By Katie Rogers, NYTimes.com – The BET Awards Sunday featured tributes to Prince and Muhammad Ali, and a performance by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. But this year, the actor Jesse Williams commanded the spotlight with an impassioned speech calling for an end to police killings, racial inequality and cultural appropriation. His was far from the […]
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New Erykah Badu-Directed Video From The New Album of Miles Davis Recordings Reimagined by Robert Glasper – EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL
New York, NY – Longtime friends, collaborators and Grammy-winning musicians Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper have teamed up again for the track & video for “Maiysha (So Long)”, from new album Everything’s Beautiful–the visionary exploration of Miles Davis’ music, featuring reimagined interpretations of his music produced by Glasper. The track’s lyrics were written by Badu, […]
President Barack Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
Hillary Clinton Annihilates Donald Trump Calling him Dangerous, Thin-Skinned, and Incoherent During Foreign Policy Speech in San Diego
It looks like Ms. Hillary Clinton found her MoJo!In this speech Clinton uses Trumps own words against him. Boom! Clinton called Trump “temperamentally unfit” to be president and said “It’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin,” Clinton said. “Donald Trump’s ideas […]
Allstate Gospel Superfest 2016
With Vivica A. Fox serving as host, the Allstate Gospel Superfest took place at Coppin State in Baltimore this past weekend. The grande extravaganza featured over 30 national acts including: Shirley Caesar, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Jonathan Butler, Deitrick Haddon, Casey J, Karen Clark Sheard, Lonnie Hunter, James Hall and more. Photos by Paulette Shipman-Singleton. The event […]
VIDEO: Donald Trump Speaks On How Much He “Respects” Women
Beyonce’s Visual Album on HBO Called Celebration of Black Womanhood, Features Mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Snippet of Malcolm X
(dailymail.co.uk) – Beyonce’s surprise new album features the bereaved mothers of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown: Singer’s political overtures as she makes tracks available exclusively on husband Jay-Z’s Tidal Beyoncé’s much-anticipated album Lemonade aired on HBO Saturday The film featured appearances from the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, two young black men who […]
Motivational Speaker Eric Thomas to Disrespectful Students: “Have You Lost Your Mind?”
Filmmakers Bobby Marvin Holmes and Justin Gladden Release “Free Young Blood,” a Documentary About the Mass Incarceration of Black Men
Baltimore, MD – Many consider young Black males to be under a state of emergency. The mass incarceration of Black males has become a growing concern and highly debated in many socio-political arenas. Yet, two important questions remain: What is the cause of it? and How do we stop it? Just two days before the […]