— Jeffrey McKinney, Black Enterprise UMC, the streaming service centered solely on Black TV and film that was created by BET founder Bob Johnson, is getting a makeover. UMC will be rebranded as ALLBLK in January 2021. Started in November 2014 under Johnson’s RLJ Entertainment unit, UMC was part of AMC Networks’ acquisition of RLJ Entertainment in November […]
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Kentucky council sparks backlash by deciding against new prosecutor in Breonna Taylor case | The Washington Post
— Marisa Iati, The Washington Post Kentucky’s nine-member Prosecutors Advisory Council voted unanimously Friday to decline a request for a new prosecutor to review the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor, dealing a major blow to ongoing attempts to bring charges in her death. The council’s decision met with swift blowback from several of […]
View MoreBlack woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegal voting files new appeal | The Texas Tribune
The request for review by the state’s highest criminal court was filed by Mason’s attorneys as well as the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the national ACLU and the Texas Civil Rights Project. — Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune A Fort Worth woman jailed for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election […]
View MoreScholar Robin D.G. Kelley on How Today’s Abolitionist Movement Can Fundamentally Change the Country | The Intercept
On this week’s episode of Intercepted, Robin D.G. Kelley discussed the concept of racial capitalism and the current movement for police abolition. — Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept WE ARE LIVING in a moment of change and upheaval, a time of immense pain and suffering, but also a time of hope and tremendous possibility. We are […]
View MoreNew Brunswick outbreak: How a smalltown doctor became a Covid pariah | BBC
After being labelled the “patient zero” of an outbreak of Covid, a Congolese-Canadian physician says he became a target for racist threats, a pariah in his community, and a “scapegoat” for local officials. — Robin Levinson-King, BBC When Dr Jean-Robert Ngola heard that he had to pick up his daughter last May, he quickly […]
View MoreThe Black Women Behind Rock and Roll | NYU
An NYU music historian points to the influences of African American groups such as the Shirelles in songs by Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. — James Devitt, NYU The lyrics and sound of the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” have resonated with rock and roll fans for decades—but its depth may never […]
View MoreBlack Man Who Wrongfully Served 44 Years In Prison Pleads With North Carolina Governor To Pardon His Sentence | BET
While Ronnie Long’s sentence was vacated and charges dropped, he blames a racist judicial system that destroyed state evidence with the intention of leaving him to die in prison. — BET In August, the state of North Carolina finally released Ronnie Long after serving 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He […]
View MoreDavid N. Dinkins, New York’s First Black Mayor, Dies at 93 | The New York Times
Mr. Dinkins, who served in the early 1990s, was seen as a compromise selection for voters weary of racial unrest, crime and fiscal turmoil. The racial harmony he sought remained elusive during his years in office. — Robert D. McFadden, The New York Times David N. Dinkins, a barber’s son who became New York […]
View MorePhylicia Rashad, Courtney B. Vance, Oprah, Angela Bassett, More Star in HBO’s Between the World and Me November 21 | Playbill
The adaptation is based on The Apollo staging of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ work, who also performs in the special. — Dan Meyer, Playbill Tony winners Phylicia Rashad, Courtney B. Vance, and Oprah Winfrey, Oscar and Emmy nominee Angela Bassett, and more star in HBO’s adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me November 21 at 8 PM ET on […]
View MoreNew documentary on wealthy SC Black cotton farm owner who was lynched for success | Post and Courier
— Kalyn Oyer, Post and Courier In 1916, just over half a century after slavery was abolished, a wealthy Black farmer who drew the ire of his jealous and bigoted White business peers in Abbeville was murdered by a lynch mob. That man, Anthony Crawford, owned a 427-acre cotton farm in Abbeville. He was […]
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