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That’s a killer debut, Denzel Washington.
The Equalizer, an update of the 1980s TV drama with Washington as a cinematic vigilante, took out the competition with a $35 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates from ticket sales firm Rentrak.
It’s not only one of the Oscar-nominated actor’s top bows — behind 2007’s American Gangster ($43.6 million) and 2012’s Safe House ($40.1 million) — but also ranks first for
Long Beach Indie to Highlight Positive Young Black Men
In the midst of the furor over the death of Michael Brown and the continuing legacy of the Trayvon Martin killing, the Long Beach Indie International Film Festival is featuring a suite of films highlighting positive images of young African American men. Taking place August 27-31, 2014 at the Cinemark at the Pike Theaters in Long Beach, California, the festival screens more than 90 diverse films from across the globe.
The brainchild of fe
 U.S. President Barack Obama loosens his tie in the heat before delivering remarks on the economy at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington July 1, 2014. (CREDIT: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST) Two years into President Barack Obama’s second term, more voters say they are dissatisfied with his administration’s handling of everything from the economy to foreign policy, giving him the worst marks of any modern U.S. president, a poll on Wednesday said. In a survey of 1,446 registered voters, 33 per |
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The National Action Network’s annual convention is under way this week in New York, featuring dozens of panel discussions tackling civil rights topics from voter repression to stop-and-frisk laws, as well as planned remarks by President Obama.
The event’s primary goal, founder and president Al Sharpton told The Root, is to create an “action agenda” for the upcoming midterm elections.
Get the latest updates and highlights from the NAN event here.
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The 'W.L.A.K project dropped almost a year ago. by the way if you don't have the album, your collection is missing a dope project. You can peep my album review here.
W.L.A.K. and Collision Records fans heard it... then set social networks ablaze with reports that "King In Me" was featured in a Super Bowl 48 television commercial.
"King In Me", featuring Swoope and Christon Gray, was featured in an American Idol commercial promoting season 13 of the popular show.
Watch the commercial featuring W.
The Black woman in American is dead and we allow Satan to keep her that way. African Americans will not rise until the Black woman is brought back to life. After the Civil War the chains came off but today we still are not free. No our wrist and ankles are not chained but our minds are. To the men reading this, we must learn to show our women, our sisters, our mothers the proper respect. God created man to be the stewards over all creation. To show disrespect to the gift that is woman is mismana
