Charles Evers (1922 – 2020), civil rights legend

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has joined with Hideaway Entertainment and INDE Companies for Freedom Ride, a civil rights drama to shoot next year. The movie's script will be based on first-person accounts by original Freedom Riders, including the late John Lewis, a longtime Congressman and civil rights icon.

Hanna Flint Guest Contributor“Judas and the Black Messiah” writer and director Shaka King has defended the casting of Daniel Kaluuya in the role of American civil rights leader Fred Hampton.The historical biopic, produced by Ryan Coogler and endorsed by Hampton’s son, Fred Hampton Jr, positions the British actor as the iconic leader of the Black Panther Party with Lakeith Stanfield playing the lesser-known William O’Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the political group and fed intel to

Yes, the Black Panther Party has engaged in shootouts with police and other forms of violence over the years in pursuit of equal rights under the law. And yes, this approach threatens to walk back each and every little step made by men like Dr.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Hideaway Entertainment, INDE Companies and Brooklyn Media is teaming with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump for the upcoming feature Freedom Ride. The film is set to begin production in summer 2021 with plans to shoot in Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.

Angelique Jackson Leading civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has set his latest Hollywood project, joining the producing team behind the film “Freedom Ride,” which dramatizes the experiences of the original Freedom Riders, including the late Rep. John Lewis.Crump’s Brooklyn Media will produce the film with Hideaway Entertainment and INDE Companies.

John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero, which told the life story of the Georgia lawmaker.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe virtual TCA panel for The Umbrella Academy kicked off with the opening battlefield scene from the sophomore season which debuted July 31 on Netflix. The new season finds our favorite dysfunctional family of superheroes in Dallas during the ’60s.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Star Trek: The Next Generation legend and Reading Rainbow icon LeVar Burton will sit in the director’s chair for Two-Front War from Lou Reda Productions. The multi-perspective docuseries will give an emotionally raw look at the connection between the fight for civil rights in America and the struggle for equality of Black soldiers in Vietnam.The docuseries bolsters the current landscape of Black Lives Matter activism.

has sent federal agents into cities to kidnap protesters, bragged endlessly about passing a test for dementia, and floated the idea of postponing the election.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerOprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Gayle King and Brad Pitt will host a one-hour primetime special honoring the late civil rights leader John Lewis.John Lewis: Celebrating A Hero airs Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 10:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Tirota/Finish Line Social Impact Script Competition has selected Morehouse College Professor Stephane Dunn’s screenplay Chicago ’66 as the very first grand prize winner of the inaugural screenwriting contest.For Chicago ’66, Dr. Dunn took inspiration from Dr.

A day of passionate speeches and unforgettable stories at Rep. John Lewis‘ funeral service ended with triumphant, heartbreaking words from his friend, former President Barack Obama. Obama joined two other former presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, in honoring the memory and legacy of the Civil Rights icon, who fought tirelessly for justice until he died on July 17.

Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights leader and long-serving Georgia Democrat who died July 17, will be memorialized with a final service on Thursday, July 30.

Mimi Jones was a civil rights activist who was the subject of a nationally famous photograph of a “swim-in” in St. Augustine, Florida.Jones was just a teenager in 1964 when she was galvanized by the Civil Rights Movement to travel from her home in Georgia to St.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Minneapolis-based production company, Winterstate Entertainment is quickly prepping a feature project about Minneapolis civil rights leader and the state’s first female African American attorney, Lena O.

The late U.S. Rep.

Entertainment One has partnered with wrongful death trial attorney L. Chris Stewart on a docuseries about his pursuit of justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks and other victims in high-profile cases of police brutality.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCivil rights lawyer L. Chris Stewart is partnering with eOne to develop a new docuseries titled Burden of Justice. The series aligns with Stewart’s expertise as it will chronicle his pursuit of justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, and other high profile police brutality cases.The series dives deep into the fight for civil rights with Stewart leading the charge.

The bad news continues to flood social media in this terrible year. It’s been revealed that John Robert Lewis who managed to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer.