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by Brett Johnson onJanuary 3, 2013
From Rita Dove's poetry to James Baldwin's essays, this author picks the titles that most inspire her.
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by Brett Johnson onDecember 27, 2012
From Roots to Django Unchained, here are the best and worst attempts at depicting our shackled past.
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by Gary Dauphin onOctober 30, 2012
Arranged by category, these films were made to spook the bejesus out of you this Halloween.
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October 29, 2010
For Colored Girls, Tyler Perry's adaptation of Ntozake Shange's famous play, has been met with resistance from fans of the choreopoem. But it's not the first celebrated written work-turned-movie that critics feel should have been left alone.
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