Boston Pastor, Activist Charged With Shooting High School Student Over Drug Dispute
For years, the Rev. Shaun O. Harrison Sr. worked as the dean of students at Boston’s English High School. Harrison, known for short as “the…
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Experts: Ferguson must move quickly to rebuild public trust
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government’s withering report on the Ferguson Police Department issued a stern mandate to city leaders: Reform your law-enforcement practices…
Selma’s 50th anniversary brings comparisons to Ferguson
WASHINGTON (AP) — They only lasted minutes, but the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, permanently seared the inhumanity of Southern segregation onto…
The loud silence of rape survivors
FOURTH IN A SERIES WASHINGTON (NNPA) – An online survey of sexual assault survivors conduced as part of this series vividly captures the fear and reluctance…
Report: Incarceration shows little to no effect on crime
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the last two decades mass incarceration, a system that has a disproportionate negative impact on the Black community, has had little…
Supreme Court’s Shelby ruling makes Selma a ‘footnote’
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Washington lawmakers, local officials and activists prepare to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to observe the 50th anniversary of “Bloody…
Before we say goodbye: A comprehensive list of Eric Holder’s greatest Civil Rights hits
For nearly six years, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been President Barack Obama’s legal pugilist, relentlessly fighting against racial inequality, defending the Voting Rights Act,…
America’s First Black Female Impressionist, Sylvia Traymore Morrison Impersonates Mo’Nique (Watch)
*Washington, DC – As the first black female impressionist to emerge on the entertainment scene back in the early 70’s, Washington D.C.’s Sylvia Traymore Morrison knows a lil’ something about having to battle it out as a Black female in Hollywood. Her very brief stint as an associate writer on Saturday Night Live, back in […]
If Supreme Court Dooms Obama Care Subsidies, Conservatives Site a ‘Dozen Better Alternatives’
If Plaintiffs Prevail in King v. Burwell, Conservatives and Libertarians Have Many Health Care Reform Options from Which Congress Can Choose All Proposals Would Help People who Lose Subsidies They Improperly Received from Obama Administration Under ObamaCare Media Claims That Political Right Has Developed No Plans To Replace ObamaCare Are Nonsense Washington, DC – As the U.S. […]
THE (03-05-15) EURweb Free-4-All Page/Board
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE If you hear a voice within you say […]
ABFF Proudly Announces its 2015 Celebrity Ambassador: Taraji P. Henson
2015 ABFF CELEBRITY AMBASSADOR – TARAJI P. HENSON *Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson, has been selected as the 2015 American Black Film Festival’s (ABFF) celebrity ambassador. The 19th annual Festival will be held June 11-14, 2015, in New York City at the New York Hilton, AMC Empire 25 and the historic Ziegfeld Theater. Actress and […]
Erica Campbell Dishes on Intense ‘Mary Mary’ Season 4 Drama (Watch)
*Although her sister Tina wasn’t too happy about it, Erica Campbell went solo last year and launched a new successful career as her own artist. “You’ll see the journey here being a solo artist was not an easy one,” Campbell told HipHollywood about her struggles with stepping outside of the group while opening up about […]
Mike Epps, Nia Long Set for ABC Comedy Pilot Remake of ‘Uncle Buck’
*Mike Epps will star as the lead of the “Uncle Buck” comedy pilot on ABC, which is based on the classic John Hughes film starring John Candy, according to Deadline. Nia Long will also star in the comedy pilot as Buck’s brother Will’s strong and smart wife. The series, from producer Will Packer, will adapt characters […]
Meet Roboticist Dr. Ayanna Howard: One of the Real ‘Chappie’ Makers
*In anticipation of the Friday March 6 release of the Sony Pictures film, “Chappie,” Ethe spotlight is on the incredibly brilliant and passionate electrical engineering roboticist specializing in humanized intelligence, Dr. Ayanna MacCalla Howard. Dr. Howard was first inspired by the hit television show, Bionic Woman as a young middle school girl. In fact, she wanted to create […]
This Week In Black History 3-4-15
Week of March 4-10 March 4 1877—Inventor and scientist Garrett A. Morgan is born in Paris, Ky. Among his major inventions were the gas…
Shad Moss Pulls a Bow Wow in Wednesday’s ‘CSI: Cyber’ Pilot
*Bow Wow will get his full Shad Moss on tonight with the series premiere of “CSI: Cyber,” the latest spinoff of CBS’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” franchise. This one deals strictly with the FBI’s team of cyber crime investigators out of Quantico, Virginia, headed by Patricia Arquette’s Special Agent Avery Ryan. Moss plays Special […]
