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Sacha Jenkins' invaluable Netflix documentary Sunday's Best re-examines the television host's fight for racial equality, one ...
Jenkins, a multihyphenate who started out as a zine creator and co-founder of Ego Trip magazine, found considerable success in the film space, directing documentaries surveying Black music's landmark ...
Thankfully, there are many other music documentaries that unwaveringly, revealingly get under the skin of their subject, ...
The “Queen Bey” pays tribute to a local Queen during her record-setting “Cowboy Carter” world tour. Queen Esther Marrow, 84, a Newport News native, is best known for her voice and activism, which date ...
Sunday Best,' the new documentary from the late Sacha Jenkins, explains how 'The Ed Sullivan Show' amplified Black music and ...
Wikimedia Commons/Digital Public Library of America The March on Washington, 1963 In less than three months, six civil rights ...
My daughter, who starts college this month, can hold her own in any variation of the “guess that song” game. YouTube seems to have an endless supply of such games: ...
Wikimedia Commons/Atlantic Records Aretha Franklin, the first woman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin didn’t ...
Sunday Best, a new documentary from director Sacha Jenkins just premiered exclusively on Netflix, July 21st. Sunday Best uncovers the untold story of The Ed Sullivan Show’s legacy in amplifying Black ...
Obituary for James Fergie Ferguson, longtime civil rights attorney in Charlotte and North Carolina who died at age 82. He helped desegregate schools.
Harmeet Dhillon said the DOJ's Civil Rights Division is rebuilding under President Trump as longtime staff leave, allowing new hires who align with his agenda.
Civil rights case resolutions in schools drop sharply under Trump as Education Department staff is slashed and complaints rise.