Ahead of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic.
A South Los Angeles playground was renamed in honor of Latasha Harlins, who was 15 years old when she was fatally shot 30 years ago by a Korean shop owner who accused the Black teen of stealing a bottle of orange juice.
Latasha was shot in the back of the head and died at the scene at the Empire Liquor Market on March 16, 1991.
Earlier this month, after a rigorous selection process, the family of the late actors and activists, together with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), announced that Lane College senior, Jade Allen, is the recipient of the Ossie Davis Legacy Scholarship. “We are always motivated by mom and dad’s love of education and what a struggle it was for each of them to get higher education and the sacrifices that their parents made,” Davis Day told NNPA Newswire.
The film is a tribute to the staggering contribution of one of America’s greatest men of letters.
Actress Viola Davis received the 2,597th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday January 5, recognizing a film career that has brought her two Oscar nominations and whose latest film has made her a strong candidate for a third.