General Counsel Brad…
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