Opinion
COLUMN: Sharpton accidentally argues against DEI
A recent headline on YouTube read “Al Sharpton Stuns MSNBC and Exposes DEI Failure”. I couldn’t believe it! I still can’t.
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Selma At 60: Black Clergy Recall ‘Bloody Sunday’ With Concerns For The Future
Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of Civil Rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands returned to Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge to remember one of the bloodiest ...
Jackson apologizes for 'crude' Obama remarks
Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...
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Roberta Flack honored at funeral by Lauryn Hill, Al Sharpton and Stevie Wonder
The memorial service, held in Harlem at one of the country's oldest Black churches, paid tribute to the four ... So how did ...
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Roberta Flack's 'Celebration of Life' memorial to feature Stevie Wonder and Rev. Al Sharpton
Stevie Wonder, the Reverend Al Sharpton and the Nebulous String Quartet from Berklee College of Music will help celebrate the ...
The Quad-City Times9d
'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965.
At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
Black Star News15d
Sharpton To Deliver Eulogy For Roberta Flack At Celebration Of Life In Harlem
NEW YORK, NY (March 4, 2025) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action ... genre-spanning mark on American music. Born in Black Mountain, NC on February 10, 1937 and raised in ...
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Dozens of bursaries, scholarships handed out at 2025 John C. Holland Awards celebrating Black youth
A record 38 awards and scholarships were handed out during the 2025 Reverend John C. Holland Awards. The event, which celebrates Black community achievements and contributions to Hamilton by ...
The New York Times18d
Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams
The mayor is losing support from a crucial cohort whose members say he is damaging the political prospects of other Black officials. By Jeffery C. Mays The speech by Mayor Eric Adams of New York ...
Black Star News18d
Sharpton On Passing Of Civil Rights Icon Hazel Dukes: “She Was A Force Of Nature For Justice”
Black Star News has been producing stellar investigative journalism since 1997, including focusing on police brutality and other abuses targeting marginalized communities and Us Politics We have ...
USA Today20d
Consumers are planning a one-day economic blackout on Feb. 28. Here's what to know.
Black American and Allied American Businesses that are supportive to this movement." The Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network also have held a few "buy-cotts" to bring supporters to ...