The treatment of Gayle King over the last 48 hours is a case study in the inability to critique Black women without tearing them down in the process. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In the emotional days following the death of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash, Black people, in our shock and […]
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Heard but Not Seen | Slate
Black music in white spaces. . [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Away from home, I walk into unfamiliar spaces with my shoulders hunched and tight. Instinctively, I scan my surroundings, stretching every sense around the corners of the room until it feels safe. What the eye see? What the ears hear? What the nose smell? It’s Sunday afternoon […]
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Lauren London Is ‘Forever Stronger’ In The Latest Puma Campaign | Essence
The Marathon Continues
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Harry and Sidney: Soul Brothers | The New York Times
Please allow me to divert my gaze for one day away from our national political darkness and toward two national rays of light. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Monday is Sidney Poitier’s 90th birthday. His best friend of 70 years, Harry Belafonte, turns 90 on March 1. This is an ode to and appreciation of the friendship — […]
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10-year-old Oak Cliff singing sensation Skye Turner heads to Broadway to play a young Tina Turner | The Dallas Morning News
The local soul-singing star will take the stage in November for the Broadway musical ‘TINA.’
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In the McCarthy Era, to Be Black Was to Be Red | JSTOR Daily
The Marxist sympathies of Black radical leaders like Paul Robeson, Alice Childress, and Lorraine Hansberry made them targets for the FBI.
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7 Films With Black Talent To Look Out For This November | Shadow and Act
As November approaches, we at Shadow And Act have put together a list of all the movies with Black talent in key roles that you need to check out! From a horror film like Doctor Sleep to family dramas like Waves, there is something on this list for everyone! Check them out below (in order […]
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Waves Trailer #2: An Epic Emotional Journey Through the Darkest of Times | Movie Web
In Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Grammy-winning musician John Legend announced the second cohort of participants in Unlocked Futures, a 14-month accelerator program for social entrepreneurs who have been incarcerated and urged business leaders to be more inclusive of job applicants with criminal backgrounds. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Unlocked Futures launched in 2017 as a partnership between the […]
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Atlanta pays tribute to the legendary rap duo OutKast with a huge mural | CNN
(CNN) – The South has something to say — or show, rather. Finally, the city at the heart of southern hip-hop has been given what it deserves — the benevolent gaze of André 3000 and Big Boi watching over it in full photorealism. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The mural, painted by an artist who goes by JEKS, […]
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Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira’s ‘Americanah’ Adaptation Ordered to Series at HBO Max | Variety
Joe Otterson, Variety [dropcap]L[/dropcap]upita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s planned adaptation of the novel “Americanah” has received a straight-to-series order at HBO Max, Variety has learned. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] HBO Max has given the limited series a 10-episode order. Nyong’o will star in the series, with Gurira writing the pilot and serving as showrunner. Based on Chimamanda […]
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