Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer has been linked to a new project and we’re particularly excited about it. According to Variety, Spencer has signed on to executive produce an independent movie about Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman.
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Nat Geo Developing ‘Hidden Figures’ Scripted Series | Colorlines
The series draws from the Oscar-nominated movie about the Black women whose mathematical expertise made some of NASA’s earliest missions possible.
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The Report on Race That Shook America | The Atlantic
It came out in 1968—yet little has changed since the Kerner Commission denounced “white racism.”
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Q-Tip Joins NYU Clive Davis Institute Faculty, Co-Teaches Course Exploring Connections Between Jazz and Hip-Hop | NYU
New Course Among the First to Explore Historical, Social, and Musical Connections Between Jazz and Hip-Hop
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Photos reveal black work camps in Mich. in Depression | The Detroit News
Detroit – A striking, sepia-toned picture recently acquired by the University of Michigan jumps out from the past and begs to tell a story: A man dressed in a heavy coat and hat is as big as the cabin door whose knob he is reaching to turn and enter.
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New Doc Explores How ‘Mr. SOUL!’ Brought Black Culture to Talk Show TV | Colorlines
Ellis Haizlip broke the talk show and public television color barrier when he introduced “SOUL!,” the weekly program he hosted during the late ’60s and early ’70s, to PBS.
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Harry Belafonte: To realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, white America needs to change course | PBS
And I was just absolutely struck with the way in which he presented his case to the black community, condemning them for being not more engaged in the social destiny of black people.
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We can’t ignore race in the tragic story of Devonte Hart and his white adoptive mothers | The Washington Post
There’s a dominant narrative of white innocence that contributes to the perception of white parents who adopt black children as selfless do-gooders.
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Nikki Giovanni: ‘Martin Had Faith in the People’ | The Atlantic
The day after King’s death, the writer-activist wrote a poem about what his loss meant to a movement. Fifty years later, she discusses how his model of leadership lives on.
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Grace Jones on a Lifetime of Doing Whatever She Pleases | The New York Times
The documentary “Bloodlight and Bami” showcases the 69-year-old music and fashion icon at her most fierce and most vulnerable.
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