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Don’t Freeze! Danai Gurira’s Okoye Is Reportedly Starring In Black Panther Origin Series [Corrected]
Correction: 5/29/2021, 2:21 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this blog noted that Okoye will be getting her own original series, but upon clarification of the below blurb, it appears an Okoye-led series has not yet been confirmed. What has been confirmed via the below quoted section is Gurira’s character will be starring in the…
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'It’s a Cautionary Tale of What Happens if You Don’t Get Free': The Root Presents: It’s Lit! Talks The Secret Lives of Church Ladies With Deesha Philyaw
Amid a year with very few things to celebrate, one of its most celebrated books was Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. To date, the short story collection has been a 2020 National Book Award finalist, won the 2020 Story Prize, a 2020 L.A. Times Book Prize for first fiction, and the 2021…
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Bird Box(ing): Trevante Rhodes to Star as Mike Tyson in Hulu Biopic Series
Go ahead and picture Trevante Rhodes working on Mike Tyson’s famous lisp with a dialect coach because the actor has been cast as the legendary professional boxer for a new Hulu series. According to Deadline, the co-star of The United States vs. Billie Holiday will be portraying Tyson in Iron Mike, which is “set to…
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Roxane Gay Is Launching Her Own Imprint at Grove Atlantic
If you’ve been hungry for more work from Roxane Gay, you are soon to be sated. Via a press release provided to The Root, publisher Grove Atlantic has entered into a partnership with the bestselling author of Hunger, Bad Feminist, Difficult Women and other incredible works (as well as meriting her own MasterClass) to form…
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BET Awards 2021: Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Drake, Cardi B Among Nominees
The BET Awards, which recently revealed that it would be holding its 2021 ceremony live at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, has just announced their nominees for this year. Usually this is the part where we highlight the Blackity-black nominees but seeing as how this is the BET Awards where they usually highlight the best in…
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Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre: Directors Stanley Nelson and Marco Williams Reflect on 100 Years of Racist Terrorism
This year, it’ll be 100 years since the extremely grotesque act of domestic terrorism known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred on May 31 and June 1, 1921. Presented by the History Channel, Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre is directed by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning director Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, Crack: Cocaine, Corruption…
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‘I Had to Go So Deep Within Myself:’ Lauren London Talks Without Remorse and the Importance of Prioritizing Her Spiritual Journey
It’s an undeniable fact that the last year and a half has been a time filled with tremendous loss on multiple fronts. However, for Lauren London, a wife and mother who has had to deal with the loss of her partner, Nipsey Hussle, since 2019, this time has also been an opportunity to gain more…
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Exclusive Trailer: PBS POV Documentary The Neutral Ground Explores the Power a Losing Confederate Has in the U.S.
Here at The Root, we’ve provided exhaustive coverage on the ongoing fight in connection with the removal of Confederate monuments across the nation. The pushback against this glorification of inherently racist symbols has finally gotten some real results within the past few years. Sometimes protestors have to take action; sometimes government officials authorize the removal…and…
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The Cast of A Different World Take a Trip Down Memory Lane, and I’ve Never Wanted to Be a Hillman Alum So Bad
Mellifluous. A word that means “having a smooth rich flow,” as defined by Merriam-Webster. It’s also a word that I first heard many years ago while watching an episode of A Different World, uttered by Freddie’s then-boyfriend Shazza while explaining God knows what to who knows who. At the time, I thought the word sounded…
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Regé-Jean Page on the Importance of Donning the Duke and Why Representation Matters
Regé-Jean Page is everything. Sure, I may still be smitten by his role as the dashing Duke of Hastings in the Shondaland smashing hit, Bridgerton, but let’s be clear—Page’s star power goes beyond this Regency-era drama. In fact, his star is so bright that Page has already secured two major projects that are slated to…