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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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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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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More Black Women Than Ever Are Running For Political Office In Alabama | Essence
This fall, both Democrats and Republicans across the country will experience a new political wave.
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This Black-Owned Business Is Making the At-Home Salon Experience More Inclusive | Elle
Chloe Hall, Elle [dropcap]Most[/dropcap] or our memories of at-home beauty “treatments” are actual nightmares: wicked little brothers with scissors and pranks involving your ponytail, moms with torturous combs, and girlfriends who have never met a shade of aquamarine that your face didn’t need more of. Let’s not even get started on the time you trimmed […]
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Kheris Rogers Launches Clothing Line to Combat Bullying Based on Skin Color | Teen Vogue
“You are beautiful no matter what shade you are.”
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Little Known Black History Fact: Florence Spearling Randolph | Black America Web
Rev. Randolph used her position in the pulpit to call out racism, gender inequality, and other issues related to social reform.
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Why can’t we talk about reparations? A congressional candidate broaches an unmentionable topic | Salon
I’m running for Congress in Indiana, and I’ve been warned to stay away from “radical” issues. This shouldn’t be one.
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw: on Oprah, race and Hollywood | The Guardian
Already one of Britain’s most promising actors, Gugu Mbatha-Raw is now joining the A-list and working with the likes of Oprah, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon
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