Janet Jackson Hip hop music, Pop music, Rock music 1,081 votes A global icon and legendary performer, her distinctive voice and innovative blend of pop, R&B, and dance music have made her one of the most successful and influential artists in history. With hits such as "Rhythm Nation" an...
in their ancestral homeland, butBlack—the symbol of power and revolution—proved more popular. All these terms are still reflected in the names of dozens of organizations. To reestablish “cultural integrity” in the late 1980s,Jesse JacksonproposedAfrican American, which—unlike some “baseless”...
The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson Regent Academy has a long and storied history in the small, sleepy town of Winslow, Vermont. But so does the vast, dense forest that surrounds its campus. While the prestigious school is known for molding teens into world leaders, its history is...
Lord have mercy, we're going to have a Black mayor in Jackson, Mississippi," says a matriarchal woman in the midst of life's winter but awash with green gaiety at the thought of her...
Jackson (Jason Mitchell), two boys who leave a world of racism and other struggles behind. The battle ends. They return home, Jamie with newfound trauma, and Ronsel to a country that looks down at him for the color of his skin, regardless of his valor. What’s to truly savor in ...
(the only charge that would give the federal government jurisdiction over the case) and after a three-year-long legal battle, the men finally went on trial in Jackson, Mississippi. In October 1967, an all-white jury found seven of the defendants guilty and acquitted the other nine. Though ...
People in Mississippi's majority-Black capital city say the mostly white state Legislature is trying to encroach on their rights of self-government.
Harvey Johnson: First Black Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi Lord have mercy, we're going to have a Black mayor in Jackson, Mississippi," says a matriarchal woman in the midst of life's winter but awash with green gaiety at the thought of her city's rebirth. "I never dreamed I would ...
--Kourtnee Jackson See at Netflix Disney Black Is King Nearly single-handedly leading the rise of the "visual album" (The Beatles started it all way back in the '60s), Beyoncé and her Black Is King meld together stunning visuals and music from the tie-in album she curated...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Black men who were tortured by six Mississippi law enforcement officers called on a federal judge Monday to impose the harshest possible p…