“Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle; legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non-violent,” Hansberry wrote in 1962.
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Major Black presence at Sundance 2018, Jan. 18-28 | New York Amsterdam News
There will never be a shortage of creativity to come from our community.
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2017 was historic for Blacks on Broadway and in theater in general | New York Amsterdam News
The year 2017 was historic, as African-Americans made great strides on Broadway.
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[Watch] This Black Panther Toy Commercial Is More Important Than You Understand | Gizmodo
A big part of how we come to love characters has to do with how much we’re exposed to them and how often we’re able to see ourselves in them in a meaningful way.
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Sterling K. Brown Is The First Black Man To Win Golden Globe For Best Actor In Drama TV Series | Huffington Post
He thanked “This is Us” creator Dan Fogelman for writing “a role for a black man that can only be played by a black man.”
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Madam C.J. Walker’s “Villa Lewaro” Estate in New York Protected as National Treasure with Preservation Easement | Good Black News
On the heels of launching the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, the largest preservation campaign ever undertaken on behalf of African-American history, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced a preservation easement on Madam C.J. Walker’s estate, Villa Lewaro. A powerful preservation tool, the easement prevents current and future owners from making adverse changes to or demolishing the estate’s historic, cultural and architectural features.
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Watch Lena Waithe, Common’s New Trailer for ‘The Chi’ | Rolling Stone
Showtime’s “timely coming-of-age story” to premiere in January
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Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 | The New York Times
COLUMBIA, Md. — The soprano Leontyne Price, who retired from singing 20 years ago, assumed that the triumphs of her illustrious career were behind her. Not so. At 90, Ms. Price has become an unlikely movie star.
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Mississippi Goddam: Dr. Nina Simone Remembered | Fashion Unfiltered
In an exclusive interview, Lisa Simone talks about her mother, Nina Simone, the icon’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the documentary, “What Happened, Miss Simone?”
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Theater review: ‘Alice’ gets a curiouser adaptation at Baltimore Center Stage, featuring aerials and Demi Lovato music | The Baltimore Sun
FIlled with odd characters and even more unusual twists on what we think of as reality, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fantasy “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is practically ready-made for the stage.
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