Marc Morial: Urban League CEO Named Champion for Justice
It humbles National Urban League (NUL) president and CEO Marc H. Morial to hear his name mentioned in the same sentence...
NNPA: Young Black Scholars ‘Discover the Unexpected’
The legendary scholar, writer and visionary James Baldwin once personally confided to me that he had come to know that the...
Muhammad Ali: Legendary Boxer and Activist Dies
NBC News is reporting legendary boxer and activist Muhammad Ali has died. Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he...
#JusticeforHarambe: The Wagons Circle Around Black Family
A couple's son is missing in Japan (right now) because they left him in the wilderness to teach him a lesson,...
BREAKING: Officer Found Not Guilty in Freddie Gray Death
CBS Local (Baltimore) is reporting arresting officer Edward Nero has been found not guilty
on all counts by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge...
Spike Lee Celebrates Film, Activism & Social Change at Spelman
When Spelman College’s 10th president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell asked filmmaker, writer, actor and producer Spike Lee to come back to...
CNN’s ‘United Shades of America’ Takes on Race
Comedian W. Kamau Bell wants to spark conversations about society with his new CNN docuseries United Shades of America. In eight...
Urban Prep: Entire Senior Class College Bound Again
Taryn Finley of The Huffington Post is reporting 100 percent of Chicago's Urban Preparatory Charter School's senior class is college bound...
The Last Laugh: Black Women’s Book Club Wins
Brendan O'Brien of Reuters is reporting 11 women have reached a settlement with a California wine train company they sued for...
‘Ghost Brothers’: TV’s First African-American Paranormal Team
Fashion designers Dalen Spratt and Juwan Mass, along with their barber Marcus Harvey, are the epitome of going where no man...