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Regina King Inks First-Look, Multi-Year Deal With Netflix And Fans Love It | Huff Post

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

The “If Beale Street Could Talk” Academy Award winner has partnered with the streaming service to produce films and television series.

How a Wave of Honest History Museums Is Changing Black Tourism | Slate

May 2, 2019May 13, 2020African American History, Black History ...

On a walking tour of the New Orleans Garden District, my husband and I exchanged meaningful glances after the fourth or fifth time our guide delicately referred to the slaves who once worked in those elegant old homes as “servants.” To our ears, the reference was absurdly, offensively inapt, as if those enslaved people had […]

World’s Largest Museum dedicated to Black Civilizations opens in Senegal | Shoppe Black

May 2, 2019May 13, 2020Africa, KINDR'D ...

After 52 years of waiting, Senegal is finally opening what has been described as the largest museum of Black civilization in the capital, Dakar. With close to 14,000 square metres of floor space and capacity for 18,000 exhibits, the new Museums of Black Civilizations is already capable of competing with the National Museum of African […]

Viola Davis on Being Diagnosed With Prediabetes: ‘I Was Shocked’ | Self.com

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019African American Health, Health ...

The actress tells us about life after her diagnosis.

West Point gets 1st black superintendent in 216-year history | Army Times

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019African American Veterans, KINDR'D ...

The Associated Press, Army Times [dropcap]WEST[/dropcap] POINT, N.Y. — Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking Army posts in Europe and Asia, will become the first black officer to command West Point in its 216-year history, academy officials announced Friday. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Williams will assume command as […]

The Critique That Inspired John Singleton to Make Poetic Justice | The Atlantic

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019African American Film, Black Film ...

After Boyz n the Hood was challenged on its portrayal of African American women, the late director created a character meant to better reflect their myriad experiences.

Building Wakandas: African Union Ambassador on How the AU Is Helping All Blacks Overcome ‘The Seed of Divide and Conquer’ | Atlanta Black Star

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019Africa, KINDR'D ...

Kim Dankoor, Atlanta Black Star [dropcap]The[/dropcap] African Union is a continental body that consists of all of the 55 African nations, and its mission can be described as overcoming the greatest weapon that colonial powers have used against Black people: the strategy of divide and conquer. The AU’s ambassador to the United States and the […]

Holder calls on 2020 presidential candidates to help redistricting prep | Politico

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Daniel Strauss, Politico Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Justice Department in Washington, on Sept. 16, 2014. Susan Walsh—AP [dropcap]Former[/dropcap] Attorney General Eric Holder says a shock loss in Wisconsin earlier this month should be “a wake-up call” for Democrats that the Midwest hasn’t abandoned President Donald […]