Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘The Struggle Continues’
New leaders and activists of today should educate themselves on the past in order to make social change in contemporary America says Tulane University...
John Singleton Will Direct Tupac Shakur Biopic
Gerrick D. Kennedy of The Los Angeles Times is reporting that John Singleton will direct a biopic on legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Singleton worked...
Angelique Kidjo Talks New Music & Memoir ‘Spirit Rising’
Angelique Kidjo recently released her memoir, Spirit Rising, followed by her 13th album, Eve, simultaneously. Both projects are platforms for the Grammy-winning world music...
Marcus Smart is Not the Problem
Marcus Smart is a talented basketball player whose level of college play will eventually lead him to the NBA. The Oklahoma State University sophomore...
Hazing: Incidents at UGA and San Jose State Top News
Mike Morris of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that 11 members of the University of Georgia chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. have...
MLK Children at Odds: Sons Want to Sell Nobel Peace Prize and Bible
In "What in the Hell" news, the blogosphere is buzzing with news that the children of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
Zimmerman DMX Boxing Match: Happy Birthday Trayvon?
When I first started seeing articles posted about George Zimmerman’s call for a celebrity boxing match, I thought that I was reading one of...
Akosua Report: Percussionist Max Roach
“…the community was just fraught with music. You could walk down the street; You heard people singing; you heard people playin’. Duke Ellington says...
Mamphela Ramphele Candidacy in Peril; Quits Pact
David Smith of The Guardian is reporting that Mamphela Ramphele, the woman thought to be South Africa's first female presidential candidate who could challenge...
Iconic 1968 Olympian Tommie Smith: ‘Silence is Golden’
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, gold medal sprinter Dr. Tommie Smith and bronze medalist Dr. John Carlos made a “Silent Gesture”...
