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Tag: Martin Luther King Jr
New stamp honors civil rights icon Lewis
By Ariyana Griffin Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A new U.S. postage stamp honoring the life and legacy of the late U.S. Rep. John […]
This Week in Black History
October 21, 1968 Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is named chief executive and chairman of […]
‘HISTORIC’ MOMENTS: Millions of iconic images, recordings from Ebony, Jet slated to be archived
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — If only a single source existed where you could find 70-plus years of Black arts and culture […]
Pan African Film Festival kicks off April 19
By Cynthia Gibson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — As a Black teenager in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the 1950s, Ayuko Babu didn’t see himself in any […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: King holiday still considered for Blacks only
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Writer There’s some consolation that more businesses have finally gotten on board and given their employees the day off on […]
This Week in Black History
January 10, 1957 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other black activists organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a direct action organization aimed at […]
Another comeback for ‘the greatest’
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist There are two events seared deep in my memory about “the greatest” — Muhammad Ali — […]
BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Steve McQueen’s ‘Uprising’ comes to Amazon Prime
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer Three new documentaries from Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) will premiere Sept. […]
BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Viola Davis provides voice to ‘Peter & the Wolf’
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer Viola Davis lends her powerful voice to narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter And The Wolf” for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, July […]