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by Ronda Racha Penrice onJanuary 11, 2013
From a Jackie Robinson biopic to a Will Smith sci-fi flick, these movies are likely to fill theaters this year.
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by Celeste Little onDecember 6, 2012
In a new format on Wednesdays, T.J. Holmes talked about minorities and Tinseltown on the BET talk show.
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by Tomika Anderson onNovember 16, 2012
Muta'Ali Muhammad told us why he's working hard on a doc about his famous 90-year-old grandmother.
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by Julie Walker onOctober 2, 2012
At the premiere of the film Black November, he and Wyclef Jean told us why the Niger Delta crisis matters.
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by Brett Johnson onJune 26, 2012
Dwight Henry stars in the acclaimed Beasts of the Southern Wild, set in Katrina-torn New Orleans.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 20, 2012
Twenty-five years after Hollywood Shuffle took on the treatment of black actors, has much changed?
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February 3, 2012
One of the first black TV stars tells Henry Louis Gates Jr. about life in the spotlight -- and why she thinks Roots wouldn't be made today.
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by Allison Samuels onJanuary 25, 2012
Daily Beast columnist Allison Samuels argues that the actress's suggestion that Viola Davis be more positive while discussing the plight of black actresses in Hollywood is emblematic of an intractable problem.
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by Erin E. Evans onJanuary 17, 2012
The crime drama featured Tupac's acting debut; find out what the rest of the cast has been up to since.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJanuary 11, 2012
He admits that Red Tails puts the black film community at risk.
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