Black Entertainment Television (BET) Founder Robert L. Johnson will be inducted into the 2013 Giants of Broadcasting Honors, an annual distinction established by the Library of American Broadcasting. The award is the highest award recognition in media.
Harry Belafonte is suing Dr. Martin Luther King’s heirs over property that he says was given to him by the late civil rights icon. Belafonte’s suit is in reference to three documents, photos and letters that chronicled his long friendship with King.
The nation’s first voter ID law came from a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit in Indiana. The law was integrated into American politics in 2007, despite opposition from Democrats and the American Civil Liberties Union. One of the judges regrets it.
The Supreme Court is currently evaluating the University of Michigan’s current ban on affirmative action, and most of the justices appear to agree that it should be upheld. Several of them expressed doubts that the constitutional amendment violates minorities’ equal protection rights.
It isn’t often that you see a professional white woman with fingerwaves. But that’s exactly what you will see in Photographer Endia Beal’s latest work, “Can I Touch It?” She photographed several middle-aged white women in black hairdos.
Leon Ford Jr.’s entire life changed last November after a routine traffic stop escalated to gun shots, leaving Ford paralyzed. His family believes the officers acted unlawfully. Now they are seeking justice for Ford who still faces charges.
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is at the head of a group of GOP leaders meeting to impeach President Obama. The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya and the national healthcare law are some of the issues Dewhurst is bringing to the forefront of the impeachment talks.
Should the Washington Redskins change their name? New evidence of its origin may change your mind.
In just a couple of weeks, the man convicted of murdering the “King of Pop” will walk free. Conrad Murray is set for early released from prison on October 28, completing his sentence for the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson. Why? The prisons are too crowded.
Saturday Night Live, the longest running network show in the country, recently announced new members of its cast. Shockingly, (not really), there are no black women cast members. This marks the sixth year since a black woman has been on the show.
A group of pastors in Harlem have made it their mission to put a stop to Rev. Al Sharpton’s growing political power. Critics argue that Sharpton has used his power for personal gain, fame and fortune, leaving behind the interested of the black community.
What political party calls for a shutdown and then gets upset at the institutions affected by it? The grand ole Tea Party that’s who. In what was supposed to be a march in opposition of Obamacare, turned into an all-out bshing of the president.
