Glenn Close holds the dubious distinction of being the living actor who has the most Oscar nominations without a win. As of ...
Sixty-one years ago this month, Alabama state troopers attacked civil rights marchers on. On March 7, 1965, the world looked on in horror as activists were bloodied because they were marching for ...
During his impassioned speech, Common talked about performing “Glory” with Legend at the foot of the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Alabama, the same place where, as he emphasized, Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
Some local leaders are back in town after joining thousands for a march in Selma over the weekend. The annual march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge honors the civil rights ...
Civil rights leaders and visitors gathered in Selma to honor the Civil Rights Movement and warn of threats to voting rights, immigration, and DEI initiatives.
A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...
Thousands gathered in Selma to honor the sacrifices made during Bloody Sunday and to continue the fight for civil and voting ...
The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a strategist in the Southern voting rights movement.
Stephan James essays the role of 7 in Netflix's War Machine, and here are five films and shows you might have seen him in before.
For decades, Black filmmakers have pushed back against Hollywood’s narrow ideas about who gets to be centered, portrayed with complexity, or shown as powerful on screen. […] ...
Bernard LaFayette Jr., who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in ...
As thousands prepare to visit Selma for the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, one local comedian is using social media to make ...