Halle Berry wins Oscar

Halle Berry announced as official ambassador for "2016 Key to the Cure" campaign

Saks Fifth Avenue is proud to announce it has again joined forces with Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Entertainment Industry Foundation for the 2016 Key To The Cure campaign. Now in its 18th year, Key To The Cure is Saks Fifth Avenue’s annual fund-raising and charitable initiative to fight

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Lupita Nyong’o

Lupita Nyongo was the surprise winner of an Oscar for her supporting role in her feature film debut, Steven McQueens drama 12 Years a Slave. The daughter of a Kenyan politician, Lupita Nyongo was born in Mexico City and raised in Kenya. She studied film and theater at Hampshire College in

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Queen Latifah Wants ‘Gone With The Wind’ Gone

The 1939 film Gone With the Wind has been temporarily removed from HBO Max due to the recent protests over Black people killed by

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EC hospital beset by issues as Mkhize raises concerns about spike in Covid-19 cases

While Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has raised concerns about the rapid increase of Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape, its largest casualty unit with a dedicated isolation site, Livingstone Hospital, is

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Shooting of Oscar Grant

Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San

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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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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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Tina Knowles-Lawson Leads Call To Urge Lawmakers To Pass Legislation Addressing Voter Suppression In Black Communities - Blavity

Led by Tina Knowles-Lawson, the mothers of Black people lost to police violence have joined forces with other celebrities to sign a letter calling on congressional leaders to put their differences aside and take tangible steps in addressing some of the country's most pressing issues by the passing

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Filmmakers Rally Behind John Boyega's Stirring 'F**k That' Speech Against Racism

Filmmakers have got John

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Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel was a renowned actress, entertainer and radio performer. She was the youngest of thirteen children born to Henry and Susan Holbert on June 10, 1895 in Wichita, Kansas. Her father was a Baptist minister and minstrel performer, and her mother was a gospel singer. The family moved to

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Pays Homage To Breonna Taylor On Her Birthday – Your Black World

On Friday, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited to honor Breonna Taylor, one of the many blacks killed by police

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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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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy Jr. is the founder of Motown Records, the first black owned music label in the U.S. He was born on November 28, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy. He had seven other siblings and was the seventh of his eight siblings. He is a descendent of a white

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Oscar Brown

Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. He ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress. Brown wrote numerous songs (only 125 have been published), 12

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Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman is a successful and widely respected American actor and director, who has received 4 Oscar nominations along with winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar Award for the movie “Million Dollar Baby”. Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee in June 1937. He lived with his

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Spike Lee on honorary Oscar: 'This came out of nowhere, but that's how blessings often come'

Spike Lee was surprised to learn that he was being honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — a group he hadn’t been afraid to criticize in the past for its lack of

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150 faculty members sign open letter to Georgia State University president for more diversity | The Atlanta Voice

The letter reads as

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Fences (play)

Fences is a 1985 play by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilsons ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle. Like all of the Pittsburgh plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. The play won the 1987

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LeBron James & Fellow Basketball Stars Begin ‘More Than A Vote’ Organization

Much to the dismay of Laura Inghram, LeBron James has been one of the sports world most vocal critics of not only “President” Donald “Bunker B*tch” Trump, but also the social injustices that continue to effect communities of

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John Legend And Common Reunite For A Timely Performance Of ‘Glory’

Common and John Legend / David 2015, John Legend came one step closer to EGOT status when he and Common won an Oscar for “Glory,” the theme song they wrote for the civil rights film

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Jimenez, Tai (1970- )

Classically trained ballerina Tai Jimenez freelanced and also performed with the Dance Theatre of Harlem for 12 years before she became the only Dance Theatre member to make a successful transition to one of the major ballet companies in North America. In January 2006, she joined Boston Ballet as

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The Racial Politics of Miss America

Elwood Watson, a professor of history at East Tennessee State University, is one of the few African American cultural historians to focus his research on the Miss America pageant. In the article below he examines the success of eight black women in winning the pageant and gaining the coveted crown

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West Indian History: Biographies

West Indian History: Biographies | FactMonster

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African-American History Timeline: 1960 to 1964

Sidney Poitier wins an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the film, Lilies of the Field. The achievement makes Poitier the first African-American to win an Oscar in the Best Actor

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Kenya: Ruto Allies Make U-Turn, Say They Are Pro-Development

Days after threatening to frustrate government's agenda in both the National Assembly and the Senate, Deputy President William Ruto allies have made a U-turn and are now promising to support President Uhuru Kenyatta until he finishes his

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Ex-Boyfriend of ‘Black-ish’ Star Jenifer Lewis Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud

“On September 11, 2015, only hours before my mother passed away, I learned that the man I planned to build a life with was a convicted felon and con artist whose criminal career spans more than 25 years, with a special skill in swindling women,” she wrote on Instagram back in

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8 Network Television Shows Starring Black Women

Television shows starring black women have been few and far between on the Big 3 television networks, but that changed after the success of ABCs Scandal, which paved the way for a number of black women to appear on television. Learn which shows starring black predated Scandal and about the programs

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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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Stacey Abrams Will Appear In Voting Rights Documentary For Amazon

A new documentary about voting rights and voter suppression, prominently featuring Stacey Abrams, is set to hit Amazon later this

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Jennifer Hudson Stars As Aretha Franklin in 'RESPECT' — Watch Sneak Peek

Director Liesl Tommy makes her feature film debut with

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