This Day in Black History: April 27, 1945
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 27, ...
This Day in Black History: March 31, 1988
Novelist Toni Morrison wins a Pulitzer Prize for Beloved on March 31, 1988....
Malcolm X Biography Wins Pulitzer Prize
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention landed the prize in the history category....
This Day in Black History: March 31, 1988
Acclaimed author Toni Morrison wins Pulitzer Prize for novel, "Beloved."...
William Raspberry, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist, Is Dead
William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for "The Washington Post," who was one of the...
New Media Recognized in Pulitzer Competition
Va Guv Tells Felons: Write Letter to Get Voting Rights...
Lucille Clifton, Award-winning Poet, Dies at 73
BALTIMORE (AP) — Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer finalist, h...
Alice Walker Calls U.S. a Terrorist Nation
Alice Walker will join a flotilla of ships this week that will try to break Israel's blockade of th...
Tony Awards: Porgy and Bess , Clybourne Park Win
Audra McDonald nabs her fifth Tony award....
Alec Baldwin Denies Racial Slur on David Letterman
Actor gives humorous reply on late night talk show....
Obama in Love
The new biography "Barack Obama: The Story," written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maranis...
Romney Wins "Lie of the Year" Award
Politifact slams Mitt Romney for false campaign advertising....
Journalist Chuck Philips Removed From Courtroom During Jimmy Henchman Trial
Former L.A. Times writer Chuck Philips was subpoenaed to testify in Jimmy Henchman's drug case....
Author, Former Clinton Backer Toni Morrison Endorses Obama| News | BET.com
Posted Jan. 29, 2008 – Toni Morrison, the acclaimed African-American author who once dubbed Bill Cl...
Black Journalists Group Calls Popular Columnist a Racist
Posted Aug. 7, 2008 – Conservative columnist and political pundit Pat Buchanan's “primal racial fea...
Maya Angelou Angered by Common’s N-Bombs
Maya Angelou angered by Common’s N-bombs. The rapper drops curses on a track featuring the supersta...
Sanaa Lathan Stars in New Play
The actress returns to the stage in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark....
Best Tools for Fact-Checking Debates
Resources like FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com help voters separate fact and fiction....
Historians: Thomas Jefferson Did Not Father Children by Hemings
A new book reignites the Jefferson–Hemings paternity debate, and a group of historians claim that T...
SHORT CUTS: Marley Doc Acquired
Posted Sept. 26, 2007 -- Palm Pictures has acquired all North American and U.K. rights to "Africa U...
