Photo: Bob Parent/Hulton Archive // Kevin Winter // Rob Verhorst/Redferns (Getty Images) Whether they are civil rights activists, singers, actors, dancers, or rappers, we must recognize the Black legends who made significant impacts in such a short amount of time. Advertisement These are the Black icons who died too young.
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Murders of The Civil Rights Movement That We Must Not Forget
Photo: Wikicommons On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was preparing to give a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. As he stepped to the podium, someone threw a makeshift bomb into the audience, causing the two security guards in front of the stage to leave their posts, per WashPo. As Malcolm […]
Read MoreMurders of The Civil Rights Era You Must Never Forget
Photo: Wikicommons On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was preparing to give a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. As he stepped to the podium, someone threw a makeshift bomb into the audience, causing the two security guards in front of the stage to leave their posts, per WashPo. As Malcolm […]
Read MoreFred Hampton, Jimi Hendrix, and Other Black Legends Who Died Too Young
Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis // Michael Ochs Archive // Chicago Tribune file photo/Tribune News Service (Getty Images) As we celebrate Black History Month, and the many Black people who were so instrumental in changing the world we live in, we also want to take the time to remember and honor those who died way too early. […]
Read MoreLaKeith Stanfield Talks Playing Jesus in The Book of Clarence”
On Friday, the highly anticipated Biblical epic from Jeymes Samuel, “The Book of Clarence” hits theaters. “Obey Your Crazy”: ‘The Book of Clarence’ Cast Shares Their 10 Commandments for Living Off English In it, LaKeith Stanfield stars in the titular role as Clarence, a down-on-his-luck, streetwise “nobody” struggling to find a better life for his […]
Read More15 Of Fred Hampton’s Most Political And Revolutionary Quotes
NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty UPDATED: Dec. 4, 2023, 6:30 p.m. Fred Hampton, the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers who was assassinated in a home by Chicago police 54 years ago on Monday, was the living personification of the word “revolutionary” by any standard. He was only […]
Read MoreRemembering The Politics Of Fred Hampton’s Assassination By Chicago Police
NewsOne Featured Video [embedded content] UPDATED 5:00 p.m. EDT, Dec. 4, 2023 Assassinated on Dec. 4, 1969, Chairman Fred Hampton was one of the major figures in the original Black Panther Party that rose to prominence after the height of the civil rights movement. The extrajudicial murder of Hampton and his comrade, Mark Clark, 54 years […]
Read MoreDeSantis, Here’s 28 Black History Moments You Won’t Sweep Under the Rug
Photo: MPI (Getty Images) That Florida man named Gov. Ron DeSantis has made it his life’s mission to restrict what kids learn in the classroom. Specifically, what they learn about Black history. The latest blow to Black history curriculum was his green light for the Department of Education to water down lessons on teaching slavery. […]
Read More23 Moments in Black History DeSantis Wants to Hide From Florida Students
U.S. National Guard troops block off Beale Street as Civil Rights marchers wearing placards reading, “I AM A MAN” pass by on March 29, 1968. It was the third consecutive march held by the group in as many days. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had left town after the first march, would soon return […]
Read More17 Moments in Black History DeSantis Wants to Hide From Florida Students
U.S. National Guard troops block off Beale Street as Civil Rights marchers wearing placards reading, “I AM A MAN” pass by on March 29, 1968. It was the third consecutive march held by the group in as many days. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who had left town after the first march, would soon return […]
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