Blavity’s Shadow and Act has the first exclusive look at FreeLance, the upcoming Sundance Film Festival-bound indie television pilot from directors Julien and Justen Turner, aka The Turner Brothers. It will screen later this month as a part of the fest’s Episodic Fiction Pilot Showcase. The project, from the Turners’ Dreadhead Films, stars Spence Moore […]
Claudette Colvin, who as a teenager was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, has died. Colvin’s act preceded the more famous case of Rosa Parks later that year, and Colvin’s case helped bring about the end of segregation in that state. Arrested for refusing
Ravyn Lenae is helping make tax season feel a little more effortless. The Chicago-born artist is lending her voice—and signature sound—to a new campaign that reimagines one of adulthood’s most dreaded tasks. Lenae recently dropped a fresh rendition of Queen’s classic “Bicycle Ride” for a new campaign with TurboTax, putting her own spin on the
President Donald Trump made some of his most blatant statements yet, espousing a white victimhood mentality that has fueled his political movement. Comments in a recent interview match the policies of his administration, which has promoted the interests of white people while undoing programs meant to fight discrimination or promote diversity. Trump claims the Civil
By Josh Cradduck and Reuters The company that owns the iconic luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue filed for bankruptcy late Tuesday. The move comes after Saks Global struggled with debt it took on to buy rival Neiman Marcus, lagging department store sales and a rising online market. It’s one of the largest retail collapses since the Covid-19 pandemic, and casts
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By Javacia Harris Bower | Alabama News Center This month, Jacqueline Allen Trimble – an award-winning poet and professor of English and chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures at Alabama State University – will be commissioned by Gov. Kay Ivey as the new poet laureate for the state of Alabama. Trimble was selected for the role by the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative in
Dr. Marvalene Hughes, who became the first woman president of Dillard University and led the historic New Orleans HBCU through one of the most devastating natural disasters in American higher education history, died. Hughes’ presidency, which began July 1, 2005, was immediately tested when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast barely one month into her
Despite historic underfunding from the state of Tennessee and recent challenges with leadership turnover and student enrollment, Tennessee State University has made major improvements to its fiscal stability. In the fall 2024 semester, total enrollment at Tennessee State University dropped by some 23 percent. That same semester, administrators told the HBCU’s board of trustees that the university was headed
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Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey announce they will appear in a new production of “Sunday in the Park with George.” They posted a picture on Instagram with the message “All it has to be is good.” It was suggested last year that a possible revival of the musical in 2027 might be led by Jonathan
The mother of Caleb Wilson is expressing frustration at Southern University. Following the last meeting of the task force named after her son, who passed away last year following an Omega Psi Phi hazing ritual, Urania Wilson asked if the Beta Sigma chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, would be welcome back on campus following their recent
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