Race/Gender

*He went there. David Oyelowo, who stars as Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, said Sunday what a lot of folks have been shouting for...

*The lack of diversity regarding this year’s Oscar nominations has become the hot topic as of late, a fact that Cheryl Boone-Isaacs is not...

*Call him the new Teflon Don. George Zimmerman has, again, sidestepped legal action: A domestic assault case recently filed against him was dropped and the...

*In praising his co-stars of the film “Black or White,” Anthony Mackie has revealed a rather dubious practice that happened to him on a...

*The topic of Iggy Azalea came up during an appearance by Eve and Jill Scott on Sway Calloway’s Sirius satellite show, Sway In the Morning. While...

*“Selma" star David Oyelowo has voiced his support for fellow British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who came under criticism for using the term "colored" in...

*During the recent King Week in Los Angeles, the SCLC-SC Legacy Awards Gala honored six individuals who continue to do work inspired by Dr. Martin Luther...

*While working the red carpet at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, Rashida Jones – the biracial daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton –...

*British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, best known for playing the title role in the BBC and PBS series “Sherlock,” has apologized for using the word...

*The issues of race and child custody collide big time in writer-director Mike Binder’s new film “Black or White.” Kevin Costner stars as widower Elliot...

*Ava DuVernay will direct her “Selma” and “Middle of Nowhere” star David Oyelowo in a third movie. The pair are teaming with Participant Media to...

*For the first time in history, the top TV drama and comedy acting titles at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards went to African American...

*New York Times columnist Charles Blow voiced his outrage late Saturday night after Yale University police stopped his son at gunpoint. According to Mediaite.com, Blows’...

  *As a kid growing up on Chicago’s South Side in the 1950s I loved baseball. But most blacks then didn’t love the Chicago Cubs....

*In modern times, many black males have fallen victim to their criminalization based on systematic forms of racism. Mya B. is honoring these young black...