Mike Fleming, Deadline [dropcap]Exclusive[/dropcap]: Fresh from playing the African warrior king Black Panther in Avengers: Endgame, Chadwick Boseman has officially aligned himself to play Yasuke, the first African samurai to swing a sword in Japan. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Erik Feig’s Picturestart has teamed with Mike De Luca and his De Luca Productions banner, Stephen L’Heureux and […]
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A local’s guide to Baltimore | The Washington Post
By Lisa Snowden-McCray + Photos by Andrew Mangum, The Washington Post [dropcap]P[/dropcap]eople from Baltimore can be cagey about the way outsiders see their city. That’s the kind of thing that happens when you live in close proximity to your more moneyed, fancier cousin, Washington, D.C., or when you’re faced with the real tragedy of crime […]
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In Celebration Of Juneteenth, National Buy Black Week Starts Right Now | Essence
In honor of this year’s Juneteenth, let’s try to buy Black all week long.
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Al Roker’s Son Nick Wins Two Gold Medals at Special Olympics New York: ‘Fabulous Father’s Day’ | People
In a Saturday Instagram post, Al Roker shared photos of his champion son, 16-year-old Nick, showing off those well-earned shiny gold swimming medals
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What Americans Need to Know About Reparations Ahead of This Week’s Big Hearing | Slate
Devin Katayama, Slate Danny Glover and Ta-Nehisi Coates are scheduled to testify at the hearing Wednesday. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Theo Wargo/Getty Images and Anna Webber/Getty Images for the New Yorker. Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] Wednesday, a House Judiciary subcommittee will hold the first congressional hearing in more than a decade on the subject […]
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How America Got Its First Black Radio Station | Atlas Obscura
In 1948, Memphis channel WDIA became a community voice and a rock ‘n’ roll star-maker.
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In Los Angeles, only people of color are sentenced to death | The Guardian
The county’s prosecutor has won death sentences for 22 defendants, none of them white, report shows
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The Woman Who Kept Juneteenth Alive in San Francisco | KQED
Devin Katayama & Ericka Cruz Guevarra,KQED A memorial table at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco honors community leaders who have passed. Rachel Townsend (center) who died in 2018 is remembered for her activism and organizing of the city’s annual Juneteenth parade. Featured Image [dropcap]San[/dropcap] Francisco’s Juneteenth, a commemoration of the […]
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What Cambridge University taught us about racism | The Guardian
Cambridge graduates Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi have written a guide to help students – and it’s the second title published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books
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Baltimore Officer Arrested After Manhandling Passerby Who Commented On Detainment Of Another Man | Essence
Baltimore Sgt. Ethan Newberg is facing charges of assault, false imprisonment and misconduct after his questionable detainment of Lee Dotson.
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