This past week, Women of Color in Communications, otherwise known as ColorComm, held their “Coffee Connections” network meeting during the morning hours at a downtown café.
G.O.O.D. Music recording artist Big Sean and his charity, The Sean Anderson Foundation, recently stopped in Chicago to take part in the “Behind the Mic”
Hill Harper recently sat down with rolling out for an interview that took place in New York. Harper, star of the new film The Boy
The organization Supreme Street recently sponsored Project Selma NOLA, a program that gives inner-city youth in New Orleans the opportunity to see the critically acclaimed Ava Duvernay-directed
While many Americans were observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, arsonists in Staten Island, New York, torched the memorial site of late resident Eric Garner,
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 86th birthday, the filmmakers and cast of the Oscar-nominated film SELMA joined local residents of Selma, Alabama, in
What inspired you to write your first book? My first book was a poetry book that my family and I self-published back when I was
The King Center recognized our nation’s 42nd president, Bill Clinton, for his humanitarian work with The William J. Clinton Foundation, including his bipartisan efforts with
Entrepreneur Peytyn Willborn recently visited her alma mater, Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy, to kick off an innovative initiative to give back to the youth of
Let’s be honest, being strapped into a tiny seat in a cramped airplane — along with dozens of strangers — 35,000 feet above sea level,
Another year, another list of big-name nominations are announced, revealing a shocking lack of diversity among Oscar contenders. Selma, the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic
At the time of his death, the fire in Dr. King’s belly was only beginning to rise. As you listen to this last segment, pay
As Dr. King matured in age and in his political critique, he began to see the future of the United States through glasses that didn’t
The Black community is once again at a watershed moment. Because of the increasing issues of social justice and equal protection under the law, as
It was a big night on Sunday, Jan. 11 for Hollywood as they kicked off awards season with the 2015 Golden Globe Awards. Paramount Pictures
On Sunday, Jan. 11, the 72nd annual Golden Globes convened at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where Hollywood’s biggest names celebrated the best in film and
Television evangelism has been around for quite a while now, but the audience that preachers and teachers are able to reach has grown to enormous
[jwplatform 9l0X07KF] Born Lonnie Rashid Lynn rapper-actor Common, fka Common Sense, is the son of educator Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines and Lonnie Lynn. In the civil
There is a good chance that another Black coach will be hired to lead an NFL team in 2015. Todd Bowles (Arizona Cardinals) and Teryl
Apparently, chains and oppression are the “it” thing in the entertainment business. The critically acclaimed and widely successful film 12 Years a Slave showed that
