Tupac

Feb 16 2011

Morgan Creek Productions vs. Afeni Shakur Amaru Entertainment

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A Hollywood studio and the mother of Tupac Shakur have dropped their lawsuits against each other concerning the rights to do a film project on the late rapper's life story.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard E. Rico on Feb. 8 granted a motion by lawyers for Morgan Creek Productions and Afeni Shakur asking that the cases be dismissed.

C. Alexander Haywood   |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 9 2010

One man’s memories

“. . . Back in the days when I was young; I’m not a kid anymore but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again” —Ahmad, “Back in the Day.”

I was just a shorty, when I first heard this verse. It crept through the muffled speakers of my mother’s old hatchback, in the summer of 1994.

Terri Schichenmeyer  |   OW Contributor
Mar 25 2010

Author: Tayannah Lee McQuillar and Fred L. Johnson III, Ph.D.

Have you ever wondered why music is important to you?
Scientists have all sorts of explanations, but you probably can’t live without your iPod, because the tunes you love speak to you. Those songs move you body and soul, and the singers say words you only wish you could say.
But despite the fame and fortune, the lives of those singers aren’t as great as you think they are—or were in the case of one rapper.

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.