OUR ROOTS Firsts – Black History Matters/First Rasta Ever

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*Essential read and knowledge – OUR ROOTS throws a spotlight on an intriguing story about the first Rasta ever and a female team that made history at the winter Olympics. Black history matters all year round not only during Black History Month. TAYO Fatunla is an award-winning Nigerian Comic Artist, Editorial Cartoonist, Writer and Illustrator. He […]

TUNE-IN ALERT: Minister Farrakhan to Deliver Worldwide Address on REVOLT YouTube – July 4

*The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is set to deliver a message on July 4th concerning the current state of affairs in America, the world, the coronavirus global pandemic and other critical subjects that will stream live on REVOLT’s YouTube page at 11am EDT/8am PDT ( https://www.youtube.com/c/RevoltTv/ ) Minister Farrakhan’s message, “The Criterion,” will be delivered […]

Jay-Z’s Made in America Festival Pushed Back to 2021 Amid ‘Parallel Pandemics’

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*Jay-Z’s annual Made in America festival will not be taking place this year due to the coronavirus, and increasing civil unrest over systematic racism and police brutality. The annual event is typically held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, but has officially been canceled due to the parallel pandemics that have grappled the nation. The […]

Lee Daniels’ Billie Holiday Drama Acquired by Paramount at Virtual Cannes Market

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*Paramount Pictures has secured global rights for Lee Daniels’ biopic on the life of Billie Holliday starring Multiple Grammy and NAACP Image Award Nominee Andra Day. According to Variety, the pic was sold by Endeavor Content in an eight-figure deal out of Cannes’ virtual market this week. Daniels will direct and produce from a script […]

Coco Austin’s Dad Hospitalized with COVID-19, Says Family is ‘Falling Apart’

*Coco Austin has revealed that her father Steve has been hospitalized in Arizona due to the coronavirus. On Wednesday, CoCo, the wife of rapper/actor Ice T, opened up to Page Six about how her family is “falling apart” after learning her father has pneumonia in both lungs, and a ventilator may be necessary, per PEOPLE.  […]

Ben Crump Retained to Represent Ednitta Wright in Hampton Inn Discrimination Case

*Williamston, N.C. – Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained to represent Ednitta Wright, who was subjected to police interrogation for using a Hampton Inn pool with her children on June 28, although she was a guest at the hotel. Attorney Crump issued the following statement about the case: […]

6-Year-Old Journei Brockman Wears #BLM T-Shirt to Daycare & Gets Kicked Out

*This is just wrong and stupid. An Arkansas mother says her six-year-old daughter was kicked out of daycare all because she wore a Black Lives Matter shirt! According to area outlet FOX 16, little Journei Brockman attended daycare at “His Kids Preschool” for six months. However, she was told last Friday she could not return. […]

REPORT: Black National Anthem to Play Before Week 1 NFL Games

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“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will reportedly be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL game during  Week 1 of the upcoming season. The song, considered the Black National Anthem, was originally written as a poem by civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson in 1899. It was later set to […]

NYC Delays Trump Tower Black Lives Matter Mural

*As we reported earlier, New York City plans to paint a large Black Lives Matter sign/mural directly in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan. It was expected to start happening on Thursday but didn’t. Mayor Bill de Blasio says it’s been postponed until sometime next week. Regarding the paint job, we also reported that President […]

ABC Cancels ‘Strahan, Sara and Keke’ Amid Coronavirus Hiatus

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*”Strahan, Sara & Keke” has reportedly been canceled by ABC, after being pulled off air in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.   The show hosted by Michael Strahan, Sara Haines and Keke Palmer is being replaced with “GMA 3: What You Need to Know,” Page Six reports.   The network yet to announce the daytime show […]

BLIND ITEM: Singer’s Sinister Deeds

*The following Blind Item comes from Hollywood insider Enty Lawyer. Please address all inquiries and complaints to the original source. This former one fifth turned one fourth needs to make a staffing change. This permanent A list singer pays the staffer to screw with the one fourth’s solo career. Can you name the singers? Sound […]

Jennifer Hudson on Playing Aretha Franklin: ‘I Still Feel Like She’s In Me’

*Jennifer Hudson is speaking out about portraying late music icon Aretha Franklin in the upcoming ‘Respect” movie.  In a new interview with PEOPLE, the Oscar-winner and singer gushed about the experience and paying tribute to the Queen of Soul.  “Back in April 2003, I got to open up for her in Merrillville, Indiana, where she […]