Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of rap legend Tupac Shakur, is eligible for parole.
Roland Martin reminded viewers that Cuban officials have stated they will not turn Assata Shakur over to their jurisdiction.
Films about some of history’s most important Black female figures are infrequent, which is why news of a movie on the life of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman sparked attention this week. Rumors flew that singer Beyonce Knowles would help develop and star in the film about Baartman, who was taken into the slave trade and put on display in […]
Amid outcry from the state police union, a New Jersey university has decided to cancel a commencement speech from rapper Common over a song he…
New census projections have revealed that white children will be outnumbered by children of color in the United States within the next five years. The rise…
Last Wednesday, President Barack Obama ordered a full restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba, including the opening of a U.S. embassy in Havana. This decision…
Television producer Mona Scott Young is known for being the woman behind some of TV’s most controversial reality shows, and now one of her latest…
As the United States and Cuba ready themselves to patch their decades-long severed diplomatic relations, alleged cop killer and political prisoner Assata Shakur could be extradited back…
It’s been a long time coming, but change is coming to Mississippi. Former Ward 2 Councilman and Chokwe Lumumba, 65, (pronounced SHOW-kway Lu-MOOM-bah) is the…
