This Soul Food Restaurant is Serving Lessons In Black History With “Shoebox Lunches”
Beans & Cornbread, a soul food restaurant in Detroit, is cooking up food for thought and packing black history into their Jim Crow-era “shoebox lunches.”...
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Susan L. Taylor on the National CARES Mentoring Movement
Susan L. Taylor, editor-in-chief emeritus of Essence magazine and CEO and founder of the National CARES Mentoring Movement, speaks of its important work....
Zuckerberg Posts about Racial Injustice in Prison System
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, posts his views on the issues with the U.S. prison system....
BET ‘Single Ladies’ Star Builds Community Watch App in Wake of Police Violence
With Zafa, when a user presses a button in the app, three things happen; 1) all app users within a certain radius are alerted 2)...
Georgia Segregates its Troubled Kids in Jim Crow Schools
The Justice Department finds that troubled kids in Georgia are segregated in old Jim Crow school buildings without labs, gyms or playgrounds...
Director Sam Pollard Discusses ‘Slavery By Another Name’
Longtime Spike Lee collaborator Sam Pollard delivers Slavery By Another Name, a powerful documentary covering history of slavery & prison...
WATCH: Tristan Wilds on George Lucas’ ‘Red Tails’ & Earning Respect
90210 star Tristan Wilds shares his experiences working with Star Wars creator George Lucas on Red Tails and learning about manhood from his co-stars...
Are There Really More Blacks In Prison Than Were In Slavery?
Author Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cites statistics that claim there are more incarcerated African Americans today...
Enough Already with Trashing ‘The Help!’
The Help is getting mixed reviews. Some praise the film and its cast—including Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Cicely Tyson—with Oscar buzz while others feel...
Power Moves: Today’s Revolution Will Be Tweeted
Social media continues to fire up global movements. Why Malcolm Gladwell may be surprised...