Former Georgetown University head coach, John Thompson Jr., looks on as the president of Georgetown University, Dr. John J. DeGioia, presents civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, with the John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award during the Ninth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Let Freedom Ring Kennedy Center Celebration. Held on […]
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Rev. Joseph E. Lowery Takes Readers Down Freedom Road in New Book “Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land”
At age 89, Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery has written his first book, telling a story that no one else has – telling it like it is. In Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land (Abingdon Press, February 2011), Dr. Lowery celebrates many milestones of civil rights movement, in which he played a significant […]
President Obama Gives Moving Speech Memorializing Victims of Arizona Shooting (video)
42nd NAACP Image Awards Nominees Announced
The 42ND NAACP IMAGE AWARDS nominees were announced today during a live press conference from the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA. Actresses Kimberly Elise and Sanaa Lathan, actor/rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson, actor Columbus Short and Actor/Comedian Affion Crockett joined NAACP IMAGE AWARDS chairman Clayola Brown and 42ND NAACP […]
Cash Money Content & Atria Books Present A Landmark Step-by-Step Guide that Reveals the Truths and Lies of the Criminal Justice System
New York – It’s on the news every day. Arrests are made for any number of crimes, including drug possession and distribution, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder. Mass incarceration is particularly prevalent within the black community. The Bureau of Justice’s December 2010 “Prisoners in 2009” report illuminates that there are 563,500 incarcerated black men […]
Judge Mablean Ephriam Foundation Presents a Tribute To Rosa Parks Starring Ella Joyce
Los Angeles, CA – Actress Ella Joyce, best known for her co-starring role of Eleanor on FOX TV’s “Roc”, and Jasmine on “My Wife & Kids, captures the famous moment in the life of Rosa Parks, affectionately called “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”, in her highly acclaimed, one-woman play A Rose Among Thorns. The […]
Houston Man Cleared by DNA After 30 Years in Prison
By Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle – The reliability of eyewitness identification in criminal cases took another sock in the eye Tuesday as Cornelius Dupree Jr., a Houston man sentenced to 75 years in prison for a rape-robbery he did not commit, walked out of a Dallas courtroom a free man. Dupree, 51, served 30 years […]
Political Activist Ed Forchion Continues to Campaign in National Effort to Legalize Marijuana
Hollywood, CA – The campaign to legalize marijuana has been an ongoing one for decades now. Cause celebs like the recently departed Jack Herer, the recently imprisoned Eddie Lepp and the incarcerated Mark Emory are men who sacrificed their lives and livelihood for a vision that now boasts 14 states where legalization is in some […]
Singer-songwriter Teena Marie dies at 54
(CNN) — Teena Marie, an award-winning R&B singer-songwriter, was found dead Sunday at her California home, her manager said. Born Mary Christine Brockert in Santa Monica, California, the 54-year-old artist famously paired with late funk legend Rick James and was nominated four times for a Grammy Award, according to her official website. Marie was found […]