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Brooke Obie is the author of the award-winning Black revolution novel BOOK OF ADDIS: CRADLED EMBERS, on sale now.

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5/3/18

Here’s a List of Books on Slavery That Kanye Should Read

Kanye West doesn’t care about books.

Brooke Obie

PublishedMay 3, 2018

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3/8/18

The Retroactive Healing Power of A Wrinkle in Time

I was expecting director Ava DuVernay’s new sci-fi/fantasy film A Wrinkle in Time to be magic. I’d seen her achieve…

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PublishedMarch 8, 2018

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2/13/18

BNYFW: Welcome to Wakanda!

Ever since Marvel slayed us with the first trailer for Black Panther, folks have been feening to dress up like the…

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PublishedFebruary 13, 2018

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2/7/18

Paint It Black: New Orleans Artist ‘Bmike’ Odums on Being Featured in Queen Sugar

Celebrating the Glorious Beauty of Blackness on the small screen

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PublishedFebruary 7, 2018

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2/6/18

After Making History, New Orleans’ 1st Female Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, Is Ready to Shape the City’s Future

New Orleans Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell didn’t set out to make history. But as the city celebrates its 300th…

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PublishedFebruary 6, 2018

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1/22/18

Time’s Up on Men Telling Single Women How to Be Worthy of Marriage

The straights are at it again.

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PublishedJanuary 22, 2018

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1/12/18

New Orleans Icon Leah Chase Is 95—and Fabulous

It’s dinnertime in the dining hall of the famous New Orleans soul food haven Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. Executive…

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PublishedJanuary 12, 2018

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1/10/18

The Opposite of ‘Monkey’ Isn’t ‘Royalty’; It’s ‘Human’

Fashion brand H&M raised the ire of many when it released a racist ad of a young black boy in a green hoodie with…

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PublishedJanuary 10, 2018

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1/23/17

Woman in Viral Photo From Women’s March to White Female Allies: ‘Listen to a Black Woman’

Angela Peoples did not come to the Women’s March on Washington to play. The 30-year-old co-director of the LGBTQ…

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PublishedJanuary 23, 2017

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