By Dylan Deprey Since officially moving to New Orleans, all Jay Anderson has had to do is wake up and play his saxophone. He doesn’t worry about the numbers from the show the night before, and he isn’t scrambling to fill spots for last minute cancellations at one of his shows. Over the past several […]
Marley Dias is the author of her own book “Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!”
By Nyesha Stone When Bernadette Pleasant was a young child, she won an award and couldn’t wait to get home to tell her family. She held her excitement in at school, but she didn’t want to cause anything with her opponent, who was popular. However, Pleasant didn’t share her emotions like she had planned once […]
Author, Pascal Archmiede, Uses Rap To Tell Black Americans’ Evolution
By Nyesha Stone Let’s be honest, America was built on the back of Black people. Our style and our ideas have helped shape society, but the country and by extension the world have seemingly forgotten to include us in the history of how American came to be. We are more than just slaves, and author, […]
Executive Producer Dream Hampton Talks “Surviving R. Kelly”
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia For Dream Hampton, who served as executive producer of the much-talked about “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary, the explosive revelations in the film were just the tip of the iceberg. Hampton said there were many things she couldn’t talk about and will never discuss because it’s “so dark […]
Family Pictures Exhibition is Essential to Milwaukee
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz For decades, photographers have used their cameras and their skills to capture the essence of the human spirit. It’s through these tangible memories, that people can get a sense of what was happening at that particular moment. Back in August of this year, the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) announced its new exhibition, […]
A Review of All the Women in My Family Sing: Women of Color Share Their Stories in a Book of Essays
By Nyesha Stone Being a woman isn’t something that’s easily defined, yet society tends to put all women into one box—with the assumption we all share the same experience. As women, we’ve been taught to ignore our differences, when in reality we should be sharing our stories as women not only with the world but […]
Black Hollywood Legend Pens New Memoir
Jenifer Lewis Shares Secrets to Hollywood Success in New Memoir By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributing Writer) Jenifer Lewis, affectionately nicknamed “Auntie” in Black Hollywood, recently made a special appearance at the Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. where she shared the trials, tribulations and triumphs of her journey to superstardom, while […]
Tracy Reese: Designer of Michelle Obama’s Dress
by Patrice Gaines Urban News Service No one knew what First Lady Michelle Obama would choose to wear on stage at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. That decision is generally a secret kept from the public–and designers–until she appears under the spotlights. And when she stepped out onto the stage that historic night, the First […]
Addy Walker: A Story Of Sensitive Histories, Representation
Newest Black American Girl Doll, Melody, Sparks Look Back At Addy’s Debut By Haleema Shah This year, American Girl, known for its historically themed children’s books and mail order dolls made an announcement – it would add a new doll to its historic line. The doll, named Melody Ellison, would be a 9-year-old African-American girl […]
Moonlight: Film Review
By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic In just his second feature film, writer/director Barry Jenkins tells a compelling story about sexual repression and ambiguity through the eyes of a vulnerable and confused little boy, who grows up to question his sexual identity as a teen and then finds a thin measure of serenity as […]
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