Franklin excited to sing at King statue dedication
NEW YORK _ When a young Aretha Franklin accompanied the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to churches in the early days of the civil rights movement, he usually made a special request for her to sing one...
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LA schools to boost equity for minority students by actually teaching
LOS ANGELES _ A 19-month civil rights investigation of the Los Angeles Unified School District found that the district failed to provide an equal education to English-learners and black students,...
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Costa Rican author, Isaias Gamboa, pens controversial book
A song that became a key anthem of the African-American Civil Rights Movement, no other song in American history has had as much impact. According to Gamboa’s book, “We Shall Overcome: Sacred Song on...
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Bounce TV to air ‘King: From Montgomery to Memphis’
In honor of the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington — a civil rights demonstration which took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, Bounce TV will present the exclusive television...
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Movie marks 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement
Starring Anika Noni Rose, Wood Harris and David Alan Grier, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” is the tale of a summer journey that leaves a family – and a nation – forever transformed. Set in the summer...
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Academy Taps Harry Belafonte for Humanitarian Award
The actor, producer, singer and lifelong activist broke down racial barriers as TV’s first Black producer and was the first Black performer to win an Emmy. From the onset of his film career, he picked...
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Chadwick Boseman portrays civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall
He played the American baseball hero Jackie Robinson in “42,” was transformed into the legendary James Brown in “Get On Up” and is now set to portray civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall who died in...
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Dan Gilroy: “I wrote this movie for Denzel because of his talent.”
In “Roman J. Israel, Esq.,” writer-director Dan Gilroy teams with up two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington to create the portrait of a layered, complex man whose life has been spent fighting...
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TV One to air movie on Rosa Parks
Premiering on TV One in February, “Behind the Movement” offers a closer look at how the history-making Montgomery Bus Boycott was planned in just three days and ultimately led to the Civil Rights...
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Will Poulter: “My biggest challenge was playing a character I felt no...
He plays a racist police officer in “Detroit”, a fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers callously brutalize several black American men. For the...
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Vengeful Alabama to Kill 83-Year-Old Man
Barring intervention by courts or its governor, Alabama will kill an 83-year-old man on April 19; long-incarcerated for the 1989 mail-bomb killings of United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...
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A deep digression of race and politics
Race, politics, power and civil rights become the focus when four iconic characters gather in a hotel room in Regina King’s directorial debut. A film which premiered at the annual AFI Film Festival,...
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