#TeamBeautiful promptly covered the attempted bombing of Colorado Springs’ NAACP building (and to be fair, online newspapers like the Los Angeles Times did as well) but yesterday,…

The year 2015 hasn’t even started settled in yet and Madonna has already made people torch her edges. On Friday, the Material Girl posted pictures…

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“Selma,” the first Hollywood studio film about slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., commanded eight nominations from the NAACP Image Awards, and…

As we anticipate the long-awaited release of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic Selma, The New York Times has uncovered a letter from a FBI affiliate…

  Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to peace and achieving racial justice through nonviolent action. Recipients of the award, considered “the world’s most prestigious prize,” receive a medal, personal diploma and prize money. After being notified of his selection on […]

  Ice Cold! BIIIIIIIIIG shoutout to the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. , who has offered to pay for the funeral services of slain 18 year-old Michael Brown. A letter written by the fraternity’s general counsel Wayne C. Harvey, details that the fraternity will pay for the funeral costs and memorial service of […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Singer and activist Harry Belafonte will get to keep three of Martin Luther King’s documents that the King estate had blocked him…

KING HOLIDAY!!!  SING, SING CELEBRATE!!!! A little over 30 years ago, back in 1983  Martin Luther King Jr. Day became an official federal holiday.  MLK Day is celebrated on third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King’s birthday, January 15.  The support around the observance of the MLK holiday was very huge in the urban community […]

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When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee the reverberations from…

Though the United States government has wrapped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in the American flag, waving his words to symbolize racial harmony and patriotic…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy is typically erased of all fire, unless it’s the fire (exaggerated by history) to integrate Black and White Americans.…