Stanley Nelson: What the bloodiest race massacre tells us now politico.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politico.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Russell Westbrook (Image: Twitter)
Washington Wizards basketball player Russell Westbrook is keeping busy when he’s not on the basketball court. After announcing last week that he joined Varo Bank’s team as an investor and advisor, Westbrook has other news to share.
According to
Deadline, The History Channel has announced that it has picked up
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre, a documentary that was put together by Westbrook, Donnell Beverly (President of Russell Westbrook Enterprises), Blackfin (an eOne company), Firelight Films, Stanley Nelson, and Marco Williams.
Excited to bring this project to life about such a significant event in American history. Coming this spring to @HISTORYpic.twitter.com/peQQSsjmq8
HISTORY Orders Tulsa Massacre Doc worldscreen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from worldscreen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
February 17, 2021
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a literary critic and academic who’s become well known as the host of the popular
Finding Your Roots series, in which public figures and big names explore their ancestral histories often to surprising results. Now he’s turned his attention to a new documentary for PBS called
The Black Church, which explores the “deep history of the Black church and culture of African American faith communities.” Part one aired Tuesday, February 16. The next part will air tonight, Wednesday, at 9 PM EST. The docus-series tells a “story of grace and resilience, struggle and redemption, hope and healing” and features interviews with the likes of Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Bishop Michael Curry, Cornel West, Pastor Shirley Caesar and Rev. Al Sharpton.