civil rights

Harry Belafonte to receive honorary Oscar

Actor Harry Belafonte is being honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for his humanitarian work. The honorary award will be received

Paul Robeson Jr. dead at 86

The world of black intelligentsia lost a giant of a man and spirit with the death of Paul Robeson Jr., this past Saturday April 26,

Touré speaks at Dallas MLK Jr. symposium

Writer, journalist, TV personality, Touré was the keynote speaker at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture’s 2014 MLK Jr. symposium on Monday, Jan. 20,