The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. Director: Boaz Yakin Writer: Gregory Allen Howard Stars: Denzel Washington, Will Patton and Wood Harris Read more...
LIBRARIES MAY seem obsolete when compared with digital media but there are still many who believe that giving a child a real book can make a difference in his life. Of those people, Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati stands proudly as the founder of a once small book fair that is celebrating its 20th yea... Read more...
Upwards of 700 African Americans participated in the international Black Male Achievement Summit Saturday, November 12. Inspired, directed and encouraged by Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement in New York, in partenership with organizations in 26 cities, these summits exp... Read more...
The New York Daily News is in hot water with its Twitter followers. Early Friday (January 20), the newspaper published an article that exemplifies Jay-Z’s “Glory” track, a song dedicated to his newborn daughter, as a long-awaited anthem for Black leaders and family advocates. The piece voic... Read more...
It's a nationwide problem, the shortage of black male teachers. Only two-percent of the nation's nearly five million teachers are African American. Twenty-eight-year-old Craig King has taught third grade at Whittaker Elementary School for six years. His students say there's never a dull moment in M... Read more...
In many ways, basketball superstar Dwyane Wade leads a double life. By day, the Miami Heat guard is an NBA legend, but by night, Wade is a single father to his two young sons and his nephew. Moms dropping their kids off at school didn't know what to make of him at first. "I was like one o... Read more...
Whether It Is New Year's Eve or "Watch Night" or "Freedom's Eve", the Black Community in America Celebrates Freedom from Slavery as of 11:59 pm, December 31, 1862. "On that night, Blacks came together in churches and private homes all across the nation, anxiously awaiting news that the Emancipati... Read more...
I'm not sure how much of this is true... but its entertaining. So I guess Barack is black...again? An Intimate Portrait of a Young Man Destined to Make History, Including a Never-Before-Seen “Lost” Interview Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader traces the early path of a man destined t... Read more...
Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday which celebrates family, community and culture. Celebrated from 26 December thru 1 January, its origins are in the first harvest celebrations of Africa from which it takes its name. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase "matunda ya... Read more...