EXCLUSIVE: Broadway Legend George C. Wolfe: “You Just Have to Make the Work Good”
George C. Wolfe is one of American theatre’s most celebrated figures. The double Tony Award-winning African American director, playwright and producer has overseen a...
Omari Hardwick: STARZ Original Series ‘Power’ Debuts Tonight at 9 p.m.
Omari Hardwick will star as the lead character of James "Ghost" St. Patrick in the STARZ original series 'Power.' Hardwick plays a powerful New...
WATCH: Inside Story on Africans in China Being Targeted (Al-Jazeera)
Al-Jazeera America's Richelle Carey examines the anti-African and African American discrimination foreign nationals are experiencing in Guangzhou due to xenophobia and being scapegoated for...
Maurice Hines: Tap Dance Legend Talks Manzari Bros. & ‘Tappin’ Thru Life’
After more than 60 years in show business, Maurice Hines sets the standard for performers that are as equally passionate about family as they...
George Curry: Remembering the Journalist & Civil Rights Crusader
AL.com is reporting funeral plans have been set for George E. Curry, a journalist, civil rights activist and publisher whose syndicated column ran in hundreds...
Ryan Coogler: ‘Fruitvale Station’ Director Talks Filmmaking and Oscar Grant
Ryan Coogler is the writer/filmmaker responsible for the tear-jerking independent feature, Fruitvale Station. The 27-year-old Oakland native with a serious Bay Area accent earned...
Mara Brock Akil: ‘Being Mary Jane’ Shows Our Full Humanity
"This is one woman’s story. Sometimes we are saying one thing, but we are living something else. Sometimes we don’t act out something, but...
U.S.: Oldest Black-Owned Bookstore Closes Its Doors
The Root is reporting that Marcus Books, the nation's oldest black-owned bookstores, is closing after 44 years of operating. Lynette Holloway of The Root...
“OWN YOUR VOTE” INITIATIVE PARTNERS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO MOBILIZE BLACK WOMEN
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Tuesday, September 27, 2022) – OWN and national voting rights leaders joined forces to launch the OWN Your Vote 2022 campaign –...
Michel du Cille: Three Time Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer Dies
The Washington Post is reporting that celebrated photographer Michel du Cille, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer has died. It is being reported that du...
