Black America Breaking News for the African American Community
Screenshot: YouTube/Democracy Now! FX has officially given a series order to the television adaptation of Octavia Butler’s book, Kindred. As previously reported by The Root, the series was given a pilot order last March and began production on it back in September with Zola director Janicza Bravo at the helm. …
Read More »Learn How To Capitalize On The Podcast Market With This Bundle
Unless you’ve somehow been disconnected from society, you’ve inevitably heard or heard about podcasts. According to Buzzsprout, more than 100 million Americans have listened to a podcast as of the end of 2021. No matter your interest, there’s a podcast out there for you. Sports? Check. Cooking? Check. Obscure topics …
Read More »Father Stretch My Pyкas: Kanye West Headed to Russia to Perform Sunday Service and Potentially Meet Putin
Kanye West performs Sunday Service during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California.Photo: Rich Fury for Coachella (Getty Images) It appears the artist formerly known as Kanye West will be taking his talents to …Russia? Per Billboard, Ye’s confidant and strategic advisor …
Read More »‘Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ Documentary to Hit Theaters Before Netflix Debut in February
0 (Image: Screenshot) On Feb. 10, Iconic Events Releasing will release act one of the highly anticipated three-part documentary, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, in theaters nationwide. The documentary featuring the oft-controversial artist Kanye West will make its world premiere at the virtual Sundance Film Festival this month and have a …
Read More »Viola Davis in Talks for Amazon’s Twin Butterflies
MARCH 27: In this screengrab, Viola Davis, winner of Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture categories speaks at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards Virtual Press Conference on March 27, 2021 in Various Cities. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)Photo: Getty …
Read More »Cantu Beauty and Women Empowering Nations, Launch ’22 GLOW Global Summit
Cantu Beauty, an award-winning multicultural hair care brand, joins Women Empowering Nations (WEN), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide exposure, development and mentorship for girls of color in underserved communities to accelerate their path to executive leadership, in hosting a series of career-readiness workshops for minority women around the globe. WEN …
Read More »NAACP-CBS Production Partnership Announces First Projects
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Whoopi Goldberg attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue )Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris (Getty Images) The first …
Read More »Whoopi Goldberg, DL Hughley, and Earthquake Score New Shows Through NAACP-CBS Partnership
As part of NAACP’s production partnership with CBS Studios, Whoopi Goldberg has scored a new show along with new comedies starring DL Hughley and Earthquake. Five shows are set to be released under the new venture that will span across broadcast and streaming platforms, Deadline reported. The shows range in …
Read More »Family of Black Man Fatally Shot by Detectives in California Seek $100 Million in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Photo: Jonathan J. Cooper (AP) The family of a Black man who was killed by Sacramento County detectives a year ago in January 2021 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and they are seeking a lot of money, according to ABC10. Similar to a family in Louisiana who filed a …
Read More »NHL Black Hockey History Truck Tour Strives To Educate Fans All Over North America
Rodney J. Reynolds was a hockey dad, having had to fully commit to the sport his son, Joshua, played and adored. In the time he spent watching his son fall in love with hockey, Reynolds became motivated to shed more light on the Black pioneers of hockey’s history, its present, …
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