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Literary Giant Toni Morrison’s ‘Sula’ To Be Adapted For Television | NewsOne

A poignant piece of literature penned by the late legendary writer Toni Morrison is being adapted for the small screen. According to Deadline, the novel “Sula” will serve as inspiration for a new HBO series.

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New Book Amplifies the Experiences of Black Intellectuals Influenced by Their Visit to Germany | Black Enterprise

In 1986, Farbe bekennen: Afro-deutsche Frauen auf den Spuren ihrer Geschichte became the first book published by Black Germans.

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Inside the ‘Chitlin Circuit,’ a Jim Crow-Era Safe Space for Black Performers | Atlas Obscura

It’s where legends like Tina Turner and Ray Charles launched their careers.

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Slain Tulsa Doctor Was Harvard Medical School Graduate Who Went On Medical Missions to Africa | BET

One of the victims of a mass shooting at Tulsa’s Saint Francis Hospital was a doctor with a reputation for helping people all over the world.

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Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Claim On Behalf Of Black Mother and Daughter Denied Housing In 2015 | NewsOne

A civil rights complaint was brought against the Lone Wolf Housing Authority, the former executive…

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‘It’s time for museums to take critical race theory seriously’ | The Art Newspaper

There’s a campaign against discussions of race in the American education system—and museums have a…

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Rare Toni Morrison short story ‘Recitatif’ to be published as a book | Los Angeles Times

— BY, HILLEL ITALIE | ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — To much of the world, the…

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Watch rare live footage of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll guitar | Far Out

— BY, SAM KEMP | FAR OUT The fact that rock and roll became…

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James Mtume, jazz and funk musician, dies aged 75 | The Guardian

The versatile songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist had hits with his own group Mtume as well…

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Lani Guinier, Legal Scholar at the Center of Controversy, Dies at 71 | The New York Times

President Bill Clinton pulled her nomination as assistant attorney general in 1993 after she came…