Not only are these movies integral to the history of American cinema, but they shine a light on how the black experience is portrayed on camera.
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Amazon’s $15 Minimum Wage Is a Brilliant Business Strategy | The Atlantic
Why increasing the pay floor —and urging the federal government to do the same—is a moral and strategic masterstroke by Jeff Bezos
View MoreDigitally Altered Portraits Superimposed with Flowers, Antique Patterns, and Wildlife Illustrations by Tawny Chatmon | Colossal
Kate Sierzputowski Colossal Tawny Chatmon. Featured Image [dropcap]Maryland[/dropcap]-based artist Tawny Chatmon combines traditional portraiture with digital collage, layering elements of antique patterns, vintage botanicals, and wildlife illustrations onto images of her children and other relatives. Once printed, Chatmon often revisits the digital textures she has superimposed, physically adding layers of gold ornamental elements or paint. […]
View MoreCosby Prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden Explains Why Justice Was Served With His Prison Sentence | Bustle
“It didn’t appear to me that he thought this day would ever come, and you know what? It came,”
View MoreHe’s a Rhodes Scholar. The G.O.P. Keeps Calling Him a ‘Big-City Rapper.’ | The New York Times
PORT EWEN, N.Y. — It has taken 12 years, but Antonio Delgado has finally received recognition for his brief career as a rap artist.
All it took was for him to run for Congress in New York.
View MoreProfessor and television host Melissa Harris Perry reveals she was raped in 2016 | The Grio
Wednesday, while Twitter was abuzz about the Brett Kavanaugh allegations, writer, professor and television host, Melissa Harris Perry joined in on the conversation by revealing very personal details of her own experience as a victim of rape and shed light on why victims wait so long to come forward.
View MoreWill Florida’s Ex-Felons Finally Regain the Right to Vote? | The New York Times Magazine
A referendum on the November ballot in Florida would re-enfranchise 1.5 million citizens — and could change the state’s electorate.
View MoreIn Connecticut, a Teacher of the Year sets her sights on Congress | Yahoo
If victorious in November, she is poised to be the first black woman and first black Democrat to represent Connecticut in Congress.
View MoreA slave mother’s love in 56 carefully stitched words | KUOW
Before mother and daughter were separated, Rose gave Ashley a cotton sack. It contained a tattered dress, three handfuls of pecans and a lock of her hair. Rose told Ashley it was filled with love — always.
View MoreRecord Kerry James Marshall ‘Study’ tops Sotheby’s $31 million Contemporary Curated auction in New York | ArtDaily.org
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction concluded last night in New York with a total of $31 million – the highest-ever total for the auction series since it was introduced at Sotheby’s in 2013.
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