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“Chi-raq” Snubbed as Blacks Left Out of Oscar Nominations

January 18, 2016 Staff 0

“Chi-raq,” Spike Lee’s riveting and comic spin on Chicago’s dangerous neighborhoods, was among several Black films that were passed up for Oscar nominations for the 88th Academy Awards, which will be televised live on ABC […]

National

NYPD Sergeant at Scene of Eric Garner Chokehold Death Placed on Modified Duty, Served Departmental Charges

January 11, 2016 Staff 0

Sgt. Kizzy Adonis was served the charges as part of the investigation into Eric Garner’s chokehold death and placed on modified duty on Friday, an NYPD spokesman said. (By Todd Maisel/New York Daily News) By […]

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Whoopi Goldberg Resurrects ‘African-American’ vs. ‘American’ Debate

January 11, 2016 Staff 0

By Adam Howard (MSNBC) Actress Whoopi Goldberg continued the apparent tradition of polarizing racial rhetoric on “The View” this Tuesday, proclaiming she is “American” not “African-American,” while criticizing Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for the presidency. […]

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Fox Fights Record Label to Keep ‘Empire’ TV Series Title

January 8, 2016 Staff 0

By Eriq Gardner, billboard.com Empire is the television equivalent of Genghis Khan, but Twentieth Century Fox Television has a little legal problem by way of a record label, Empire Distribution, asserting trademark rights. This record […]

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Off The Record: Charlamagne Tha God

January 8, 2016 Staff 0

by Zon’ D’ Amour LA Sentinel Contributing Writer On Being A Husband, Father & Executive Producer Charlamagne Tha God has never been one to be politically correct. As one third of the popular morning show,“The […]

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Famed Psychiatrist, “Isis Papers” Author Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80

January 8, 2016 Staff 0

By Stacy M. Brown, Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, the famed 80-year-old afro-centrist, has died. Welsing’s death was announced by close friends on social media and […]

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Visionaries Create Vision Boards for 2016 Goal Setting Success

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

On January 2, 2016 Visionary and Business Strategist Angela Mealer partnered with Life Coach and Event Planner Pam James to host Jacksonville’s Best Vision Board Party! The event was a rendition of the traditional goal-setting […]

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Oprah Winfrey Signs Largest Memorial Deal in Recent History

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

by Desire Thompson Prepare to be inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s latest endeavor — a memoir. Deadline reports the media mogul has signed a deal with Flatiron Books publishing, a division of Macmillan, to release The […]

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Pillar Sanders Will have To Pay Deion $2.2 Million-And Go Back To Jail

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

Los Angeles – In the never-ending war between Deion Sanders and his ex, Pilar Sanders, Deion has just scored a key victory. Specifically, he won more than a million dollars in his defamation case against […]

Business

Have Hip-Hop and Wall Street Destroyed Soul Music?

January 7, 2016 Staff 0

By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Black people have always had a strong affinity for music. Soon after our forefathers were let off the slave ships and sold to plantations we started singing. […]

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