Family of Vanessa Marquez Files Suit Over Civil Rights Violation in Officer-Involved Death

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe 1965 March on Washington was a galvanizing moment for the American civil-rights movement of the ‘60s, but in terms of media coverage of American race relations of that era, it happened in the middle of almost daily news reports, public interest programming and lively — sometimes incendiary — radio and television interviews and discussions.The Feb. 18, 1965, debate between acclaimed novelist James Baldwin and noted magazine editor/pundit William F.

Here’s Hollywood development for you: writer/director Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay for “The Trial of the Chicago 7” back in 2007, Back then, Steven Spielberg had intended to direct the movie, and flirted with doing so for years, almost starting several times before becoming distracted with other projects (Paul Greengrass almost directed it as well).

It’s 1963, and throngs of Black folks have packed the National Mall for the March on Washington. Images of jubilant men and women holding flags, and dressed in their Sunday best, strewn across the screen.

BreAnna Bell It’s hard to believe that Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) was just 22 years old when he won the heavyweight championship on Feb. 25, 1964.

Mark Consuelos seems just as in love with Kelly Ripa as he did when they tied the knot in 1996. The “Riverdale” star gushed over the “Live!” host in a recent interview while discussing their latest business venture together.

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A French historian is hoping Buddies can help him trace the families of two Paisley men who died in World War Two.Bernard Feutry has been researching plane crashes in the northern French region of Avesnois since 2011.And he’s trying to trace the relatives of Thomas Frame Millar and Robert Johnstone Blake.Thomas was part of the 100 Squadron and was killed after his Lancaster ED587 crashed at the village of

Between images of past and present civil rights protests and footage of violent police encounters, singer Teyana Taylor shows support of the Black Lives Matter movement in her music video for “Still.” Introduced as “A Spike Tey Joint" — a reference to the credit regularly seen at the beginning of director Spike Lee's films — the self-directed video combines archival footage of Black civil rights leaders and protests with footage of modern Black Lives Matter protests and victims of police

 Jennifer Lopez  remembers just how hard it was ending her first marriage to  Marc Anthony .Lopez admits in her book, True Love, that she felt relieved after deciding it was best for both parties to divorce Anthony. Still, she dreaded what would come after that.With her marriage coming to an end, the household she had known for so long would inevitably change along with it.

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, filed a lawsuit Tuesday over his arrest the night Taylor was shot and killed by police, asking the court to declare him «immune» from prosecution, citing the state's «stand your ground» law, according to CBS affiliate WLKY.

Gucci Mane and Foogiano have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally shot during a concert at a South Carolina nightclub.The administrator for the estate of Mykala Bell filed the lawsuit in Greenville County last week, The Greenville News reported Monday.The mother of two was standing near the stage when gunfire broke out in the early hours of July 5 at Lavish Lounge where Foogiano was performing, according to the lawsuit.

Reginald Hudlin It takes a great man to play a great man; Chadwick Boseman did it four times!To have the gravity, the intelligence, the physicality to portray any of his signature roles — Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall and T’Challa, the Black Panther — is a breathtaking feat, but to give four entirely different performances is a striking achievement.

Marcus Smythe, an actor who played the romantic lead on three popular soaps in the 1970s and ’80s, died following a three-year battle with brain cancer on Aug. 20 at this home in La Crescenta, Calif.

Prince Harry is opening up about his mom, Princess Diana, on the 23rd anniversary of her death.

developed as an anthology — with a second season to potentially focus on Rosa Parks — but it will now be a limited series.The show will premiere in 2021.Also Read: Ratings: ABC Wins Broadcast's Convention-Coverage Battle on Final Night of RNCIt will be based on the book “Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement” by Devery S. Anderson.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmOn the eve of the 65th anniversary of the 1955 torture and lynching death of 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till, writer/director Chinonye Chukwu is set to direct a feature film about his tragic death and the relentless pursuit of justice by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, whose insistence on an open casket funeral for her battered teenage son at the hands of a white mob became a galvanizing moment that helped lead to the creation of the civil rights movement.The