“Like the boys in blue, when they come through with them boots/ And they kickin down the door, and they don’t care who they shoot/ But we do care who they shoot, so we do what we must do.” – Andre 3000 Who is Aiyana Jones? My little sister. My cousin. My future niece. My…
The rumor mill is stirring in reports that Ciara’s “Ride” video featuring Ludacris is banned by BET. According to Ciara’s fan site Ultimate-Ciara: “Although fans were already skeptical about BET being the only network that had not premiered Ciara’s “Ride” video. It was not until last night that fans were TRULY enlightened. During Ciara’s Ustream…
It’s so good seeing the fierce Alek Wek in editorial again. The Sudanese supermodel dazzles in the The Financial Times’s monthly luxury magazine How to Spend It! This season is unquestionably about the return of Motherland-inspired textiles in the most alluring silhouettes. Alek wears the season’s best in Stella McCartney, Lanvin and Etro. The “Global…
Crime show taped Detroit raid that led to 7-year-old Aiyana Jones’ death + Obama’s Aunt wins US plea for asylum + Obama administration faces questions on oil spill + more!
Jennifer Hudson at the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival – Fab or Drab?
Lloyd’s new video “Set Me Free” featuring Mystikal. From Llyod’s new album in stores later this year.
Nappy Root’s “Ride” video directed by Joel Hooper from the group’s upcoming release The Pursuit of Nappyness in stores June 15th!
Anderson Cooper commissioned an updated doll test. The journalist reveals 60 years after Kenneth and Mamie Clark’s 1947 doll test used to support the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, racial biases among school children still exist today–even with an African American president. The video shows an African American boy pointing to a drawn White…
From The Grio –Fifty-six years after the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, America is in a state of educational emergency. Many students attend schools where they are more likely to be suspended or expelled than to receive a high quality education. In terms of high school graduation,…
Civil rights vets uneasy with Kagan + 7-year-old girl killed in Detroit police raid + Teacher apologizes for recorded beating of student + more.
