And you thought TV's first interracial kiss was between Star Trek's Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura in 1968.
How often have you heard it said that black Americans don’t support each other economically? It’s a common refrain in conversations around sociopolitical uplift for…
“I have never killed a bird nor shot a rabbit. I never liked fishing and always let others kill even the chickens which I ate.…
A brand new infographic highlights just how white and male the Academy Awards really are. According to research by book publisher Lee & Low, since the…
Happy Birthday Gregory Hines, Today the smooth world renowned tap dancer would’ve of been 69 years old . Hines was engaged before his passing and he left behind three kids, daughter Daria, son Zach, and stepdaughter Jessica. His legacy still lives on through the lives of many people who looked up to him as an actor/dancer, including […]
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966. The celebration gathered people to honor the war dead in the 1860’s tapped into the general human need to honor […]
Sunday Sept 11, 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. Many of us will never forget that horrific morning when the United States was under attack. Our memory will not allow us to forget exactly where we were, what we were doing and who we were with at that very moment. 10 […]
A sweeping, high-profile, and ambitious musical film, ‘The Underground Railroad’ blends two powerful, redemptive stories into the background of Gospel/blues songs. The first story tells about a slave, Samuel Woodward, who escapes with his family to Canada. On their heels, is an obsessed slave hunter, JD Plimpton, who has never lost a slave. Along the […]
