Watch: The Year in Black Cinema

By: Jenée Desmond-Harris | Posted: December 23, 2011 at 6:40 PM

Video: The year in black cinema: Check out Shadow and Act's 2011 Black Cinema Year in Review video compilation; how many of the highlighted films can you identify?

Video: Tyler, the Creator arrested for vandalism: TMZ says that he was arrested in Hollywood after he allegedly trashed some sound equipment inside the world-famous Roxy on Sunset Blvd

For black Americans, a longer time without work: Although the U.S. gained more than 120,000 jobs last month, the number of long-term unemployed barely shifted, and unemployment rates for African Americans continued to go through the roof, an NPR and Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows.

"Killed over Concords" story not true: The disbelief over unruly crowds fighting and being pepper-sprayed over Air Jordan Concords turned to mourning when it was reported on social media and blogs that a young man, 18-year-old Tyreek Amir Jacobs, had been killed for the coveted shoes. But police say it appears to have been a hoax, and the image of Jacobs was a stock photo.

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