Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43.
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Tonight is good a night as ever to check out @dawnporterm’s great documentary #GoodTrouble about the life of Rep. John Lewis which was recently released on Video On Demand and in theaters. Rest in power King ✊🏾🙏🏾
I hate when random people say athletes shouldn’t get involved with politics and just entertain. Firstly, this is a human rights issue. Secondly, what gives you more right to speak than me? By that logic if you work at IKEA you are only allowed to talk about the “GRÖNLID” 🤷🏽♀️?
Elected leaders cannot wring their hands about the tragedy of police brutality one minute, state their support of peaceful protest and reducing jail populations, and then use militarized police force against protestors the next. Thread:
@AttorneyCrump He did not forge anything. He had a counterfeit $20 bill that he may not have known was counterfeit or where he got it from which could have been at another store or atm machine. He may not have even been aware he was committing a crime until a clerk called the police.
Health care workers stand in the street in counter-protest to hundreds of people who gathered at the State Capitol to demand the stay-at-home order be lifted in Denver, Colo., on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Photos by Alyson McClaran
MORE: An Army veteran and HBCU graduate of Morgan State University, Graves also served as the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s administrative assistant for three years. https://t.co/jSE3FfSiTe
It is with profound sadness that we share news of the passing of Black Enterprise Founder Earl G. Graves Sr. earlier this evening, April 6, at the age of 85. We will evermore celebrate his life and legacy, in this, our 50th Anniversary Year, and beyond.
It’s my sincere pleasure to announce the Oxford-Arlan Hamilton & Earline Butler Sims Scholarship for Black scholars🧚🏽♂️ My mother and I are funding a full rise scholarship for both @UniofOxford (a first-of-its-kind for the uni) + (HBCU) Dillard University. https://t.co/XRUdduCw5f