In a recent op-ed, Joseph A. Califano Jr., a top aide for President Lyndon B. Johnson found fault with how LBJ was portrayed in the Martin…
The saga continues in the case of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who lost his life after being put in a chokehold by an…
Oprah Winfrey felt the wrath of Black Twitter first hand when she spoke out about the recent protests surrounding the police brutality against African-Americans. In…
Oprah Winfrey has a special giveaway for fans in the city of Selma, Alabama. Paramount Pictures will show Winfrey’s civil rights era drama “Selma” free of charge at the Selma Walton Theater, starting January 9th. In a statement on behalf of the movie’s producers Oprah said they were proud to share the film with the […]
Roland Martin caught up with Oprah Winfrey, one of the producers of the MLK biopic “Selma” during a red carpet event for the movie. “Selma,”…
After trying to recover from the Ray Rice incident, the Baltimore Ravens have found themselves caught up in a new scandal. According to reports, the…
There’s a scene in “Selma” where Coretta Scott King (played by Carmen Ejogo) stares into the eyes of her cheating husband Martin Luther King Jr.…
Grammy-nominated singer Ledisi appeared on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin to talk about her role as Mahalia Jackson in the MLK biopic, “Selma.” Ledisi told Martin that even though…
Nominees for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards have been announced Thursday morning. Some of your favorite actors and projects have been given nods. Here’s how ‘Black Hollywood’ fared in the recognition from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association: The motion picture “Selma“–a drama that tells the story of Rev. Martin L. King Jr. and the 1965 campaign to […]
Over the past weekend Oprah Winfrey held a “Legends of Selma” brunch to honor Civil Rights pioneers who helped pave the way for all of…
At the 72nd Annual Golden Globe awards, Selma made history. Ava DuVernay is the director of the film “Selma” and was the first African-American woman nominated in the best director category, for the historical drama about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights marches of Selma, Ala. The film is set to […]
“Selma,” the first Hollywood studio film about slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., commanded eight nominations from the NAACP Image Awards, and…
