Hollywood Exec Claims Julia Roberts Could Reasonably Play Harriet Tubman Because ‘It Was So Long Ago’

Hollywood Exec Claims Julia Roberts Could Reasonably Play Harriet Tubman Because ‘It Was So Long Ago’

Social media has erupted over a newly unveiled tidbit disclosed by the screenwriter of the recently-opened film “Harriet.” According to Gregory Allen Howard, a studio executive suggested in 1994 that the Black enslaved abolitionist Harriet Tubman be portrayed on-screen by…

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Watch: Bystanders Do Nothing as Black Blind Student Is Harassed, Forcefully Dragged from Debate Hall at Oxford Union Event

Watch: Bystanders Do Nothing as Black Blind Student Is Harassed, Forcefully Dragged from Debate Hall at Oxford Union Event

One of Oxford University’s most prestigious societies is facing scrutiny after a Black blind student was allegedly “dragged by his feet” from a debate hall last week in a “disgraceful” incident caught on video. Ebenezer Azamati, a Ph.D. student from…

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Inaugural Shop Black Week Kicks Off November 22, Ends on Black Friday

Inaugural Shop Black Week Kicks Off November 22, Ends on Black Friday

Shop Black Week, which began as a national campaign that asks every American to make at least one purchase from a Black-owned business between November 22 and Black Friday, November 29, has now mushroomed into a worldwide movement. Initially, approximately 65 organizations came…

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Is Pete Buttigieg Black Voters’ 2020 Presidential Dark Horse?

Is Pete Buttigieg Black Voters’ 2020 Presidential Dark Horse?

From Black women to Black LGBTQ millennials, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s messages on economic opportunity and gun violence are resonating with the Democratic Party’s base—Black voters. The openly gay Democrat running the city of South Bend, Indiana, was a lesser-known…

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New Book, “Urban Xcellence,” Celebrates Extraordinay Stories of Successful African Americans

New Book, “Urban Xcellence,” Celebrates Extraordinay Stories of Successful African Americans

Malcom X Bowser, author of Urban Xcellence Nationwide — In his new book, Urban Xcellence: Unveiling Extraordinary Stories by Every People, author Malcom Bowser introduces a concept called “Urban Xcellence” that he and his father coined on their podcast, The…

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