Obama Says "I Have the Blood of Africa Within Me" In Ghana Speech
America’s president and Africa’s son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning...
View ArticleObama Pushes For Progress In Health Care Speech
WASHINGTON – Praising and prodding Congress, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said a vast reform of the nation’s health insurance system is required to head off instability to families, industry...
View ArticleA Dozen People With Guns Protest Obama Speech
About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday — the...
View ArticleIn Oval Office Speech, Obama Puts Focus on Energy Policy
From NY Times: President Obama summoned Americans on Tuesday to a “national mission” to move away from reliance on oil and develop alternative sources of energy, demanding that Congress move quickly...
View ArticleSojourner Truth Delivers ‘Ain’t I A Woman’ Speech 163 Years Ago Today
Sojourner Truth’s (pictured) extraordinary journey from slave to abolitionist and women’s right activist was captured most pointedly during a speech she delivered at the Ohio Women’s Right Convention...
View Article2014 Oscars Winners List and WATCH Lupita Nyong’o’s Moving Speech
The 2014 Academy Awards will go down in Hollywood history as one of the most diverse. This year, not only did the show feature performers and presenters of varied backgrounds, but so did the winner’s...
View Article’12 Years A Slave’ Wins Best Picture At 2014 Oscars [VIDEO]
It was a tight race, but “12 Years A Slave” ended up with the highest honor with the Best Picture win at tonight’s Oscars ceremony. While the sci-fi thriller “Gravity” cleaned up with mostly technical...
View ArticleWhat Bill O’Reilly Can Teach Us About Young People of Color
President Barack Obama’s (pictured center) new “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, aimed at addressing employment and education challenges for young men of color, has been lauded by many as a monumental...
View ArticleMC Lyte and Speech From Arrested Development Stop By ‘NewsOne Now’
Your browser does not support iframes. The two veteran Hip-Hop artists dropped by “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin to talk about some of the hottest stories of the day. They weighed in on violence in...
View ArticleParents Upset Over First Lady’s H.S. Commencement Speech
Your browser does not support iframes. First Lady Michelle Obama can’t seem to catch a break. First, PETA was all over her for continuing the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll. Now parents of...
View ArticleNewsOne Minute: Diddy Wows Crowd With Howard Speech
Diddy Wows Crowd In Emotional Commencement Speech At Howard University Graduation Chants roared from the crowd as attendees of Howard University’s 146th commencement waited to hear from one of the...
View ArticleObama Has Kept His Four Major Inauguration Promises
President Obama gets a lot of flak for how he’s performed over the years but, when you look back at the major issues he said he’d tackle in his 2009 inauguration speech, it’s clear that he’s a man of...
View ArticleShould Black Americans Celebrate Independence Day? [VIDEO]
Your browser does not support iframes. Since the American colonies declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, there have been questions of what that independence means for America’s black...
View ArticleWhy Can’t Obama Talk To Black Americans Like That?
Last week, President Obama addressed a crowd of 500 young sub-Saharan Africans, fellows of his administration’s Young African Leaders Initiative. In a speech that lasted over 20 minutes, Obama told...
View Article[Video] 11-Year-Old Sums Up The Problems In Ferguson
Marquis Govan makes a compelling argument for change in Ferguson. In an interview with CBS “Sunday Morning,” the 11-year-old shared how he thinks his community should move forward in the wake of...
View ArticleWatch Kanye West’s Speech After Accepting His Honorary Doctorate Degree From...
Kanye West was recognized by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on Monday for his impact in hip-hop, music, and art overall, earning himself an honorary doctorate degree. The “All Day” rapper...
View ArticleKANYE FOR PRESIDENT: Kanye West Delivers Epic Speech As He Accepts MTV Video...
“Yes we Kanye.” Moments ago, Kanye West received the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 Video Music Awards, and his acceptance speech was nothing short of epic. After receiving the golden Moon Man from...
View ArticleTop 5 Malcolm X Speeches
1. By Any Means Necessary 2. Ballot or the Bullet 3. House Negro Vs. The Field Negro 4. Speech on Police Brutality 5. Speech at Oxford University
View ArticleJesse Williams Sets Social Media On Fire With His BET Humanitarian Award Speech
Actor and activist Jesse Williams is this year’s recipient of the BET Humanitarian Award, and his beautifully eloquent, honest and sobering speech was so moving, it became an instant trending topic....
View ArticleTomi Lahren Belittles Jesse Williams In Hateful Critique Of 2016 BET Awards
The 2016 BET Awards were too Black for Tomi Lahren. The same troll that attempted to reduce Jay Z to nothing but a 14-year drug dealer just came for Jesse Williams, who delivered a chill-inducing...
View ArticleJesse Williams Destroys Melania Trump On Twitter
If there was any doubt about Jesse Williams‘ trend setting qualities, his latest stream of tweets settles it. After journalist Jarrett Hill discovered that Donald Trump‘s wife Melania plagiarized...
View ArticleZimbabwe UN Delegation Is Every Black Person Listening To Trump
The results are in: President Donald Trump‘s speech to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday morning was an epic failure on a number of levels. While there are plenty of instances to point to for...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Inspires With Words Of Wisdom In Boston Speech
Michelle Obama‘s keynote address at a conference Wednesday morning in Boston was chock full of inspiring quotes and anecdotes, according to a number of Twitter users who took to social media to...
View ArticleTwitter Is Completely Over It After Trump Tries To Blame Iranian Attacks On...
Source: Ira L. Black – Corbis / Getty Unfortunately, Donald Trump‘s behavior continues to be predictable in the midst of the United State’s current tensions with Iran. He continues evade responsibility...
View ArticleKamala Harris Delivers First Speech As Madam Vice President
Source: JOSHUA ROBERTS / Getty Kamala Harris closed out a full day of inauguration ceremonies by delivering a noted speech by the Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool during the “Celebrating America”...
View ArticleVP Kamala Harris Addresses 2022 NAACP Convention
Then-Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris addresses the Presidential Forum at the NAACP’s 110th National Convention at Cobo Center on July 24, 2019, in Detroit, Michigan. | Source: JEFF...
View ArticleVP Harris Calls SCOTUS ‘The Court Of Thurgood’ In MLK Day Speech: ‘Freedom Is...
Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris speaks about the Biden Administration’s latest actions to reduce gun violence during a program in Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 11, 2024. |...
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