One of the Civil Rights Movement‘s most notable figures has come forward blasting recent claims that then-President Lyndon B. Johnson spearheaded the idea behind the…
Selma breakout star David Oyelowo isn’t holding back when discussing Hollywood recognizing black actors and their performances during Oscar season. Oyelowo appeared at the Santa Barbara International Film…
Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer doesn’t get the uproar many are feeling surrounding Selma director Ana DuVernay being overlooked for a Best Director Academy-Award nomination and David…
Several member of the African-American business community in the Research Triangle have contributed funds to enable middle and high school students to experience the critically acclaimed film, “SELMA” for free at participating theaters while supplies last. Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) has been raised to send at least 2,000 interested students to the important film. Seventh, […]
Anthony Mackie has the answer to why, Selma director Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo were both overlooked for Oscar nominations: People are tired of discussing race! No seriously,…
Jasmine Sanders has got 10 powerful quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., in the spirit of his birthday and the national holiday commemorating his legacy…
Oprah Winfrey, along with Selma director Ava DuVernay , David Oyelowo and Common will all participate in a march in Selma, Alabama to pay tribute to the…
Predictably, after the swift and cutting backlash from the blinding whiteness of this year’s Oscar nominations – from the front lines of Twitter (see: #OscarsSoWhite) to…
Spike Lee and Rev. Al Sharpton are not holding back on Selma director Ava DuVernay and the film’s lead actor David Oyelowo being shut out…
Cartoonist and illustrator Barry Blitt is best known for his work with The New Yorker, and his latest cover for the magazine depicts Rev. Martin Luther…
The Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday and to no surprise Oprah Winfrey’s ‘Selma’ was snubbed. The movie “Selma” only received two nominations — best picture and best song for “Glory,” by John Legend and Common. The movie about the civil rights movement, has been sweeping up the nominations throughout the awards season. It was […]
If the director of ‘Selma’ had been nominated for Best Director in the reading of the nominations this morning, Ava DuVernay would have been the first African-American woman to ever be nominated in this category. But she wasn’t nominated. Nor were any of the actors from the movie. However, ‘Selma’ did receive a nod for Best […]
