Monthly Archives: March 2023

Conversations With Debra Lee, Amy Sherald, Deborah Willis and Bisa Butler headline National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Women’s History Month celebrations

By Black PR Wire (Black PR Wire) – In honor of Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) March programming features events with prominent Black women in the arts and entertainment industry. To kick off the month, businesswoman and former chairman and CEO of BET Debra Lee discuss the

Black man wrongly imprisoned for decades declared innocent

By The Associated Press An African-American man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit was declared innocent by a judge in Los Angeles on March 1. Maurice Hastings was released from prison last year after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect. The judge in

2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico, 2 others alive

By The Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two of four Americans abducted in Mexico last week when their van was caught in a shootout were found dead, a top Mexican official said Tuesday. The two others have been found alive, with one wounded. Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal did not provide details on the extent

Black publishers request Speaker McCarthy grant equal access to 41K hours of Jan. 6 Commission footage after Fox News receives documents

On March 6, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) asked for access to the more than 40,000 hours of video footage used to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The videos have already been shared with Fox News host Tucker Carlson By Business Wire The National Newspaper Publishers Association

Californians await key decisions from reparations task force

By Sophie Austin, The Associated Press/Report for America Nearly two years into the California reparations task force’s work, the group still has yet to make key decisions that will be at the heart of its final report recommending how the state should apologize and compensate Black residents for the harms caused by slavery and discrimination.

Year after the slap, Chris Rock punches back in new special

By Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on Netflix on March 4, in which the comedian bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.” The 58-year-old comedian on Saturday night performed

Annual Black Leading Women Celebration takes place in Baltimore

By Nicole Kirby, Special to the AFRO Black women took the spotlight at a recent annual event hosted by Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center (LTYC), a non-profit focusing on arts in education, and CarVer Communications, a public relations, marketing and special events agency. The event, Black Leading Women Celebration, highlights women from Maryland and the