civil rights

Kanye compares celebritydom to racism: ‘I equate it to discrimination’

The transcript has surfaced of hip-hop superstar Kanye West’s deposition in the case where he’s accused of beating a photographer and smashing his camera at LAX back in 2013. TMZ published segments of the transcript, with reveals West to be combative in his back-and-forth with the photographer’s lawyer.

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,