The historic Bradshaw Cemetery in Houston, Texas was bulldozed without its owners consent and now the family is searching for answers. SEE ALSO: Texas Police Officer Fatally Shoots Handcuffed Man [GRAPHIC VIDEO] Bradshaw, a cemetery dating back to the 1800s and owned by the Nelloms family, was the final resting place for the “bodies of slaves and African Americans who fought […]
“Saturday Night Live” writer Leslie Jones landed in hot water after performing a Weekend Update segment where she joked she’d be the “number one slave draft pick.” It seems everyone had an opinion on the funniness and appropriateness of the joke and the event begged the questions: is it ever okay to make a joke […]
As the world mobilizes to safely bring home 276 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria on April 14, the subject of human trafficking has risen to the fore. RELATED: Boko Haram Leader Claims Responsibility For Abduction, Wants To Sell Girls According to The Polaris Project, an organization dedicated to the eradication of human trafficking, an […]
Maybe Jim DeMint has never heard of the American Civil War. DeMint, the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation and former Republican senator from South Carolina, was a guest on a radio show last week and told the host that “the conscience of the American people” freed the slaves in the 1860’s, not “big government.” According to DeMint: Well the reason that […]
Jeff Johnson and Raynard Jackson, guests on the “NewsOne Now” panel, joined Roland Martin Monday to discuss diversity at the 2014 Oscars and the future of opportunities for black filmmakers. During the segment, the question was raised whether Best Picture winner 12 Year a Slave highlights the Academy’s penchant toward of rewarding black stories that center […]
It’s the 150th anniversary of the completion of the U.S. Capitol building dome, but what is hardly talked about is the fact that slaves helped build it. Jesse J. Holland, author of “Black Men Built the Capitol,” gave insight into how the seat of our government came to be a product of slave labor. “The entire time […]
Author James McBride, the man behind the bestselling memoir, “The Color of Water,” recently won the National Book Award for “The Good Lord Bird.” It’s a novel about a pre-teen slave who joins abolitionist John Brown in his raid on Harper’s Ferry. McBride spoke with Roland Martin on NewsOne Now about his win. He also weighed in on […]
Jasiri X is not your ordinary rapper. The revolutionary MC and activist is known for using his platform to raise awareness about institutionalized racism and…
Anytime you preface a statement with “this isn’t racist, but…” chances are it’s just that. Sarah Palin (pictured), who at this point serves no other purpose than to operate as the unsightly cold sore of political discourse, compared the federal debt to slavery while speaking at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fall fundraiser on Saturday night. […]
Few crimes raise the ire in African-Americans more than the outlawed practice of lynching. Used primarily as a tool of justice and to incite fear in Blacks and Whites, lynching in America claimed thousands of lives but in a disproportionate fashion. On this date — on two separate occasions — lynching reports were released that […]
With the critical and box office of success of “Django Unchained” and “12 Years A Slave,” cable television has officially jumped on the slave movie…
For the millionth time, racist old people in positions of power: If you don’t want your bigotry to be made in to big headlines all over Al Gore’s Internet, go back to journaling. Not that many in the Grand Old Party maintain such modesty, but in the case of Nevada Assemblyman Jim Wheeler (pictured), it’s a lesson […]
