“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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Capturing the Civil Rights Era Through the Lens of Gordon Parks | Daily Beast
Gordon Parks captured the beauty, horror, and complexities behind the lives of those who lived during the Civil Rights Era.
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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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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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How Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It reboot takes aim at gentrified Brooklyn | The Guardian
Lee’s 10-part Netflix remix of his 1986 comedy takes place in a neighborhood that’s become overpriced for and underpopulated by a community squeezed out.
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Watch: Eartha Kitt spoke truth at a White House luncheon, and got blacklisted | Timeline
Her simple, brutal words about the Vietnam war had the first lady in tears
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The Culture Caught Up With Spike Lee — Now What? | The New York Times Magazine
After more than three decades as a provocateur, the filmmaker has returned to the movie that made him famous.
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Baltimore Rising: HBO Documentary Chronicles A City Trying To Heal After Freddie Gray’s Death | Essence
When Freddie Gray died in police custody in April 2015, Baltimore was thrust into the glare of a harsh spotlight.
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Della Reese, Music Icon And ‘Touched By An Angel’ Star, Dead At 86 | Huffington Post
“I know heaven has a brand new angel this day,” costar Roma Downey said.
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