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Meet Jimmy Crow, Insurrectionist And Suppressor, Heir To Jim And James Crow, Esquire

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Meet Jimmy Crow. You may remember Jimmy’s grandfather, Jim Crow. Jim sometimes wore a hood and a robe, and sometimes a sheriff’s badge. He administered incomprehensible “literacy tests” to Black citizens trying to register to vote. He clubbed John Lewis nearly to death on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The n-word flowed freely from Jim’s lips. […]
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Entertainment

FOX SOUL Expands Original Programming To Push The Culture Forward

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FOX SOUL, the Black community’s premiere free streaming platform serving UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK, CONSUMABLE BY ALL entertainment 365 days a year, expands their programming slate, adding a new series to their current streaming schedule. With over 44M viewers, FOX SOUL celebrates black culture and deals with real topics that impact the everyday lives of the black […]
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Dr. Bernice King, Martin Luther King III & Jason Carter Join The Peoples’ Agenda to Launch Statewide Votercades on John Lewis National Day of Action

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In an effort to bring attention to the onslaught of voter suppression laws and ignite public support for bills to restore protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda (Peoples’ Agenda) will join local and national partners to host Votercades, teach-ins and other events throughout the state on John […]
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Entertainment

EBONY Names Marielle Bobo Editor-in-Chief & Senior Vice President, Programming

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EBONY, the iconic brand serving as the leading voice of the Black American experience for 75 years, today announced that Marielle Bobo has been tapped as Editor-in-Chief & Senior Vice President, Programming, effective immediately. Following its recent relaunch under new ownership, Bobo’s appointment signals the next milestone in the rebirth of EBONY and is a […]
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Entertainment

Georgia Black Women’s Roundtable Break from Battling Voter Suppression to Honor Valiant Women of the Vote

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By Edrea Davis – Despite the ongoing efforts of many leaders to suppress the voices of Georgia residents, Black and Brown voters turned out in record numbers, electing the most diverse leadership in the state’s history. Last week, the Georgia Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), took a short break from their fight against archaic voter suppression […]
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Environmental Justice Leader Mustafa Santiago Ali to Dialogue with White House Advisor Gina McCarthy

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Edrea Davis – U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry, Rep. Alma Adams, and Sen. Ed Markey will also address national climate goals and implementing the historic Justice40 initiative Washington, D.C. – After an introduction by U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry, environmental justice leader, Mustafa Santiago Ali, will discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s approach to climate […]
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We Are All Immigrants: Jazz Reflections on Today’s America

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The lives of immigrants are a dialogue between the memory of what was left behind and the assimilation of new experiences. Perhaps it is their liminality – their sense of simultaneously being ostracized and embraced – that enables these Latin American artists to approach jazz, the most American of art forms, and make it their […]
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Entertainment

Critically Acclaimed Documentary Celebrating Ellis Haizlip, “Mr. SOUL!” Nominated for 3 NAACP Image Awards

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CHICAGO – Executive Producer Chaz Ebert announces that “Mr. SOUL!”, the award-winning documentary, has been nominated for Outstanding Documentary (Film), Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) and Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards. The ceremony annually celebrates the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in […]
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Business

HFPA Agrees to Meet with NABJ to Help Increase Diversity

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During the Golden Globes Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced that they will rectify the lack of Black journalists among their ranks. According to Variety, former HFPA President Meher Tatna admitted they had not had any Black members for the last 20 years. As the nation’s largest media organization for people of color, […]
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