    Lee Daniels, the director of the Oscar-winning 2009 film, Precious, announced some new changes he has made in the film. Daniels mentioned that he sent his white crew home because they couldnât light the Black actorsâ skin properly.
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     The alleged âevilâ work culture of abuse, racism, and prejudice at âone-size-fits-mostâ fashion business for teen girls Brandy Melville has been uncovered in a shocking exposĂ©.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Missouri), Dr. James Hildreth, Dr. Ebony Hilton, and Olympic record-setter Allyson Felix, each received recognition for their excellence and commitment to the Black community and the world at-large.
     Two former Stockton, California officers were indicted by a grand jury in connection with their alleged beating of a Black teenager at the end of a car chase in 2020.
 Early Saturday, a small group gathered in Washington D.C. to express support for those trapped in a web of accountability after   the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol. While this isnât the first attempt to reframe the attack on the capitol as something other than insurrection, disregarding the low turnout event could be a mistake. Â
    Crump has established himself as one of the nationâs foremost lawyers and advocates for social and racial justice.
âThrough her willingness to sit, Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in,â Beatty said. âAs a state legislator, I was proud to lead the push to make the Buckeye State the first state to officially recognize Rosa Parks Day. Itâs now time for us to come together as a nation to honor this American hero through a new national holiday.â
    Morgan State University announced that researchers from its School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (SCMNS) were awarded a five-year, $7.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to find the Center for Advanced Electro-Photonics with 2D Materials. Designed to explore the technological efficacy and use of emergent two-dimensional (2D) materials, the new Center will be run jointly by Morgan and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in partnership with the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), with additional contributions from scientists at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) and Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) research centers of the U.S. Army.
The awards closed out the week-long Congressional Black Caucus Foundationâs Annual Legislative Conference.
     The significance of historically Black colleges and universities throughout the country spans far beyond the realm of education. The institutions serve as cornerstones of Black culture and have produced scholars who have been at the forefront of transformative change. President Joe Bidenâs administration recently unveiled an initiative centered on celebrating the rich legacies of HBCUs.