Entertainment
via BlackAmericaWeb: A jubilant Ava DuVernay was named entertainer of the year at an NAACP Image Awards ceremony that focused on the black community’s power to create change. DuVernay lauded other black artists from the stage as she accepted her award Monday night, naming writers and directors such as Shonda Rhimes, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kenya Barris and “Black […]
What would you do if you’ve been wrongfully convicted of murder, put on death row for 12 years, given two execution dates, proven innocent, and still unable to get out until everything is sorted? Some would go crazy or not even make it. Anthony Graves went through all of this and rose above. His new […]
With snow falling down on Columbus drivers need to take their time on the roads. Columbus Police reports that two motorists are in critical condition after a multiple car collision in North Columbus on Monday morning. The crash happen during the recent snowfall around 10 a.m. on Interstate 71 pass I-270. All northbound lanes of I-71 in […]
In 2009, police discovered the bodies of 11 women in the home of a sex offender who targeted African-American prostitutes and crack addicts. Filmmaker Laura Paglin made the crime documentary Unseen to tell the story of the women killed and of the survivors. Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with filmmaker Laura Paglin and survivor Vanessa Gay on this tragic […]
Congrats to Kim and Kanye as they have welcomed baby number three to their family via surrogate. Kim announced on her website that their baby girl was born the morning of January 15th weighing in at 7lbs. 6oz. The couple used a surrogate after Kim was able to give birth to their first two children […]
via News5: Keith Jackson, the sportscaster whose rich voice and distinctive phrasing endeared him to generations of college football fans, has died, ESPN said in a news release Saturday. He was 89. The play-by-play man narrated a range of sports for ABC for more than 40 years, starting in 1966. But college football was his […]
via TheChristianPost: LeToya Luckett-Walker says her stepdaughter, Madison, is proof that God heard the desires of her heart. Luckett-Walker, the 36-year-old singer who rose to fame as a member of the ’90s girl group Destiny’s Child, married Madison’s father, Texas entrepreneur Tommicus Walker, last month. Before meeting him, the singer and actress said she longed […]
via eurweb: The legacy of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be recognized on Monday, January 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. A sea of mourning engulfed America on April 4, 1968 the day King was assassinated. Negroes were drowning in despair after his senseless murder in Memphis. […]
Every year all over the United States people come out to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day to honor his work and legacy for the change he brought to the country and to the Black community. Harry E. Johnson, the head of the Memorial Foundation is hosting the 7th Annual Wreath Laying at the Martin Luther […]
Activist and politician Congressman John Lewis has worked towards the advancement of African-Americans for many years. He had the privilege of working side by side with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. including marching with him in Selma. “I think Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. would be very disappointed in what is happening in America today. He would say […]