For all you Star Trek Fans and Just in time for the 50th Anniversary of the Franchise… Nichelle Nichols aka Lt. Uhura is among the recipients to be honored this June at the 42nd annual Saturn Awards. She will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.   Nick Cannon took to facebook and quit his job as […]

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Author. Leader. Visionary. Activist. These are just some of the titles that come to mind when I think about Dr. Maya Angelou.

San Francisco school board president set off a firestorm on social media for his proposal to rename George Washington H.S. He said no school should be named for slave holders.

Nine GOP lawmakers voted against naming a post office after Maya Angelou. These bills usually get unanimous support.

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According to a report released by the Black Youth Project at the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, in 2009, 54.4 percent of African-American millennials shared that they’ve personally experienced harassment or violence at the hands of the police or they know someone who has.

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President Obama will receive a budget and debt deal from Congress that serves as a financial blueprint for the next two years. The Senate voted…

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Roland Martin and NewsOne Now preview the commemoration of the Million Man March and the Justice or Else rally in Washington D.C.

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Between the World and Me, a novel penned by author Ta-Nehisi Coates, has been nominated for a National Book Award.