By Marc H. Morial President & CEO National Urban League “When film and television privilege white stories over other stories, they reinforce a racial hierarchy that devalues people of color. Not only do dramatic racial […]
By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic Madea’s loyal fans have two choices. They can say goodbye to their eccentric Auntie by attending her touring play or wish her adieu at a movie theater. Judging […]
Data Staff Edited Report There was a time when the presence of a black person on television was cause for celebration. In the early days of TV, black families would crowd around the set to […]
Edwin Buggage Editor On the eve of the Mayor’s Annual Mardi Gras Ball Data News Weekly sat down with New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell, where she spoke to Editor, Edwin Buggage and Publisher, Terry Jones […]
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor The 2019 Academy Awards have come to an end and #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackBoyJoy were in full effect as some of our favorites walked away […]
By Kelsyn Parker Data News Weekly Contributor Time flies by and memories are often forgotten, however a historical footprint left behind by ancestors leave a rich history of their roots that still thrives today. Documentation […]
By Edward Carter, III Data News Weekly Contributor The Baby Dolls emerged in segregated areas around Uptown, then became a mainstay during Mardi Gras around 1912, and are now known to be one of the […]
Photos by Glenn Summers Data News Weekly Contributor Last Friday our new mayor, Latoya Cantrell, started off the Mardi Gras season with a blast. The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Ball at Gallier Hall was very well […]
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