The overwhelming success of the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton, has been making headlines all week. Praise has been heavy for director’s F. Gary Gray‘s vision and the strong performances from the cast in depicting the lives of the influential hip-hop group. However, the group’s misogynistic lyrics and domestic violence past caught the eye of […]
Ambassador Andrew Young spoke with Roland Martin Tuesday on NewsOne Now about his good friend Julian Bond. Young told Martin: “Julian was a person who was impossible not to love — everybody loved Julian, ’cause he was very pleasant, he respected everybody, he had a very wry sense of humor. I never ever saw him angry and […]
Janelle Monae found a way to bounce back this week, after she was reportedly cut off for speaking about police brutality during her TODAY Show performance on Friday. She simply continued to speak her mind. The singer took to the streets of Chicago hand-in-hand with Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, on Monday afternoon. During […]
In an age when social media activism has spurred significant change and sparked awareness about structural racism, police brutality, and injustices across the world, it’s easy to imagine that historic incidents such as the 1965 Watts Riots would be widely documented and shared throughout the internet. While it isn’t immediately clear what impact that visibility […]
Aviva Kempner, director of the new documentary "Rosenwald," discuss the movie and Julian Bond's involvement in the film.
The Democratic presidential frontrunner surprised three activists when she made the statement about changing racism.
Death Of Inmate At New York Prison Ruled A Homicide, Autopsy Suggests He Was Killed By Prison Guards
The death of NY inmate Samuel Harrell has been ruled a homicide following alleged abuse at the Fishkill Correctional Facility.
Just one month after meeting President Obama, the oldest living veteran -- 110-year-old Emma Didlake -- has died.
The N.W.A biopic film "Straight Outta Compton" shattered box office records, but unfortunately that didn't make headlines.
Marvel has reinvented Moon Boy and the Devil and the Dinosaur with a new young Black woman named Moon Girl.
The Washington Post fact checks the GOP presidential candidate's claim about Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood's founder.
An anti-violence group took to the streets of Baltimore this weekend to march against crime. The 300 Men March, began in Baltimore
