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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has come under fire for a tweet honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday. Many have argued the agency falls woefully short of living up to the late Reverend’s “message of hope, justice and equality.” ICE is tasked with dealing with illegal immigration, and despite their divisive role in the U.S. government, many found […]
To discuss a topic that lines up perfectly and intentionally with the day, Charlamagne tha God was on Finish Line’s Community Voices series to talk with Omarr Henry about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. To start, Charlamagne called King “The greatest political revolutionary to ever walk the face of the Earth.” He immediately followed […]
The daughter of Jackie Robinson is criticizing the Trump campaign for using a photo of her father in a political ad. Sharon Robinson expressed her family’s objections in a tweet Thursday morning, days after the advert was released. She wrote that her father—a Black baseball legend and pioneer for racial justice—held beliefs and principles that did not align with what the […]
Rayshard Brooks’ funeral was held on Tuesday morning in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN reports. The ceremony took place in one of the city’s most historic churches, the Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a co-pastor until his 1968 assassination. Brooks’ golden casket was carried by pallbearers who wore shirts that read “Here 2 […]
Team Roc, the philanthropic arm of Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation, has taken out full-page ads in multiple newspapers across the U.S. in support of protesters. The letter is dedicated to George Floyd, who was killed at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, and includes a passage from a speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave in […]
J. Cole explained that he decided to focus his attention on addressing social issues in his music after he grew tired of talking about himself following the release of his third studio album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. In a panel for MLK Now, the fifth annual event celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which was hosted by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and featured […]
Though it can be a year-round sport, Monday was the day where you were most likely to see a clunky reference to Martin Luther King Jr. Corporate tweets…celebrity Instagram posts…cable news…they’re incapable of passing up the opportunity. It’s an annual tradition. On the latter front, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway brought up MLK to denounce […]
There has been no shortage of criticism thrown Kyrie Irving‘s way. Yet, he remains unfazed by the hate because he knows that he’s not the first (or last) person to be painted in a negative light. While fielding questions regarding the hate he receives, Kyrie Irving makes it clear that he feels like he’s a great […]
Kim Kardashian‘s announcement about her newfound legal career left fans both congratulatory and stunned. Despite the detractors, Kim seems to be taking her criminal justice reform focus quite seriously, so much so that she has helped secure another inmate’s release from prison. “Jeffrey from Miami” was handed a life sentence for a low-level drug offense, of which he served […]
For his latest, Joyner Lucas imagines a conversation with a higher power in which he pleads for them to reconsider their “cherry-picking” method of death. The video places Lucas in a church surrounded by photos of R. Kelly, Donald Trump, Suge Knight, and more. In the lyrics, Lucas wonders why, for example, someone like Nipsey […]
