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Black Panther and Us star Winston Duke will be stepping into the role of political activist Marcus Garvey soon, The…

Just hours after Hulu announced the news of its limited series order about the life of Mike Tyson, the heavyweight…

On Monday, Ebony Magazine relaunched in digital format and announced a subsequent panel discussion set to touch on…

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Well folks, it seems that we’ve come to the end of this year’s Black History Month Road—but I can’t let you go just…

Halle Berrrrrry, Halle Berry! (For all my Hurricane Chris fans, that was for you.)

Barry Jenkins, the masterful director behind the Academy Award-winning Moonlight and Academy Award-nominated If…

Former Desus & Mero writer and comedian Ziwe Fumudoh will be making her small screen debut soon, thanks to Showtime.

Spike Lee will once again be back in his movie-making bag for Netflix, this time partnering up with See You Yesterday…

Harry Belafonte, the artist and activist who played a pivotal role in the fight for Civil Rights, will be…

Playwright. Tony-nominated actor. Director. Advocate. Those are just a few words to describe theater great Douglas…

Norman Lear, the TV legend behind The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Sanford & Son, is back with a new project named Cle…

A new series from Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Macro will be headed to BET+ soon, The Root has learned.

Nzingha Stewart, one of the directors of Hulu’s Emmy Award-winning Little Fire’s Everywhere, will be flexing her…

Little Fires Everywhere star Kerry Washington and The Old Guard star Charlize Theron will be facing off in School of…

Over the weekend, it was announced that former The Talk co-host Eve will be making her return to scripted…

My Dearest Reader,

Wow. It seems like just yesterday I was raising my fists, picking out my fro’, and blasting CB4’s “And I’m Black…

On Thursday, Netflix announced a brand new project from Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o based on her popular debut…

The life of Shirley Chisholm, the United States’ first Black congresswoman, will be getting the biopic treatment (yet…