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NAACP Image Awards brings out the glam crowd
Dennis J. FreemanDennis has covered and written about politics, crime, race, sports, and entertainment. Dennis currently…
Race, romance is center stage in Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington
LOS ANGELES-The entanglement of a love affair or a close friendship is always up for interpretation…
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ hits race nerve
HOLLYWOOD, CA-Some things may change but yet they remain the same. Race relations in America is…
Peace and love from Aloe Blacc
The Ford Signature Series at the newly-renovated John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, a jewel in the Hollywood…
Lights shine on NAACP Image Awards
The stars, which included an entrance by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, shined at the 47th…
Selma is today
Suppressive voting rights efforts. Open racial taunts. Young black men losing their lives to law enforcement.…
Phi Beta Sigma to Sponsor Documentary of Congressman John Lewis
Washington, DC- The John Lewis Documentary Project is the much anticipated film documenting the life and…
Ferguson’s Civil Rights Indictment
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced the findings of its two civil rights investigations related to…
My Civil Rights Year—Selma, Louisiana and Mrs. Caulfield’s Butterbeans
Editor’s Note: The opening of the movie Selma rekindled vivid memories for New America Media editor Paul…
Still Fighting the War on Poverty
On the 50th anniversary on the war against poverty, President Obama gave a statement on a…
Why we still march
50 years after the seminal event of the civil rights era, the work is still unfinished…
A Close-up Look at ‘The Good Negro’
HOLLYWOOD-The Civil Rights Movement brought a lot of victories in the struggle for equality for African…