The NAACP Awards are this Saturday and JAY-Z is set to receive the very prestigious President’s Award. The NAACP will not only recognize JAY-Z for his musical fetes but also for his work within the black community. In a statement from NAACP President, Derrick Johnson, “The President’s Award is an honor we carefully bestow upon […]

The NAACP releases a comprehensive analysis of Judge Neil Gorsuch. It explains its opposition to his Supreme Court nomination

Check out some of her most inspiring quotes. The NAACP Image Awards airs February 11 on TVOne.

The Chi-Town emcee has accomplished a lot of great things in 2016, and he's ending the year with a bang.

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After last week’s epic takedown, Roland Martin was invited on The Wendy Williams Show to educate the longtime talk show host and her audience about race in America. If you remember, Williams made a series of disheartening remarks about the need for HBCUs and the NAACP. In a blistering critique, Martin schooled Williams about the nuances […]

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The last week has not been a pleasant one for gossip daytime talk show host Wendy Williams, and today she had to deal with the aftermath of her inflammatory and controversial statements regarding her opinion on HBCUs and the NAACP. NewsOne Now host Roland Martin was one of Wendy Williams’ harshest critics last week when […]

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Wendy Williams is notorious for her brash and often rude comments regarding the world of celebrities, which is applauded by some as just mindless celebrity gossip. However, today the daytime talk show host may have just dug herself a verbal hole that will be very hard to escape from.   During this morning’s show while […]

10. “Outstanding Motion Picture” nominees include Straight Outta Compton, Creed, Concussion, Beasts of No Nation, and Dope 9. Lauryn Hill’s beautiful tribute to Nina Simone’s…

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More details have been revealed regarding songstress Janet Jackson’s health condition. Just days after she announced the postponement of her ‘Unbreakable’ tour, source are now saying that Jackson is undergoing tests for throat cancer. According to reports, doctors came across a tumor on her vocal cords. “Doctors found a growth on Janet’s vocal chords that could […]

Leader, scholar, writer, and acclaimed civil rights hero, Julian Bond, has passed away.

Also, the NAACP's Alabama chapter calls for the rebel flag to be removed from state troopers' vehicles and uniforms while Republicans fight back on the long-awaited nuclear deal.