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January 25, 2019
For movies opening January 25, 2019:
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
- Student Athlete of the Week: Koa Seymour
World War II
Kam’s Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
January 10, 2019
For movies opening January 11, 2019.
Tuskegee Airman John Lyle Dead at 98
January 10, 2019
The members of the nation’s first black fighter squadron won acclaim for their aerial prowess and bravery, despite a military that imposed segregation on its African-American recruits while respecting the rights of German prisoners.
Russia’s Secret Weapon
December 27, 2018
It is clear now that the 45thpresident of the United States is knowingly or unwittingly a tool of the Russian government. But for many years before the dumpster fire in the White House came into office, the Kremlin has been wielding a secret weapon against the “land of the free.”
Kam’s Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
December 11, 2018
For movies opening December 14, 2018.
Kam’s Kapsules Weekly Previews: That Make Choosing a Film Fun
November 2, 2018
For movies opening November 9, 2018.
The Rhetoric and Reality of Race
October 25, 2018
The racial consciousness and discourse of the West was forged on slave ships carrying human cargos into the Caribbean and the Americas. The search for agricultural commodities and profits from the extreme exploitation of Black people, deemed as less than human, gave birth to the notion of racial inequality.
Kam’s Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
September 13, 2018
For movies opening September 14, 2018.
The Rhetoric and Reality Of Race
August 16, 2018
The leaders of the desegregation social protest movement of a generation ago mobilized millions with one simple demand, “freedom.” In the context of a racially segregated society of the South in post-World War II, freedom meant elimination of all social, political, legal and economic barriers that forced African Americans into a subordinate status.
Newspaper Hall of Fame Inducts Miami Black Publisher
August 16, 2018
Garth Reeves inherited The Miami Times from his family after serving in World War II, where the hypocrisy of fighting for freedom while living in segregation at home angered him.
Happy 96th Birthday, John Phillips!
April 25, 2018
Legendary radio announcer John Phillips celebrates his 96th birthday on April 26. Now on the air for 71 years, Phillips’ broadcast can heard on ktymgospel.net on Saturdays at 8 a.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Phillips, a World War II veteran, is a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
Film Review: WWII Vets Forge Unlikely Friendship across Color Line in Searing Southern Saga
November 20, 2017
But the fighting isn’t over for Sergeant Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell), a black man reluctantly returning to the repressive Jim Crow system of segregation.
One Sharp Woman 101 – “Aunt” Mary
August 3, 2016
Mary was quite delightful as well as knowledgeable about many occurrences all the way back to World War II
Tuskegee Airmen Inc. celebrates 75 years, mourns passing of WWII hero Dr. Roscoe C. Brown
July 13, 2016
Prior to the Tuskegee Airmen, Jim Crow laws prevented the existence of African American pilots
Roscoe Brown Jr., Tuskegee Airman and educator, dies at 94
July 6, 2016
Roscoe Brown Jr., who served with the all-black Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and was a longtime New York City educator, has died.