Canada’s 150th birthday has prompted much looking back at our history. And one of the things Canadians have long been proud about is our status as the final stop on the Underground Railroad, a safe refuge for American slaves fleeing bondage.
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Photographer Alex Harsely lights up June Kelly Gallery – New York Amsterdam News
A lot of planning goes into a seemingly candid photograph when an artist is at work. This fact becomes self-evident when you visit the current show at June Kelly Gallery titled “Alex Harsely: An Overview,” now on display through July 28.
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Nina Simone in Liberia | Guernica
The singer went to Africa, she said, in search of peace, or a husband, or maybe the feeling of home.
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Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story | PBS
In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for murder. There was no question that a 43-year-old man is dead and that she killed him.
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The Carmichael Show Reinvented the Sitcom by Going Back to Its Roots | Slate
The Carmichael Show has been canceled by NBC—or maybe Jerrod Carmichael quit. Either way, it’s not much of a surprise, but it is an enormous loss.
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Discovering Cuba | New York Amsterdam News
Nearly two years ago, President Obama eased relations and lifted sanctions over Cuba, allowing Americans to travel to the Caribbean island, only 90 miles south of us, for the first time in more than 60 years.
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Barry Jenkins Sets James Baldwin Adaptation ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ As First Post-‘Moonlight’ Feature | Indie Wire
The very busy filmmaker has finally announced his first film project after his historic Oscar win.
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Did You Know: Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company (1865-1874) – Afram News
The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company, commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, was incorporated on March 3, 1865. It was created by the United States Congress along with the Freedmen’s Bureau to aid the freedmen in their transition from slavery to freedom.
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Review: In ‘The Defiant Ones,’ a Revealing Portrait of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine | The New York Times
Money is nice, fame is dizzying, and professional accolades can be rewarding. But the truest measurement of a life lived well — or at least strategically — may be the quality of the biographer you can persuade, or hire, to tell your story.
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Tenn. Lawmakers Seek to Strengthen Relationship with State HBCUs – Afro
Tennessee’s historically Black colleges and universities will soon have a team of advocates and an executive director in the state’s capital of Nashville.
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