By Ronda Racha Penrice Urban News Service Matthew A. Cherry’s “Hair Love” Oscar win for Best Animated Short Film on Feb. 9 was a victory for natural hair. Cherry’s film […]
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Rihanna, John Lewis NAACP Image Awards Honorees
By Austyn Ross NAACP Earlier this month, the NAACP announced that global music and fashion icon, business entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Rihanna, will receive the prestigious President’s Award during the 51st […]
Watch DRU HILL on the New Season Of TV One’s “UNSUNG” on Sunday, February 23 At 10 P.M./9C
Watch Dru Hill Perform on UNSUNG LIVE Immediately Following UNSUNG at 11 P.M./10C (SILVER SPRING, MD) – February 20, 2020 – TV One’s award-winning documentary series UNSUNG begins its new […]
Songwriter and ‘Good Times’ Actress Ja’Net Dubois Has Passed Away At 74
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ja’Net Dubois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons” […]
Winfrey Holds TV Discussion on ‘American Dirt’ in Arizona
By The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s soon-to-be televised discussion about the controversial novel “American Dirt” is drawing scrutiny for not inviting some of the book’s harshest […]
Smollett Case Could Complicate Reelection of Top Prosecutor
By MICHAEL TARM, AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The decision to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first Black woman to hold […]
Gayle King Accepts Snoop Dogg’s Apology for Rant Over Kobe
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gayle King says she accepts Snoop Dogg’s apology, and the CBS anchor says she’s sorry that her interview last week […]
Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic To many, he is an enigma. Or that controversial 1990s political/judicial figure who faded into a quiet corner of the Supreme Court […]
‘400 Years Later…’Free-ish’
By Kai McDaniels Special tp the AFRO The HBCU Storytellers Project is a unique culmination of social justice activism and meaningful cinematic arts. With funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation […]
Film Explores History of Lynching
By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO The New Deal Cafe, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, Maryland will show a documentary on Feb. 17 that explores America’s dark history of lynching as […]
The Photograph
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic It’s a love letter. A missive from filmmaker Stella Meghie to all those who’ve wrecked a romance and wondered if they could […]
‘For Life’ Unveils in Criminal Justice
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com This is not another crime series, prison show or even an average story on an innocent’s man fight for justice. For Life, a […]