CNN fired Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday after the longtime contributor made comments about Israel during a U.N. speech.
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These 3 Black Women Are Aiming To Change The Face Of Talk Shows | Essence
Cable networks and digital platforms are welcoming a diverse range of modern creatives who are now emboldened to develop their own audiences.
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The Heavy Burden of Teaching My Son About American Racism | The Atlantic
If my black child has to learn that society will hate him, he should hear about it from someone who unconditionally loves him.
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First African-American Top Network Executive Exiting ABC | The Afro American (AFRO)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey, who created a deep bench of ethnic diversity in the network’s shows and fired Roseanne Barr for a racist tweet, will be stepping down.
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Beauty Entrepreneur Breaks Down After Making $1 Million In 90 Minutes | Atlanta Black Star
New Orleans native Supa Cent was filled with tears of joy on Monday morning after making a million dollars in less than two hours.
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The App at the Heart of the Movement to End Affirmative Action | The Atlantic
“WeChat is a monster. There’s nothing like it on Earth.”
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Mississippi’s black Republicans stick with Hyde-Smith | McClatchy DC
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
African American Republicans in Mississippi are standing by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Tuesday’s Senate runoff, despite her comment expressing a willingness to attend a public hanging — a quip that’s triggered painful reminders of the state’s history of lynching blacks.
Meet Harvard Newspaper’s First Ever Black Female President | African American News & Issues
Cambridge, MA — Kristine E. Guillaume, a 20-year old student of Harvard University, has recently been voted to lead the prestigious school’s newspaper, The Crimson. She made history as the first…
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Barry Jenkins to Hollywood: Adapt More Black Literature | Colorlines
The “If Beale Street Could Talk” director discusses the importance of the Black literary canon to the film industry.
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A National Gallery show examines Gordon Parks’s early years | The Washington Post
Parks had a sense of the camera’s potential as a tool of social justice from early on.
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