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Watch: Harlemâs Fashion Row Celebrates 10 Years of Being a Major Platform for Designers of Color
In 2007, Brandice Daniel founded Harlemâs Fashion Row to challenge the lack of diversity in the fashion industry. The annual event serves as a major platform for black designers to get their work in front of key players in the business. Along with the runway show, thereâs also the Style Awards. This yearâs honorees were…
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Watch: Police Kill Another Person With Mental Illness, This Time in Ind.
Editorâs note: Warning: The video contains graphic content. On Tuesday, Ricky Ard was fatally shot multiple times by an Indiana police officer. The incident occurred outside a federal courthouse in Evansville after he smashed windows with a baseball bat. The Vanderburgh County coroner reported that Ard was in the midst of a schizophrenic episode and…
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Watch: A Timeline of R. Kellyâs Troubling History of Sexual Allegations
By now youâve heard that R. Kelly has allegedly formed a sex cult with women ranging in age from their late teens to late 20s (Kelly denies the allegations). Was anyone really surprised, though? Kelly, who acknowledges that he was molested by a family member from age 7 to 15, according to an interview last…
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Watch: Filmmaker Shaka King Is Making Sure We Really See the Black Experience
Director and writer Shaka King is busy in the TV-and-film industry at the moment, but that wasnât always the case. âIt took a while, but once I started getting the work, it kept coming in. For a while I wasnât getting shit, but âMulignansâ really did a lot for my career,â says King, who hails…
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Watch: Soul and Funk Icons Who Stood Tall for Black Empowerment
You could say that music usually reflects where we are as a society. The height of soul and funk music ran roughly parallel to the civil rights movement in America, from the 1950s to the â70s, a period that was highly charged with political and social commentary. In todayâs climate, it seems fitting to remember…
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Watch: The Jazz Legends Who Fearlessly Fought for Freedom
Jazz has always been one of the soundtracks of black peopleâs journey toward freedom in America. Artists like Nina Simone and Gary Bartz became the fearless messengers of African-American protest. In honor of Black Music Month, we pay tribute to some of the most political artists and moments in jazz music.
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Watch: Have We Been Lied to About Drugs?
Should all drugs be decriminalized? Is tobacco more addictive than crack cocaine? Are we being misinformed so that the âwar on drugsâ can stay alive? The controversial neuroscientist Carl Hart, who has been researching drug use and addiction for more than 25 years, shares drug facts vs. drug myths. He is the author of High…
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Watch: Angela Bassett Fights for Her Sweetheart
Legendary actress Angela Bassett hopes to raise awareness of the connection between Type 2 diabetes and heart disease with her campaign For Your Sweetheart. Her mother, Betty Jane Bassett, was diabetic and passed away from heart disease in 2014. Since then, Angela Bassett has been working steadily to raise awareness. Heart disease is the most…
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Watch: Star of Broadwayâs Aladdin Keeps Getting His Wishes Granted With New Roles in Hamilton
James Monroe Iglehart won the Tony in 2014 for his role as the Genie in Broadwayâs Aladdin. Earlier this year, he moved on to join the cast of Hamilton, where he plays both the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, roles that earned original cast member Daveed Diggs both a Tony and a Grammy. Iglehart…
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Tupacâs Godfather, Jamal Joseph, on His Journey From Panther to Political Prisoner to Film Director
Writer, director and activist Jamal Joseph was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. At 16 years old, he was arrested in the Panther 21 case along with Afeni Shakur, the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur. The Panther 21 case was designed to wipe out the New York Black Panther…
