Beyonce and her “Countdown” video have caught some flack after a few viewers noticed that her dance moves and costumes closely resembled that of German choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s 1983 piece ‘Rosas danst Rosas’ and 1990 piece ‘Achterland’. Keersmaeker called Bey out saying: “I’m not mad, but this is plagiarism. This is stealing. It’s […]
The man who broke the baseball color barrier, Jackie Robinson, is an individual that many students both young and old learn about in classrooms across the country. But aside from his success in breaking the color barrier and his hard work during the civil rights movement, many don’t know much about Jackie Robinson the father, […]
Princeton University professor Cornel West responded to comments by Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claiming that racism no longer holds anyone back in this country. West thought the comments were ludicrous saying that Cain must be “smoking something” to say something of that nature. “Well, black people have been working hard for decades,” West remarked. […]
The new documentary To Be Heard follows three students from the Bronx during a rough time period as they tell their story of friendship, struggle and making it off the streets when no one else believed they could. Karina Sanchez, Pearl Quick and Anthony Pittman, three best friends better known as “the tripod,” join a […]
Terrell Owens has had a tough year. The currently unemployed wide receiver is recovering from a torn ACL – an injury that he went as far as traveling to South Korea for stem cell treatment in an effort to get back on the field. But the hits keep coming. TMZ is reporting that the charismatic […]
While comparisons between the U.S. prison system and American slavery have long been made, the relationship is even more stark when you examine the numbers. According to U.S. Bureau of Justice estimates, as of 2008 more than 846,000 black men were in U.S. prisons, constituting 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. Michelle Alexander, a […]
I was on Facebook and ran across this video of Kirk Franklin speaking on he and his peers lifestyles as gospel artists. This discussion reminds me of a song he has on his latest album “Hello Fear” entitled ‘Gimme Dat’. I suggest you check it out. I am finally glad to hear an artist finally […]
Tyrese should be celebrating the upcoming release of his highly anticipated album and return to music with Open Invitation but instead he is being banned from radio stations for sharing his opinion on zoning issues such as liquor establishments near schooling institutions. “For those folks who have read my book, my mother struggled with alcohol […]
After Herman Cain’s interview with MSNBCs Lawrence O’Donell, more attention has been paid to the Republican’s time at Morehouse College in Atlanta during the apex of the civil rights movement. Cain had previously said he was a high school student during the civil rights movement and wasn’t old enough to participate, but records show he […]
The Occupy Wall Street protests are nearing its fourth week of rallies and fed up middle and lower class defining themselves as the 99%. The protests, starting in the financial district in New York City on September 17, 2011, have spread nationwide to about 900 cities in such a short period of time. Garnering the most media […]
Beyonce covers the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar and inside, she’s dressed to match her new pregnancy glow, rocking shimmering gold, shiny pink, and bedazzled black while talking about maternity fashion and marriage. Her closest friends and family, including bestie Gwyneth Paltrow, sister Solange and designers Azzedine Alaïa and Riccardo Tisci weigh in on what […]
NEW YORK — The birthplace of Hip-Hop is facing a foreclosure auction. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, credited as the birthplace of hip hop, is the site of one of Hip-Hop’s founding fathers, Kool DJ Herc who helped create hip the culture as we know it. RELATED: Bronx Birthplace Of Hip-Hop Saved From Destruction Curbed reports: Turns out it hasn’t […]
