The deep-voiced Baptist pastor who now holds the pulpit where slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr preached made history in his uphill battle to unseat a sitting Republican to become the first Black US Senator from Georgia. The son of
National Guard members in Washington, D.C., will wear black vests – in place of their usual camouflage ones – on Wednesday as crowds have already begun to gather to show their support for President Trump before the newly sworn-in Congress is expected to
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza commented on systemic racism over the weekend, saying that despite some progress racism “is everywhere, it’s almost like the air we breathe.” Garcia was speaking with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi about the incoming administration of President-elect Joe
Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton (aka Sister Clodagh) recalled the experience of filming Black Narcissus succinctly. ‘We were in the middle of nowhere in the Himalayan mountains. It took us three flights and a week to get there.’ Her co-star Alessandro Nivola
Louisville, Kentucky – When mass protests erupted in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 28, one of Chanelle Helm’s biggest worries was for the young people who took to the streets. Anger had been building over the March 13 police killing of 26-year-old Breonna
Woman accuses teen of theft in NY hotel, drawing comparisons to other false accusations against Black people in the US. A confrontation in which a man said a woman tackled his 14-year-old Black son in a New York City hotel lobby as
A Columbus, Ohio law enforcement officer who shot and killed an unarmed Black man seconds after their encounter was fired, officials said Monday. A hearing was held Monday to determine whether Adam Coy should be fired because of the Dec. 22 shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hill. Columbus Public
A Monday morning fire at a Massachusetts Black church is being investigated as possible arson, authorities said. Local, state and federal authorities are looking into the blaze at the heavily damaged Martin Luther King Community Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Fire Commissioner Bernard Calvi told reporters.
Gemma Arterton, 34, rose to fame in comedy St Trinians, and since then has played a range of characters from a Bond girl in the 2008 film Quantum of Solace alongside Daniel Craig to a famed witch hunter in 2013’s Hansel and
“And seeing the movement and going to London, and seeing people in all walks of life, was a moment I will never ever forget.” When quizzed on whether he was nervous to use his platform to connect himself to the BLM movement,