On Tuesday, Jay-Z and Team Roc, the philanthropic arm of Roc Nation, took out full-page newspaper ads across the U.S. dedicated to the memory of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis last week has sparked ongoing nationwide protests. Team Roc partnered with the families of Floyd and …
Read More »Fifty Years After His Assassination, MLK's Message Will Not Be Silenced
The Rev. Dr. William Barber II, towering over a stage on the National Mall, tells his DJ to spin an O’Jays song. Barber, a black Christian minister with a long record of speaking truth to power, begins a speech about the plight of poor whites in the heartland. Before he …
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