The Rev. Jesse Jackson will visit North Carolina Central University as the headline speaker at a Get-Out-the-Vote rally today at 11 a.m. in the Miller – Morgan Building Auditorium. The visit by Jackson, a veteran of the civil rights movement, is organized by the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus. Rev. Jackson will meet on the […]
Aretha Franklin was on hand Friday night when LeBron James and the Miami Heat visited the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons game was believed to be one of Franklin’s first public appearances since undergoing surgery Dec. 2 for an undisclosed ailment. detroitfreepress Read More
VIA: ESSENCE.COM Can anyone ever really revoke your Black card? In her new memoir “The Next Big Story,” CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien says that Rev. Jesse Jackson did just that. During an off-air exchange, O’Brien recounts how Jackson told her she “didn’t count” as a Black anchor on the network. The daughter of an Afro-Latino […]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday for treating Miami-bound LeBron James like a “runaway slave.” The civil rights leader slammed owner Dan Gilbert for calling James “disloyal” and “a coward” in an open letter to Cavaliers fans. “He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of […]
