Phylicia Rashad

C. Alexander Haywood   |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 31 2011

Theater icon tells her own story, in her own words.

Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad is not to be confused with your average stage performer.

She’s a director now, and recently made her anticipated West Coast directorial debut while at the helm of the Ebony Repertory Theatre’s (ERT) spring production of Lorriane’s Hansberry classic drama, “A Raisin in the Sun.”

The play is on stage now through April 17, and each performance can be seen at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Feb 17 2011

Hollywood by Choice

“Experience Your World.” What an appropriate theme for the 19th annual Pan African Film Festival, the largest and most prestigious Black film and arts festival in America.

From Feb. 16 through, Feb. 23, you will have the opportunity to experience the world through the eyes, and hearts of Black filmmakers from around the world, and the USA.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Nov 4 2010

Hollywood by Choice

“For Colored Girls” is destined to become one of the most memorable movies ever made about the modern day Black woman. The casting in itself is enough to make you stand up and cheer, and the fact that this 1974 choreopoem is still relevant today begs us to ask the question how far has the Black woman truly come?
 

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.