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Yesterday afternoon, Blackfilm.com attended the World Premiere of the musical film Annie, which hits theaters on December 19, 2014. Held at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York, the cast (Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David Zayas, Dorian Missick, Stephanie Kurtzuba and Bobby Cannavale) were in attendance along with director Will Gluck, and producers James Lassiter, Will Smith and Caleb Smith.

On Wednesday, after the announcement that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo would not be indicted for killing Eric Garner, the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund Twitter posted a series of tweets naming 76 men and women who were killed in police custody since the 1999 death of Amadou Diallo in New York. Starting with the most recent death, what follows is a more detailed account of each.

For Redditt Hudson, the reason behind the calamity in Ferguson, Missouri and the surrounding area is nothing new. Hudson — who served for five years as a cop in nearby St. Louis — said in a HuffPost Live interview Monday that his time on the force showed him how discriminatory the police can be. Hudson, now a board chair for the Ethics Project, told host Marc Lamont Hill that the best chance the police in St. Louis, and around the country, have to undergo reform is now, with the criticisms and changes coming from the inside. "I think we have the best ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A police interview with a key witness was not provided along with the thousands of documents released after a grand jury decided to not indict a Ferguson police officer in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. An Associated Press review of the records released by St. Louis County prosecutors confirms a report by KSDK-TV that a transcript of an interview with Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown when he was shot, wasn't included. The two-hour interview was conducted by the FBI and a county police detective. A spokesman for Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch said he couldn't explain the discrepancy. McCullough took the ...

In the wake of last week’s Ferguson decision, in which a grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, protests from all across the country erupted to show support for the Brown family and condemn police violence. National civil rights groups and black organizations from the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles to Yale’s Black Law Association have spoken out against the jury’s verdict, and an historic joint letter from black church groups compared Ferguson to the “long and bloody trail of lynchings, deaths, and killings of African American youth…throughout our nation,” including Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin.

Members of the media were reportedly assaulted by police officers Saturday while covering protests in Berkeley, California, the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists wrote in a letter to Mayor Tom Bates and Police Chief Michael K. Meehan Monday. Nationwide protests over the decision not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner have been largely peaceful, but events turned violent over the weekend in Berkeley as demonstrators clashed with police. According to the letter, several journalists were struck with police batons during the unrest while clearly displaying press credentials and, in some cases, verbally identifying themselves as members of the media...

According to the Internet, Beyoncé is now the Grammys’ most-nominated woman in history, with outlets like Time, BuzzFeed, and Forbes lauding the singer’s history-making feat. Besting Dolly Parton’s 46, Beyoncé has racked up a staggering 47 nominations over her career, a figure that’s likely to get a lot higher over the years. But while that headline is certainly cause for celebration, it doesn’t tell the whole story. Yet again, the singer was all but shut out of the major categories; while her eponymous surprise release received a nod in Album of the Year, she was snubbed in Record and Song, bested by the likes of Taylor Swift

American sports and politics often overlap. Recently, several St. Louis Rams players protested the Ferguson non-indictment, pantomiming "hands up, don't shoot" as they came on the field. But in the '60s, the intersection of sports, politics and religion reached its zenith in the person of Muhammad Ali. This is the 4th installment of my series on what Ali meant then -- and still means in our culture. You may access the other parts of this piece, as well as my other articles here. George Lois for Esquire Magazine After Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston on a second occasion, the pool of contenders for the heavyweight crown was fairly dry. Yet two-time former heavyweight...

By Julie Myhre, NextAdvisor.com Credit cards rewards are a great way to earn perks while you use your card. There are a variety of rewards to choose from, including cash back and points that can be redeemed for travel or gift cards to use in stores, restaurants, gas stations or for online shopping. The credit card rewards options are almost endless, but are they really worth it? NextAdvisor.com wanted to find out, so we surveyed Facebook users ages 18 and older to see which credit card rewards they value. Check out the infographic below to see which credit card rewards are preferred and which age group takes the most advantage of its rewards. This blog

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The shrinking population of white students in Hartford's suburbs is complicating efforts to comply with Connecticut's landmark school desegregation settlement -- and even making it harder for some of the capital city's students to attend new schools created to help meet the racial integration goals set by the lawsuit 25 years ago. State education officials are currently negotiating the latest changes to the agreement, reached with the plaintiffs after they won a 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court ruling, but say it is becoming harder to attract white students to Hartford's schools because they're living farther away. About half the students living in the 22 communities subject to the agreement, according to state...