How respectability politics hurts Black people
Respectability politics believes that conformity to established mainstream standards of appearance and behaviour can protect people who belong to marginalised groups if they conform to prescribed …
Viola Davis makes history at the Emmy Awards
On 20 September 2015, actress Viola Davis made history at the Emmy Awards when she won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for her role in How to Get Away with Murder. This is the first time a …
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: A Landmark Supreme Court Case in the Fight for Equality
The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case, decided on 17 May 1954, was a seminal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement. This landmark Supreme Court decision declared the “separate …
Sandra Bland conspiracy: Anonymous release video calling out Texas police
Hacktivist group Anonymous has released a video where they claim to ‘expose’ Texas police over the death of Sandra Bland.
The chilling voiceover, which has been digitally disguised, is …
Sandra Bland – Say her name
Sandra Bland is another black life lost under hinky police circumstances. The 28-year-old’s death in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop turned into a …
Kanye and Kim on Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list
Time Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world and Kanye West sits in the number one spot.
The list is comprised of a selection of people who are blazing …
Piers Morgan sticks his nose into the N-word debate
Piers Morgan wrote an article for the ‘Daily Fail’ suggesting that if Black Americans want the N-word to die, they will have to kill it themselves. Asking black folks to stop using that word is …
Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind
This is a comprehensive documentary telling the life story of the controversial leader, Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
The documentary uses a wealth of material from the Garvey movement. Written documents, …
George Edwin Taylor: First Black person to run for the US presidency
Barack Obama is the first US Black President, but he is not the first black person to run for the US presidency. That honour goes to George Edwin Taylor.
George Taylor was born in the pre-Civil War …
Marissa Alexander supporters plan ‘Stand Our Ground Week’ protests
Remember Marissa Alexander? She was the woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after she fired a warning shot at the ceiling during a dispute with her husband.
Marissa’s new court hearing will …
Maya Angelou has gone to be with the ancestors
The world lost a literary giant and civil rights champion when Maya Angelou passed away on 27 May 2014, at age 86, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire millions.
From the cotton fields …
The burglary interview that was chock full of camel toe
The story about six Houston teens breaking into a house using a basketball to break a window has turned into one about the eyewitness’s fat lady parts.
Breaking and entering is serious …