On Sunday January 7, 2018 at the Hollywood Foreign Press 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards handsome Sterling K. Brown made history by becoming the first Black male actor to win Best Actor in a TV Drama category for his iconic role as Randall Pearson on […]
Theater in the Village of Harlem and WNYC are partnering for the 5th year to present WNYC’s 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, “50 Years After MLK: A Dream Deferred,” as part of the Apollo’s Uptown Hall series. WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning host […]
A time of great sacrifice, triumph One hundred forty-five years ago on Jan. 1, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, helping to transform this country from a union of states into a nation, from a country stained by slavery into one moving at great […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influence on the Civil Rights Movement is indisputable, but his fight for equity in education remains a mystery to some. That fight began with his own education.  “He clearly had an advanced, refined educational foundation from Booker T. Washington High […]
Tanzanian authorities arrested five pregnant schoolgirls together with their parents and then released them on bail as part of a crackdown to end teenage pregnancies in the region. Authorities are reportedly looking for the men who impregnated the girls. Records indicate that over 50 […]
PHOTO CAPTION: Richelieu Dennis purchases Essence Communications from Time Inc., returning the iconic Essence magazine to 100 percent Black ownership. (Essence) In a deal that re-establishes Essence magazine as a totally, Black and independently-owned entity, Sundial Brands founder Richelieu Dennis recently announced the purchase of Essence […]
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