A powerful display of unity unfolded on Monday, Dec. 11, as more than 200 community members from South Central Los Angeles and clergy leaders from across Southern California united for “Prayers for the Ninth,” an evening dedicated to showing solidarity for LA City Councilmember Curren Price.
Nearly everyone has been touched by cancer. For some of us it may be a family member, friend, or coworker. Others have experienced a heartbreaking diagnosis themselves. During the last few years, I helped my friend and hair stylist navigate the healthcare system after she found a lump in her breast.
Brown remembers a time when he did not know he could turn his love of the arts into a career. For this reason, he now believes it his obligation to help broaden the horizons of Black youth beyond their own expectations.
Miia Harris is one of Hollywood’s new faces who stars as “Clawdeen Wolf” in the spooky yet cooky, family fun film, “Monster High: The Movie,” and its sequel “Monster High 2,” currently streaming on Paramount+.
Now coming full circle with an idea which started at a book fair, Epps will be one of the featured authors and ambassadors at the 16th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair on Saturday, November 11, 2023, beginning at 11am.
He was a student at Julliard, and then graduated from New York University with a graduate degree in Theatre. La Salle says that strong foundation in his craft gave him the confidence, to further his career in acting. However, his beginnings in acting did not come without its challenges.
The applauded 2022 film, “The Inspection,” is just one of the notable credits on film and television producer Angela White’s resume. She was also a producer on the first season of the comedy series “A La Carte,” the crime drama series “Lace,” and the faith-based film “A Question of Faith.”
Jewel Delegall is the Chief Program Officer at A Place Called Home (APCH). For 30 years, the organization has empowered underserved youth through programs in education, arts, and well-being. These services are designed to teach them to take ownership of the quality and direction of their lives.
Taped in the place Luenell calls home — Oakland, California at Yoshi’s Jazz Club – her special, she says, is a love letter to the city, and she hopes she has given Oakland a reason to be proud.
The Tulsa Race Massacre was an eighteen-hour ordeal occurring from May 31 through June 1, 1921. The mostly Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was attacked by a white mob, destroying homes and businesses. Between 150 and 300 people lost their lives in one of the most heinous acts of racial violence in United States history.
Digga says the media is constantly trying to pit female rappers against one another. But she argues that if you put most of these rappers in the same space, and if they began talking to another, they would see many similarities in their journeys.
Actor Jay Hunter best known for his roles in “And Just Like That,” “The Rookie,” “Tyler Perry’s If Loving You is Wrong,” and “Tyler Perry’s Acrimony” is comfortable revealing his highs and lows in Hollywood. In fact, he says he is more than willing to talk about it with anyone who might find inspiration in it.
In 1994, Hart hosted E! Entertainment’s “Gossip Show.” The program aired for six years in 140 countries all around the world. She would eventually be joined by co-host, television personality Downtown Julie Brown. Hart has also “dished tea” on daytime television tabloid show, “The Geraldo Rivera Show.”
The Los Angeles Sentinel and KCBS/KCAL has launched a historical new Black news segment for Los Angeles viewers. Beginning July 21, the KCBS/KCAL News team started airing L.A. Sentinel Community Insider on Thursdays at 10:45 a.m. on “KCAL News with Amy Johnson.”
“This story is a lot about African American ownership, even in the underworld,” stated Rich. “Racism existed even in the underworld. People of color could not exceed a certain level, so I wanted to tell this story of how this group, set in Brooklyn, wanted to have their own.”