“We are in a zeitgeist that is hungry for disruptors,” Davis told CNN in a recent interview. “We’re hungry for those voices that force us to be awoke.”
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James Baldwin FBI Files: How the Author’s Fearlessness Toward the FBI and Others Led to a Decade Long Witch-hunt – Atlanta Black Star
One of the many paradoxes of American society is that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has become both destroyer and archivists of 20th-century American radicalism.
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How Does an Urban Farmer Work? – Slate
Greg Willerer grows a fascinating array of edible greens on little more than an acre of Detroit land.
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Geri Allen, Pianist Who Reconciled Jazz’s Far-Flung Styles, Dies at 60 – The New York Times
Perhaps more than that of any other pianist, Ms. Allen’s style — harmonically refracted and rhythmically complex
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Halle Berry Comments On Black Lives Matter Supporters Who Only “Talk The Talk” – Vibe
Halle Berry believes that if you’re all talk and no substance when it comes to making a difference, don’t whine when nothing gets done.
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Afrofuturism: Imagining an Afrocentric Future – ThoughtCo
Rejecting Eurocentric Dominance and Normalization
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Web series ‘Little Apple’ tells story of girl growing up in gentrified Harlem – The Grio
Internet meet Little Apple, the wittiest 10-year old that you need to know. She’s really not your typical 10-year old.
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Compromise of 1877: Set Stage for Jim Crow Era – ThoughtCo.
Jim Crow Segregation Ruled South for Nearly a Century
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An ICON MANN Salute To Sidney Poitier – Ebony
Long considered one of the greatest actors to grace the silver screen; American born-Bahamian raised Sidney Poitier’s first foray to acting was at the age of 16 where upon arriving in New York City, working as dishwasher to make ends meet, he responded to a casting call for American Negro Theater in Harlem.
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[VIDEO] This Unbelievable Mr. Nancy Scene Is Why Everyone Needs To Be Watching American Gods – Gizmodo
Mr. Nancy—played by Orlando Jones—makes his debut on the next episode of American Gods, and his fiery introduction is one of the season’s best scenes. He manifests in the cargo hold of a slave ship, bluntly telling the kidnapped Africans about the future that they and their descendants will inherit.
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