On April 29th of 1992, the world turned its focus on South Central, Los Angeles, as the acquittal of four L.A.P.D. officers who were charged with violently beating Rodney King helped to spark the six-day racial melee that some call a riot and others an uprising. As we reflect on...
(1) Comments | Posted March 8, 2012 | 4:27 PM
A couple weekends back, the Academy Awards, since its inception in 1929, awarded just its 14th Black Oscar winner in an acting category. Octavia Spencer, who played the fiery and outspoken maid Minny Jackson in The Help, was a bit more gracious than her character but no less subdued as...
(40) Comments | Posted February 1, 2012 | 6:02 PM
Last week Anthony Hemingway's Red Tails, a Black action film inspired by the Tuskegee Airman that was written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder and produced by George Lucas, opened to sell out audiences across the United States. Despite less than stellar reviews Red Tails surpassed its initial financial goals...
(1) Comments | Posted May 2, 2012 | 4:31 PM