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Howard University Receives Transformative Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

July 30, 2020 villagechief 0

WASHINGTON – Howard University proudly announces a generous $40 million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. A former pupil of Howard alumna Toni Morrison, Scott’s gift marks the largest gift from a single donor in school history. “I would like to thank Ms. MacKenzie Scott for her investment into Howard University and our 153-year […]

Entertainment

American Black Film Festival Goes Virtual August 21-30, 2020

July 28, 2020 villagechief 0

LOS ANGELES – ABFF Ventures, recently announced that the 24th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will take place online August 21-30, 2020 at abff.com. The ABFF Online Edition will continue the tradition of the live festival, featuring the best of independent black cinema, studio premieres, conversations and panels, business of entertainment seminars, along with […]

Commentary

Puppets and Pirates in Protest Clothing – Commentary By Lucius Gantt

July 28, 2020 villagechief 0

(The Gantt Report) – About a month or so ago, I was in Tallahassee, Florida to take care of some banking business and to visit a few friends. I was sitting on the porch at Perk’s Bonding Agency waiting on my friend Billy Perkins who was taking a phone call inside his office. Suddenly, a […]

Commentary

Adding Fuel to the Fire of Our Pandemics

July 25, 2020 villagechief 0

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux – Nero, the Roman Emperor who legendarily fiddled while Rome burned is a symbol for an irresponsible, ineffective, and callous leader who shows indifference to people in crisis. The great Rome fire took place in the first century AD. The fiddle wasn’t invented until the eleventh century, so it is unlikely […]

Commentary

Black on Black Violence – Commentary By Lucius Gantt

July 25, 2020 villagechief 0

(The Gantt Report) – I am very unhappy about the recent surges in gun violence and murders taking place in America’s Black neighborhoods. Some others, in urban communities especially, are so upset about the killings they have shown interest in President Trump’s plans to mobilize federal troops and deploy soldiers in cities led by Democratic […]

Headlines

President Obama and Vice President Biden Contrast their Successful Leadership of Recession to the President Trump’s Historic Failure to Manage the Current Health and Economic Crisis

July 22, 2020 villagechief 0

(Updated w/full video) Vice President Joe Biden’s new campaign ad featuring a socially distanced conversation between him and his former boss, President Barack Obama, is brilliant. The ad is a teaser for a longer conversation that will air across both leaders’ social media platforms on Thursday, July 23. I hope we can get weekly conversations […]

Entertainment

Ava DuVernay Moves Into Non-Scripted With a Ten-Part Social Experiment, ‘Home Sweet Home,” for NBC

July 22, 2020 villagechief 0

The “When They See Us” filmmaker created Home Sweet Home and she will produce via her production company Array Filmworks with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television. Each episode of the series follows two families who lead very different lives for a life-changing experience. It explores what it’s like to walk a mile in another person’s shoes […]

Entertainment

Don’t Look Deeper, starring Helena Howard and Don Cheadle Premieres on Quibi July 27

July 21, 2020 villagechief 0

Set in Merced, California, “fifteen minutes into the future,” DON’T LOOK DEEPER centers on a high school senior who can’t seem to shake the feeling that something about her just isn’t right. And that something is… she’s not human… not one of us. This revelation of what she really is, where she comes from, and […]

Headlines

NABJ Appalled at Alleged ‘Rank Racism’ at Fox News Schedules Meeting with CEO Suzanne Scott and Other Top Executives

July 21, 2020 villagechief 0

WASHINGTON —Two years after Fox News paid $10 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Black employees, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is appalled to learn of new allegations of “rank racism” at the nation’s highest-rated cable network. According to a report published by the TheDailyBeast.com, a 90-minute call was held […]