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Atlanta city officials, civil rights leaders and others will host a special event to honor the upcoming 50th anniversary of the iconic march in Selma, Ala.,…

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the premiere organization of film media professionals, set a goal last year to expand its industry presence during…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Essence magazine has not only created one of America’s signature events of the 4th of July (via the mammoth annual “Essence…

Voter also calls ‘I Can’t Breathe’ t-shirts bad taste Want to know what the overwhelmingly white Oscar voting academy really thinks about “black movies” and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The civil rights drama "Selma" won top honors at the NAACP Image Awards in a ceremony that took sharp notice...

There is something at work in both the appearance itself of Ana DuVernay’s “Selma” and in the controversy over her depiction of President Lyndon...

NEW YORK (AP) — The youngest person in the 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, demanding voting rights for African-Americans says she still has the...

Media magnate and Selma producer Oprah Winfrey will join the cast members in a march Sunday in Selma, Ala. to commemorate the birthday of Martin…

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — I remember when former publicist Ava DuVernay used to usher me and other journalists down the ostentatious corridors of the pristine…

The Reverend Jesse Jackson talks to the news media following a news conference held by the National Bar Association where they addressed what they say are inequalities in the U.S. justice system related to gun violence and African-Americans, July 29, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday demanded an apology from longtime civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for comparing the state's struggle with the Trayvon Martin case to the civil rights clashes with police during the 1960s in Selma, Ala.