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Take a Look at All This Black Genius the MacArthur Foundation Has Recognized | The Root
The best way to start any day is with some black excellence, and today that cup runneth the hell over. The list of MacArthur fellows is out, and this year, six of the recipients are black.
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A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community | The New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — From Thursday through Sunday, audiences at FringeArts in this city’s historic district heard a saxophone distorted through six effects pedals squealing at peak volume, surrealist absurdism from a heritage jazz ensemble, atonal electric harp, and solo flute played in vehement gusts over a track of looming electronics.
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A Former Superagent Bets Big on a More Diverse Hollywood | The New York Times Magazine
After years as the industry’s top African-American talent agent, Charles D. King is building an audacious new production company — with a vision for bringing long-neglected stories to the screen.
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Watch: An all-black musical gave Dorothy Dandridge a groundbreaking role in Hollywood history | Timeline
It was a crucial juncture in her career, a career during which she’d endured countless humiliations…
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5 Reasons Why You Need To Experience Sweet Honey In The Rock | Affinity
The ensemble is an a cappella group, rooted in African American culture with songs concerning the ideas of freedom, love, and protection of the earth and of each other.
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Watch: Reri Grist’s voice took her from the projects to the world’s most famous opera stages | Timeline
A soprano who got her start on ‘West Side Story’
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Mos Def on Retirement: “I’m Always Going to be Creating” | AFRO
ATLANTA (AP) — Hip-hop star Yasiin Bey took the stage at the ONE Musicfest for what appeared to be the last performance of his career.
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Lena Waithe Made History, and She Gave an Emmys Speech for Right Now | The New York Times
“The things that make us different, those are our superpowers,…”
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Meet the Stars of HGTV’s Most Highly Anticipated New Fall Show | Popsugar
HGTV is keeping the Flip or Flop spinoffs coming to great success. Its latest pair of house flippers are Texas-based Ashley and Andy Williams of the Fall’s highly anticipated new series Flip or Flop Fort Worth, premiering Thursday, Nov. 2.
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