Anthony “A.J.” Weber and his 9-month-old daughter Violet (CBS 2 screenshot) The presence of news media at Wednesday night’s Town Hall in South Los Angeles to address the deputy-involved killing of unarmed 16-year-old Anthony “A.J.” Weber could’ve been a blessing. Source: An Open Letter to […]
From the Green Book to Facebook, how black people still need to outwit racists in rural America From the Green Book to Facebook, how black people still need to outwit racists in rural America A historical travel guide once listed safe pit stops for black […]
By L.A. Williams Contributing Scribe For over a decade, Marvel Comics has been on a juggernaut roll with the quality and successes of their movies and TV shows. Now, their newest flick has some of today’s most recognizable and acclaimed Black actors, including Chadwick Boseman, […]
By Kam Williams Senior Movie Critic Twenty years ago, Frances McDormand won an Academy Award for “Fargo,” a delightful whodunit set in a tiny Minnesota town inhabited by a cornucopia of colorful local yokels. In that Coen Brothers’ black comedy, she played a dedicated police […]
Men and Women standing side-by-side in silence on 6th Ave in Manhattan. Brick patterned worker suits making a human wall to give some attention to the misogyny spewed by Trump over the last year. Each brick has some of the quotes, “Nasty Woman,” “Degenerate,” “Grab […]
By Yusef Salaam ContributingScribe Imam Alfred Mohammed was recently sworn in as a Councilman in Linden, New Jersey, a town of 40,499 denizens, 10,888 African Americans. A representative of the Fourth Ward, he was one of the two freshly elected members. The Imam-the city’s […]