Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton is speaking up against the lack of diversity of the Oscar nominations. He says that him or his colleagues at the National Action Network might stage ‘actions’ in protest before or during the Academy Awards. Rev. Al Sharpton believes that it was “appallingly insulting in the year of 2015 that the 20 Academy Awards acting nominations went only to white actors and actresses.” Read more on the story after the jump!
Oprah Is Coming Back To The Big Screen In New MLK Film ‘Selma’!
Oprah Winfrey is co-starring and producing the upcoming Paramount film named after Selma, Alabama, which follows Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey during his 1965 voting campaign. Find out more about her role and the new civil rights movie after the jump!
Selma To Montgomery: Oprah Plans On Producing Biopic Of MLK Jr’s Civil Rights Campaign
Oprah Winfrey is unstoppable! Ending February with a bang, is the news of Oprah producing a biopic on the famous 1965 march, lead by Martin Luther King Jr. for the voting rights campaign. Check out the jump for details.
