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Check Out Black Brilliance 360, a Web Series Delivering Real Talk by and for Black Men
Negative images of black men are easy enough to find in American culture, the kinds of images that label them as “thugs” or criminals. But a new web series called black brilliance 360, which launched this week, is out to flip the narrative on who black men are and what they’re really about. Produced by…
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Review: Hidden Figures Brilliantly Shines Light on 3 Black Women Who Helped NASA Reach New Heights
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that the already-celebrated film Hidden Figures is coming to a theater near you as it reaches its nationwide release Friday. Based on a book by the same name, Hidden Figures is a historical drama set in 1960s Hampton, Va., that chronicles the personal and professional lives…
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Why Were My Freedmen Ancestors Split Between Tribes?
Dear Professor Gates: My ancestor Billy Postoak (aka Taylor and possibly Perryman) was born about 1820 in Alabama and was a slave of Taylor Postoak (Creek Indian). He married a Lizzie Smith and they had a son named Isaac Nivens (born about 1840-1842) in Alabama. A slave schedule shows Isaac was a slave of Cherokee…
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Black Fashion Designers Get Some Long-Overdue Love in New Exhibit
Black style is so prominent that the first word of the couplet is practically unnecessary; very little that’s stylish doesn’t have some black antecedent. On the other hand, black fashion designers? They are some of the other hidden figures on the cultural landscape. That’s what makes “Black Fashion Designers,” the exhibit that runs until May…
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Obama Designates 1.35 Million Acres in Utah to Protect Native Lands
In yet another move meant to cement his legacy as an environmental advocate, President Barack Obama recently designated 1.35 million acres of land in Utah for a new national monument, one meant to protect Native lands and precious environmental resources. The Bears Ears National Monument is 1.35 million acres of public land, “redrock country rich…
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Iconic Hollywood Sign Defaced to Read ‘Hollyweed’
A creative prankster changed the iconic ”Hollywood” sign over Los Angeles by manipulating it to read “Hollyweed,” CNN reports. The vandal used tarps to change the O’s in the sign to E’s. He (police think the perpetrator is probably a man) was caught on security-camera footage between midnight and 2 a.m. local time Sunday, but…
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Watch: CNN’s Don Lemon Gets Lit Off Tequila on Air
They say “loose lips sink ships” and “in vino veritas.” Well, CNN anchor Don Lemon’s veritas got a bit personal after too much vino (or tequila shots, in this case). Perhaps it was the weight of the year, perhaps it was because he and co-anchor Brooke Baldwin were in New Orleans. Whatever the case, Lemon…
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President Obama Outlines His Greatest Hits on Twitter
President Barack Obama and his family return to White House from their annual Hawaiian vacation today, but the president still managed to hit his Twitter account on the first day of the New Year. As with the rest of us, the president may realize that he is really looking at his last days in office. For…
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Beyond the Hashtag: Black Films Have Shown Much Promise Since #OscarsSoWhite
As remote as 2015 now feels, it’s hard to forget, as the award season rolls around again, the groundswell caused by the hashtag that became the David to Hollywood’s Goliath. After the Academy Award nominations in February 2016 essentially shut out people of color in several categories two years in a row, social media erupted…
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Watch: Condola Rashad Gets Engaged on NYE
Condola Rashad, the daughter of our favorite TV mom, Phylicia Rashad, and TV analyst Ahmad Rashad, has seen her star rise in the last few years, putting in serious work in the acting arena. Now it looks as if she is ready to embark on a new part of her life. Sebastian!!!!!!!!!!!The surprise!! The shock! My…
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