Buying a gift for the Dad in your life for Father’s Day can be a stressful affair for even the most thoughtful person, and depending on the guy in question, it may be nearly impossible to pick the best gift that matches his personality. NewsOne is here to take some of the pressure off shoppers […]
Last week, civil rights leaders gathered for a teleconference to announce an upcoming march aimed to call attention to the racially charged and controversial practice of the “Stop-And-Frisk” law, a New York measure supposedly crafted to curtail crime. Critics of Stop and Frisk have deduced that the law is nothing more than a mask for […]
In honor of Black Music Month, NewsOne presents MY MUSICAL INSPIRATION, where newsmakers and celebrities talk about the artist who most inspires them in their lives and work. RELATED: Rev. Jamal H. Bryant: ‘Marvin Gaye Had The Biggest Impact On My Manhood, Methodology During the late ’60s as the Civil Rights Movement continued to reverberate in the […]
Since President Barack Obama’s historic rise to the highest office in the land, he was immediately praised in the African-American community. Many Black Americans saw Obama as a history-making savior, crafting a mythic image of a man who never claimed to be more than human. Expectations skyrocketed and the cheers became jeers as some African […]
When the rumors hit the web that Marvel Studios had given an official green light to a long-discussed Black Panther movie project, fans of the super-hero comic book hero rejoiced universally. Although a breaking report from Latino Review has not been confirmed by the heads of Marvel, it didn’t stop the snowball effect of the […]
Standing as one of the most-heinous hate crimes ever, the lynching-style murder of James Byrd Jr. (pictured right) at the hands of three White men in Texas served as a painful reminder that racism was very much alive in America, even on the cusp of the 21st century. RELATED: Angela Davis Acquitted Of Charges In […]
Rabble-rousing conservative talking head Bill O’Reilly (pictured) has shamelessly promoted politically and racially divisive tactics in the past. In a sure attempt to keep the cameras rolling and focused on his person, the Fox News television personality added another feather in his crowded off-color quip cap by openly supporting racial profiling and New York’s “Stop-And-Frisk” […]
One of the most-infamous instances in the life of former Black militant and current scholar Angela Davis (pictured) was the “Soledad Brothers” trial in 1970. RELATED: Happy Birthday To The Late Dr. Betty Shabazz! On August 7th of that year, 17-year-old Black militant Jonathan Jackson, brother of author George, burst in to a California courtroom […]
Although the death of Chuck Brown on May 16 rocked the nation’s capital and many music lovers around the globe, feelings of sadness were lifted, if only for a brief moment, during a mostly joyous memorial service for the Go-Go legend on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The Walter E. Washington Convention center served both as […]
In honor of Black Music Month, NewsOne presents MY MUSICAL INSPIRATION, where newsmakers and celebrities talk about the artist who most inspires them in their lives and work. Music is a universal language that binds us all, with many African-American artists serving as an inspiration to individuals in our society that have gone on to […]
In the African country of Kenya, not far from its capital city Nairobi, the Kibera Slum is said to be Africa’s largest slum. SEE ALSO: Will Ron Paul Ever Give Up? Many residents of the slum live without running water, electricity and other basic services. But a young man by the name of Kennedy Odede, […]
S ojourner Truth’s extraordinary journey from slave to abolitionist and women’s right activist was captured most pointedly during a speech she delivered at the Ohio Women’s Right Convention on May 29, 1851, cementing her status as a notable anti-slavery speaker in the annals of history. SEE ALSO: Happy Birthday To The Late Dr. Betty Shabazz! […]