Pennsylvania newspaper The Lancaster New Era issued an apology, after running a nationally syndicated cartoon that compared commercial airplane seating to the horrifically crowded and…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Organizers say a $75 million International African American Museum will be built beside the Charleston harbor where tens of thousands of slaves first set foot in the United States. Charleston Mayor Joe Riley announced Tuesday that the museum will be built near where a wharf once stood in the South Carolina […]
They ain’t even know it! Reportedly Texas passed a resolution on reparations without even realizing they had done so. Listen to the audio player to hear “The Russ Parr Morning Show” discuss how it was passed, and what this could mean for all Black Americans. Keep Up With The Russ Parr Morning Show … LIKE […]
Henry “Box” Brown was an escaped slave who took an inventive route to gain his freedom. After three decades of enslavement, Brown cleverly mailed himself in a wooden box to abolitionists in the North in order to become a free man. Brown was born into slavery in 1815 in Louisa County, Virginia. As a teenager, […]
Many are calling Leslie Jones‘ “Saturday Night Live” skit painful to watch. The comedian tried to make light of slavery, and people weren’t happy about…
Leslie Jones is under fire for her offensive “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update” skit about slavery. In fact, her “jokes” fell flat — leaving many uncomfortable. She put on her “Super Slave” skit — making offensive jokes about herself, slavery and the black community. “The way we value Black beauty has changed,” Jones said. “I’m single now, […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada rancher who became a conservative folk hero for standing up to the government in a fight over grazing rights lost some of his staunch defenders Thursday after wondering aloud whether blacks might have had it better under slavery. Republican politicians from around the country who have rallied to Cliven […]
In the Nation’s Capital, the celebration of Emancipation Day is unique to the city but very significant. It marks the day in 1862 that President Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in living in Washington, D.C., months before the nationwide Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect at the top of 1863. At the start of the Civil […]
Another slavery-set film is in the Hollywood pipeline – this one involving Will Smith’s son Jaden. Author James McBride’s book “The Good Lord Bird” is getting a big screen adaptation with Smith and Liev Schreiber in the lead roles of Henry “Onion” Shackleford (Smith), a young slave who links up with radical abolitionist John Brown […]
Even before the Civil War, black newspapers existed to keep Blacks informed of the fight against slavery. Two in particular were The Anglo-African and The Christian Recorder. Robert Hamilton founded the Anglo-African in 1859. The paper used Black writers and activists to spread the news of the struggle in the South. The free black population […]
In Richmond, Va, there are plans to build a minor league baseball park near and on top of a historic slave burial ground and former marketplace. The new park for the Flying Squirrels team would mean the construction of a 7,200 seat stadium, a new hotel, over 700 new apartments and a grocery store. It […]
MILAN (AP) — The Italian distributor of the film “12 Years a Slave” has apologized for promotional posters attacked as racist for featuring Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender, despite their relatively minor roles, and not the film’s star, Chiwetel Ejiofor. BIM Distribuzione said in a statement Monday the “inappropriate materials have now been withdrawn” and […]
