Kanye West is accused of beating a photographer and smashing his camera. During his deposition, Kanye compared the plight of celebrities to the fight for…
“The right to vote is threatened today in a way that it has not been since the Voting Rights Act was passed in to law…
Rapper Meek Mill fought the law and the law won. The Philly rapper filed a lawsuit against the city after a 2012 traffic stop Meek…
In discussing the National Action Network (NAN) and its annual convention, founder, Rev. Al Sharpton, asserts NAN “Isn’t an Al Sharpton fan club.” The prominent…
The Senate rejected President Obama’s appointment of Debo Adegbile to a top civil rights post. For weeks, Adegbile’s nomination to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights…
Since the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, the right to vote has seen an increased amount of attacks with one goal in mind –…
Black History Highlight NINA SIMONE February 21, 1933- April 21, 2003 Courtesy of BIOGRAPHY.COM Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, on February 21, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina, Nina Simone took to music at an early age, learning to play piano at the age of 4 and singing in her church’s choir. The sixth of seven children, Simone grew […]
On the day the nation remembered the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy‘s assassination, former ambassador and civil rights warrior Andrew Young weighed in on his…
Benjamin Crump is an attorney from Florida who represents Trayvon Martin‘s family and is an advocate for civil rights. He is partner in his own…
Despite the claims by many that the death of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman is not a race issue, Rev. Al Sharpton…
Less than 12 hours following the “NOT GUILTY” verdict of George Zimmerman in the murder of 17 year old Trayvon Martin, sources are reporting that some civil rights leaders are calling on the U.S. Justice Department to consider new charges against George Zimmerman. Detroit Free Press reports: “We pray that the Justice Department will act,” […]
Debra Simmons, vice-president of the Mississippi Chapter of the National Action Network (NAN), the civil rights organization founded by Rev. Al Sharpton, was violently pushed…
