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Entertainment, Television

Ava DuVernay Reflects on Queen Sugar’s Impact

Next week is the finale of the beloved show, Queen Sugar.

By

Amira Castilla

Published

November 18, 2022
Politics

Dr. Fauci Reflects on What Black Americans Did Right During Covid-19

The chief medical advisor acknowledges the disadvantages Black people faced at the beginning of the pandemic.

By

Amira Castilla

Published

November 16, 2022
Entertainment

Angelina Jolie Celebrates Daughter’s Acceptance to Spelman College

Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, will attend Spelman College as a member of the class of 2026.

By

Stephanie Holland

Published

August 1, 2022
Culture, Philanthropy

Charles Barkley Pledges $1 Million to Spelman College

He says he was inspired by his business partner’s daughter.

By

Keith Reed

Published

July 11, 2022
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

Marian Wright Edelman to Step Down as President of Children’s Defense Fund

There are few people alive today whose names are as synonymous with social justice—especially for the most vulnerable among us—as Marian Wright Edelman. Now, the children’s rights advocate who founded the Children’s Defense Fund will be stepping down as president, a role she held for 45 years. In a statement released this morning, the CDF…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

November 14, 2018
Black Excellence, Culture

If We’ve Ever Needed the LDF Before, We Sure Do Need Them Now

To attend the LDF’s 32nd annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner themed: “Justice. Equality. Democracy,” is to swell with a sense of pride in the organized, brilliant pushback of our people in courts all over the land; it’s to know that two black women (Sherrilyn Ifill and Janai Nelson) are at the helm of this…

By

Angela Helm

Published

November 6, 2018
Politics

‘Moral Revival of America’: Modern-Day Poor People’s Campaign Launched

When tens of thousands of people converge on statehouses across the nation and the U.S. Capitol in May 2018, it will be to further the work of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Poor People’s Campaign that Marian Wright Edelman, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr. and so many other freedom fighters organized 50 years ago.…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

December 6, 2017