Emma Sanders (1928 – 2020), civil rights activist who fought for voting rights and integrated delegations

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.

Dave McNary Film ReporterAmazon Studios has set a September theatrical release for the Stacey Abrams voting rights documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy.”The film will be released on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 18.

https://t.co/yPoFm5wofcThis picture was taken in June 2013 at the unveiling of the Medgar Evers statue at Alcorn State University. At the time, he was a spry 90 years young and kept me entertained as I emceed.

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.

Ava Duvernay has added her tribute to beloved U.S. politician and civil rights icon John Lewis, following his death on Friday (July 17, 2020).The congressman lost his battle with cancer, aged 80, and now moviemaker DuVernay is among the politicians and presidents paying their respects.Posting photos of herself with Lewis on Twitter, the director of 2014 movie Selma, which featured actor Stephan James playing the late activist, wrote:Dear Congressman.

Paul McCartney has called for the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to be renamed in honour of the late civil rights activist and US Congressman John Lewis.Lewis died at the age of 80 on Friday (July 17) from pancreatic cancer. He was the last survivor of the ‘Big Six’ civil rights activists, a group led by Rev.

John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. He was 80.

John Lewis was a long-serving U.S. representative from Georgia who was one of the most prominent leaders of the American civil rights movement.

Rev. C.T. Vivian was one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, who worked alongside Dr.

In a time when people are hoping to educate themselves on Black history and experiences, many have turned to watch The Help, the 2011 flick starring Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Emma Stone set in 1960s Mississippi.

Eminem stretched his star power out this year with some megawatt collaborations.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We hear that Barry Pepper’s Peace River Productions is producing Negroes With Gun, a feature that ex-Navy Seal Jason Cabell (Running with the Devil) will write and direct.Negroes With Guns is based on the true story of civil rights hero Robert F.

the audit said.Also Read: Facebook Ad Boycott Ushers in a 'New Era' of 'Corporate Activism'A recent example where Facebook fell short, according to the audit, is in its handling of President Trump’s account. The auditors said Facebook’s decision to not remove or add a warning label to the president’s recent post claiming “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” was a significant error.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorA two-year independent civil rights audit of Facebook worred that any advances by the platform that reaches more than 2 billion people “could be obscured by the vexing and heartbreaking decisions Facebook has made that represent significant setbacks for civil rights.”The highly-anticipated third and last update to an audit that started in 2018 was led by Laura Murphy, a civil rights and civil liberties leader and attorneys from civil rights law firm Relman