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The Oakland-born Black Panther Party’s radical approach to racial justice was fueled by...

Colleagues in the house judiciary who voted out the crown act, which is giving voice to so many of us african-american women and other women who have been discriminated against, our daughters who have had difficulty having their natural hair, having their beautiful hair be as it is. ive had locs, braids, cornrows, you maim it, ive been there. >> afros. >> what? i had the angela davis afro. but im grateful were recognizing there is discrimination thats being done even against our young daughters ...

Start to wonder if you can really achieve things until melvin van peebles on the screen. we didnt have facial hair back then, bra. thats something you had afros and bell bottoms and you get pam greer and all those other flicks that came later, he was suddenly showing its fun to be us and that psychological change is atomic to people under represented. kids like me who grew up watching my dads movies, watching the movies gordon parks and ozzie davis decided we want to do that, too. spike lee, sin...

Film making? >> first of all, i grew up on that film. it meant i was, you know, learning about editing. we were learning about acting. you grow up in the melvin van peebles by any means necessary film making family, you learn it all. thats actually good because dad said, i dont play ball well. im going to try to teach you how to own the team. when he did sweet back and i was there as a kid, i saw hollywood look at this and say, this is a movie about a black sex worker who becomes a revolutionary...

Us as a community, but it was too late. we were now seen on screen in afros and bellbottoms. when we say black lives matter, it doesnt mean no lives matter, but not even thinking god looks like you, we were starting to see ourselves win on screen. that was an immense thing for folks of color. 20 years later i did "new jack city" and after that i got a little juice in hollywood, you know, you never take it too seriously. after that i wanted to do a western examand i got to direct dad in a hollywo...

In a bid to reinforce the passion for the beauty, boldness and all-round resilience of Black women in Nigeria and beyond, Darling Nigeria (DN) has hosted a task tagged ‘My Hair-Story’

From 10 cents in florida to $1.50 in washington state, where the minimum wage is now $13.50 an hour. in california, gig workers,ve drivers, are now considered employees, making them eligible for paid sick leave and other benefits. >> we want those rights, like any other worker in california. >> reporter: and youre ready to become an employee to get them. >> im ready to be defined as an employee to get them, yes. >> reporter: uber and postmates are challenging the new law in court. to help combat...

Polls, brexit is now a real possibility. >> we are now going to get brexit. >> i sat down with the man who started it all, the head of the brexit party, the always colorful nigel farage. >> you woutotal rubbish. >> also unrest in iran. people are rising up again, and the regime is reacting with deadly violence. ill talk to the iranian journalist who was arrested in the uprising and crackdown during the 2009 green revolution. but first, heres my take. republicans have rallied to donald trumps d...

But well see what happens. chris: but rouhani says no meeting until all u.s. sanctions are lifted first, and president trump says theres no way thats gonna happen. what do you put the odds of trump/rouhani summit this month at the u.n.? >> ill leave that to the folks in vegas. here how i know well thinking about it, president trump will think about whether its appropriate to meet based on whether we can get an outcome for the american people. i know tos and fros inside the iranian government, th...

But well see what happens. chris: but rouhani says no meeting until all u.s. sanctions are lifted first, and president trump says theres no way thats gonna happen. what do you put the odds of trump/rouhani summit this month at the u.n.? >> ill leave that to the folks in vegas. here how i know well thinking about it, president trump will think about whether its appropriate to meet based on whether we can get an outcome for the american people. i know tos and fros inside the iranian government, th...