Search results for: “node/olympics”
-
BET Honors 2013: Black Celebs Reflect on MLK
With other networks offering the likes of Basketball Wives, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Best Funeral Ever and the upcoming and already boycotted All My Babies’ Mamas, BET’s programming is not currently at the center of criticism for negative portrayals of the black community. And for at least one night a year since 2008,…
-
Brazilian Cities Hit by Crack Epidemic
The Washington Post is reporting that Brazil is experiencing a crack-cocaine epidemic reminiscent of that of the United States in the 1980s, when addiction to the cheap drug devastated whole communities and families. The troubling news comes at a precarious time for the nation, which is in the midst of preparing to host the soccer…
-
Notables in Black Culture We Lost in 2012
Carter, who was a civil rights attorney for the NAACP, is best known for developing the legal strategy in cases that led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. Carter became NAACP general counsel in 1956 and would go on to win 21 of 22 cases that he argued before the…
-
Notables in Black Culture We Lost in 2012
Carter, who was a civil rights attorney for the NAACP, is best known for developing the legal strategy in cases that led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. Carter became NAACP general counsel in 1956 and would go on to win 21 of 22 cases that he argued before the…
-
Trayvon Martin: The Latest, Week 41
Friday, Dec. 14, 3:50 p.m. EST: Trayvon Martin Memorial finds a new home: Items for the Trayvon Martin Memorial have been transferred to the Historic Goldsboro Welcome Center from a Sanford, Fla., museum in response to a proposal from the center’s curator, Frances Oliver, according to Click Orlando. Friday, Dec. 14, 10:48 a.m. EST: Would…
-
Gabby Douglas on Quieting Her Doubters
(The Root) — It’s easy to see how Gabrielle Douglas, the charming teen gymnast and first African American to win the individual all-around Olympic gold, can be an inspiration for generations of young black girls and boys. As a 16-year-old black girl from Iowa, she gave performances at the London 2012 Games that showed remarkable…
-
Covering a Racially Polarized Electorate
AP Poll: 51% Express Explicit Anti-Black Attitudes “The 2012 election is shaping up to be more polarized along racial lines than any presidential contest since 1988, with President Obama experiencing a steep drop in support among white voters from four years ago,” Jon Cohen and Rosalind S. Helderman reported Thursday for the Washington Post. “At…
-
What Happened to Our Debate Questions?
Concerns of Journalists of Color Missing Again The verdict is in on Thursday’s vice presidential debate: Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his Republican challenger, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., both advanced their candidacies, and moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News “won” the debate, some commentators said, with her forceful but tactful questioning. Nielsen, the…
-
Black TV Watch: Rooting for a Cheater?
(The Root) — It’s not easy to find sympathy for a disgraced Olympic runner, but a new ESPN documentary manages to portray Ben Johnson as an amicable figure. Plus, R&B diva Keyshia Cole leans on her solid soulmate in the couple’s new reality show on BET. 9.79* (Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET; ESPN) “I just had…
-
Why Zadie Smith Puts Fans Before Critics
(The Root) — Ever since her praiseworthy debut, White Teeth, at the turn of the century, British writer Zadie Smith, 36, has been lauded for her keen view of modern-day multicultural London and her ear for witty, multigenerational dialogue. Faithful readers of Smith’s subsequent titles, The Autograph Man (2002), On Beauty (2005) and her latest…