Hulu’s six-part 1619 Docuseries is an expansion of “The 1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
Antebellum, a Racial Thriller Starring Janelle Monae, Hits On Demand Friday, Sept. 18
Antebellum is a terrifying new thriller from activist filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, two exciting new voices in contemporary cinema, and from Lionsgate and QC Entertainment – the producer of the seminal horror films Get Out and Us. Antebellum was always meant to be a stunning and mind-bending mystery that unfolds as a metaphor […]
America’s Elite Colleges Can Lead on Reparations by Partnering with Black Colleges
By Felicia M. Davis – As the list of higher education institutions apologizing for their role in the slave trade grows it is time investing in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) institutions is prioritized. Democratic presidential candidates increasingly acknowledge the need to study the question of reparations. Ta-Nehisi Coates fastidiously establishes “The Case for […]
Black Women Call for Minority Leaders Schumer and Pelosi to Publicly Support Congresswoman Waters in #IStandWithMaxine Campaign
The letter below shares the profound indignation deep disappointment the undersigned Black women have over the failure of Minority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader Pelosi to protect Congresswoman Waters from unwarranted attacks from the Trump Administration. Please join the #IStandWithMaxine campaign, add your name to the letter via this link: http://bit.ly/IStandWithMaxine and push the message […]
‘Underground’ Premiere Shatters Records as the Most-Watched Program in Nearly 18 Years on WGN America
Los Angeles, CA – On the heels of rave reviews, the premiere of WGN America’s critically acclaimed hit series “Underground” shattered records as the most-watched program in nearly 18 years on the network, since the Cubs vs. Cardinals game on 9/8/1998 where Mark McGwire famously hit his 62nd home run beating Roger Maris’s single season […]
Trayvon Martin Murder – The Return to Slavery Days – by Lucius Gantt
The Gantt Report – Five hundred years after Slavery Days in the United States we find that there are still more than a few people that think they can do anything they want to African American men, women and children and get away with it. Have you forgotten how our great grandparents and other ancestors […]
Enslaved Blacks, Who Embrace the N-word Talk…
By H. Lewis Smith – The enslaved Black was stripped of his heritage so that no parts of his ingenious, dignified, self-reliant, culturally-aware and proud African background could influence his life in America. His personality, behavior, and self-image were re-shaped exclusively by the unique form of American slavery. This system of degradation birthed the exact […]
Wake up Black America, Time to Teach the TRUTH
By H. Lewis Smith – “Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed, no more BACKWARD thinking, time for thinking ahead…Wake up ALL the teachers, TIME to teach a new way. …When you teach the children, teach them the very best you can. The world won’t get no better—if we just let it be…WE got […]
Black in Latin America – Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Black in Latin America is the third of a trilogy that began in 1999 with the broadcast of Professor Gates’s first series for public television, Wonders of the African World, an exploration of the relationship between Africa and the New World, a story he continued in 2004 with America Beyond the Color Line, a report […]