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Billion-Dollar Legacy: Reginald F. Lewis’ Incredible Life Story Comes to Film
Reginald Lewis may not be well-known to today’s youth, and that’s a shame because his life and work is Black excellence personified.
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17 Reported Dead in Fatal Florida High School Shooting; More Injured
Updated Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, 6:40 p.m. EST: The Washington Post reports that at least 17 people are said to be dead in the Wednesday-afternoon shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told reporters that 12 people were killed inside the school, three more died outside and…
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Angela Davis Frees Herself of Her Personal Archives, Which Go to Harvard
Angela Davis, the academic, womanist, activist and freedom fighter who has been part of the quest for black liberation and dignity for more than 50 years, has decided to give her personal effects to Harvard. The Schlesinger Library at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced Tuesday that it has acquired more than 150…
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Ava DuVernay and Los Angeles Mayor Create $5,000,000 Program to Diversify Lily-White Hollywood
Flourishing filmmaker Ava DuVernay teamed up with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and launched a $5 million diversity program on Monday that will hopefully bring some much-needed color to the lily-white business of Hollywood. The new program, called the Evolve Entertainment Fund, is set to begin this summer and will initially assist 150 interns for…
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A Community Reels After the Police Killing of 16-Year-Old Anthony ‘A.J.’ Weber in Los Angeles
There is a familiar grief ritual when a young person dies, especially from violence, especially in poor, black communities. It is communal, emotive and performative, as black people are wont to be, and much the same the world over. After news of the death spreads, people pour out of their homes to a common area—a…
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Yet Another Black Transgender Woman Killed; Friends Up in Arms Because She Was Misgendered
Another transgender woman was killed this month, this time in Jacksonville, Fla., making it the second trans killing within a week. According to The Advocate, on Feb. 4, 36-year-old Celine Walker was found shot to death in an Extended Stay America hotel at about 8 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene. The Advocate reports…
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Baltimore Cops May Soon Be Liable for Payouts to Victims of Police Brutality
In a move that may finally break up the stronghold of protection that blankets police officers when accused of brutality or death, the city of Baltimore has instated a new policy that may make officers liable for payouts to victims. The Forward Observer reports that the Baltimore police union recently sent an email to members…
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World of Wakanda! Marvel Releases the Black Panther’s Family Tree (and There’s a White Bro in It!)
Just days before the film opens wide to all of black America, Marvel released the family tree of T’Challa, also known as the Black Panther, for all the world to see. And like many of us who do our own DNA test or family tree, there’s a surprise or two (oh, hello, white brother) dangling…
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Trump Shows That in His Mind, Only White Men Deserve the Benefit of the Doubt
In President Donald Trump’s latest edition of “White Men Are Soooo Persecuted,” more than a few folks clapped back against his seeming raison d’être (protecting the feelings and asses of said white men). On Saturday the president tweeted that “[p]eoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation,” referring to the resignations of…
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Idris Elba Is Off the Market—He Popped the Question to Sabrina Dhowre in London Town
There are going to be more than a few tears shed today around the world (What? There’s nothing in my eye!) because Idris Elba is officially off the market. The 45-year-old actor popped the question to 29-year-old Sabrina Dhowre, the 2014 Miss Vancouver, on Saturday before a screening of his directorial debut, Yardie, a film…
