DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951)

Business chamber slams Mabuyane's 'knee jerk' call for booze ban, but liquor board welcomes plan

A regional Eastern Cape business chamber has labelled Premier Oscar Mabuyane's call to push for a renewed alcohol ban as "knee jerk", but his call has the support of the Eastern Cape Liquor

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Sudi: Voters will punish errant MPs

With Deputy President William Ruto studiously silent on controversial changes to the Jubilee leadership in the Senate which saw two of his top lieutenants stripped of lucrative posts, vocal Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has sought to fill the gap, taking aim at the party’s senators from the Rift Valley

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Former Baltimore Mayor Pleads Guilty to Perjury Charge

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor pleaded guilty to a state perjury charge Friday for failing to disclose a business interest relating to her “Healthy Holly” children’s books on her financial disclosure forms when she was a state

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

LeBron James And Other Stars Form A Voting Rights Group | The Oklahoma Eagle

Invoking the names of an earlier generation of athletes who called for social justice, Mr. James, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, said he wanted to be a model for future

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Delroy Lindo Is Finally Getting His Due

But in the days since his newest movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” premiered on Netflix, a swift Delroy Lindo exaltation has erupted across the

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

‘Gone with the Wind’ returns with a disclaimer

Based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell, the film is set in the American South during the Civil War, when slavery was in its death

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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

DL Hughley tests positive for COVID-19 after collapsing at comedy club

(Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Congressman John Lewis’ Legacy Celebrated With ‘Good Trouble’ Campaign To Inspire Social Change

LOS ANGELES (June 19, 2020)- Participant, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change, today announced the “Good Trouble” impact campaign to coincide with the release of the new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble and in

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Whoopi takes on Chris Christie on COVID-19: 'Who are you willing to sacrifice?'

Whoopi Goldberg had a quick comeback for former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as the two discussed his recent comments regarding the coronavirus

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Source: theGrio

Disney to Redesign Splash Mountain Due to the Ride’s Ties to Racism and Slavery – The Black Chronicle

But those aren’t the only brands getting a marketing makeover: Disney announced that it will reimagine its Splash Mountain theme park attraction due to its problematic roots and ties racial

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Source: The Black Chronicle

FILM REVIEW: The Lovebirds – Free Press of Jacksonville

Kumail Nanjiani made a name for himself on the series Silicon Valley and hit it big with the romantic comedy The Big

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Celia Cruz | Biography & History

Celia Cruz was one of Latin music's most respected

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Source: AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands

Rep. Terri Sewell Supports Renaming Edmund Pettus Bridge

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell said Monday she is in favor of renaming the Edmund Pettus bridge in her hometown of

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Source: The Birmingham Times

First Black Episcopal Priest

In 1894, at the Church of St. Augustine, Oscar Lieber Mitchell was the first African-American ordained into the priesthood of the Episcopal Church in Boston.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Kenyatta Men Plotting Ruto Impeachment, DP's Allies Now Claim

The ongoing purge of National Assembly and Senate leaders allied to DP Ruto and rapid changes in House committees, they say, are calculated at paving the way for the Deputy

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Source: allAfrica.com

COVID-19 Update

As of June 17, 2020 at 10:20 AM Alabama had 26,914 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 784 deaths

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

Candace Owens Suggests Cop Who Shot Rayshard Brooks In The Back Was ‘Unjustly’ Fired

Law enforcement officials and experts alike were hailing the quick response to this weekend’s police killing of an unarmed Black man in Atlanta, including the firing of the

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Source: NewsOne

Watch What Happens When You Give “Too Much Dap” In Hilarious ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Clip

We could all use a little humor, and the show’s “Black History Month Spectacular” Juneteenth (June.19) return is right on

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Janelle Monae on Coping With the Pandemic and Her New Amazon Series

Season two of Homecoming, which will be released May 22, marks her first leading role in a streaming

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Jamie Foxx Bulks Up, Confirms Mike Tyson Biopic is in the Works – Free Press of Jacksonville

Jamie Foxx bulks up, confirms Mike Tyson biopic is in the

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Senate Democrats signal they're prepared to block GOP police reform bill

As Senate Republicans move to take up their own plan — which was authored by South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the chamber — Democrats have faced a tough

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Chatham Area Transit Announces New CEO/Executive Director

Mauldin currently serves as Director of Policy and Innovation with the New Orleans RTA, a regional transit authority with a fleet of 130 vehicles, a streetcar system, ferry boat operations and an annual budget of $109

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

COVID-19 Infection rates among young people in the South and West drastically increases | The Atlanta Voice

The major thrust of new coronavirus cases in the United States is in the South and West, where officials say more young people are ignoring social distancing measures and testing

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Poll: Black Americans Most Likely to Know a COVID-19 Victim

DETROIT (AP) — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the

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Source: Black America Web

Noose Found In Garage Stall Of NASCAR's Only Full-Time Black Driver, Bubba Wallace - Blavity

A noose was found in the garage stall of NASCAR’s only full-time Black driver, Bubba Wallace, ahead of Sunday’s race, reports

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Source: Blavity News

BET’s tribute to Andre Harrell was the ultimate ode to Black excellence

READ MORE: Andre Harrell, founder of Uptown Records, is dead at 59

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Source: theGrio

Free 'Do the Right Thing' rental; Spike Lee Talk Offered

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Do the Right Thing” is free to rent on several platforms all week and an online discussion will be held with director Spike Lee on his 1989 film about racism, protests, police brutality and a New York neighborhood in

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

'Gone With The Wind' Back On HBO Max But With More Historical Context

The new streaming platform pulled the 1939 Civil War flick a few weeks ago after it was criticized for glorifying the antebellum South, but it promised to return the movie after adding historical context and a condemnation of

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Opinion: Too Many African American Children Are Born in Shackles

Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job

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Source: Post News Group | PNG-0

With 50 honorary doctorates, Gordon Parks captured black triumphs and exposed injustices

Our childhood experiences shape the worldview we hold and for pioneering African-American photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks, having faced aggressive discrimination as a child in a segregated elementary school and barred from participating in his high school activities, because of his

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

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