This weekend SNL’s “Weekend Update” featured new comedy writer, Leslie Jones and her joke about being the number one slave draft pick if she were…
Martin Bashir, left his MSNBC show after railing against Sarah Palin for her ignorant comment that compared the national debt to slavery. Check out what…
Jasiri X is not your ordinary rapper. The revolutionary MC and activist is known for using his platform to raise awareness about institutionalized racism and…
Anytime you preface a statement with “this isn’t racist, but…” chances are it’s just that. Sarah Palin (pictured), who at this point serves no other purpose…
With the critical and box office of success of “Django Unchained” and “12 Years A Slave,” cable television has officially jumped on the slave movie…
The topic of slavery has become quite the buzz of late, considering the releases of high-profile Hollywood dramas such as “Django Unchained” and “12 Years…
I knew I was not to join #TeamRussell when he picked a fight with CNN’s Don Lemon about his suggestions to young Black men to…
While Hollywood may be expressing renewed interest in all things slavery (“Django: Unchained” and “Lincoln” are in theaters now and “12 Years A Slave” will…
Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is a holiday honoring African American heritage by commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas (1865). The term Juneteenth comes from the day it is celebrated – June 19th. Happy Juneteenth! Ashton Villa, from whose front balcony the Emancipation Proclamation was read on […]
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 […]
jubilee (Biblical) – 1. in Hebrew Scriptures, a year of rest to be observed by the Israelites every 50th year during which slaves were to be set free. 2. celebrations held by African-American slaves, usually at Christmas and Easter, which included respite from labor, feasting, music and dancing.
Miami rapper Rick Ross has been quite ubiquitous while working on his new album, and now his image will be gracing the June/July cover of The Source magazine. In an excerpt from the cover story posted on MTV.com, Ross revealed that his mother is from Clarksdale, Miss., and that his Southern roots made a great […]
