Common to Play Amandla Stenberg’s Uncle in Adaptation of ‘The Hate U Give’
*Common has joined the cast of Fox 2000’s big screen adaptation of Angela Thomas’ Black Lives Matter YA novel “The Hate …
Lynn Whitfield to Play Sanaa Lathan’s Mom in Netflix Film ‘Nappily Ever After’
*Actress Lynn Whitfield has join the cast of Netflix comedy “Nappily Ever After,” joining Sanaa Lathan and Ernie Hudson …
Evelyn Allen Johnson’s ‘My Neighbor’s Island’ a Study in Mindless Prejudice Now Available … Again
*First published in 1968, this second edition of “My Neighbor’s Island” (Lynray Press) exposes new …
‘New Edition Story’s’ Algee Smith Joins Amandla Stenberg in ‘The Hate U Give’
*“Detroit” actor Algee Smith has joined “The Hate U Give,” Fox 2000’s adaptation of the Black Lives Matter YA …
Even Stephen King is Horrified by ‘Locked & Loaded’ Trump Presidency
*Horror author Stephen King tweeted a simple message to let everyone know exactly how he feels about the Commander In …
Jackie Christie on Daughter Ta’Kari Lee’s Tell-All: ‘I Can’t Sit Back Quiet Taking The High Road’
*“Basketball Wives” star Jackie Christie is finally speaking out amid allegations made by her eldest daughter Ta’Kari …
Ava DuVernay to Adapt Octavia Butler Novel ‘Dawn’ into TV Series
*Ava DuVernay, Charles D. King, and Victoria Mahoney will turn Octavia E. Butler‘s sci-fi novel “Dawn” into a television …
In a Damning Indictment of the NFL, Author Tells the Real Reason Kaepernick is Unemployed
*“Colin Kaepernick’s stance against racial injustice has sparked a much-needed national dialogue over the role of sports …
New Book Alert: Judge Mablean ‘Look Deep Before You Leap’
*Healthy relationships require realistic evaluation. Whether you’re evaluating a relationship with a lover, a …
Beyonce Wrote the Forward to Photo Book ‘Prince: A Private View’
*Rarely-seen photographs of the late Prince Rogers Nelson by Afshin Shahidi are featured in a new book “Prince: A …
The Pulse of Entertainment: The Movie ‘Detroit’ is the Brutal Truth of Reality Unrestrained
*The Annapurna/MGM Pictures presentation of “Detroit,” based on a 1967 police raid, is the brutal truth of …
Studio 8 Options Comic Series ‘Black’ (Where Only African Americans Have Superpowers)
*Studio 8 has just optioned for the big screen “Black,” a comic series from Black Mask Studios about a nation where only …
The Black Hat – Book Review/Self-Accountability Takes Backseat to Victimhood in Dyson’s Latest Trope
*On a muggy Thursday evening, renowned intellectual Micheal Eric Dyson waltzed into Leimert Park’s Eso Wan bookstore and …
New E-book Presents First In-Depth Assessment of the Peril the Trump Presidency on African-Americans
*”Earl Ofari Hutchinson gives a chilling, hard hitting assessment of the deep peril the Trump presidency poses to …
Thaïs Sherell J’s ‘Between the Pages’ is Voice of Black Women
*Nicknamed the young Oprah – entrepreneur, motivational speaker and author, Thaïs Sherell J. pens one of her …
