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Angela Bassett

Watch: Our Favorite Celebrities Bid Farewell to President Barack Obama

Realizing that you’re losing President Barack Obama is like being peacefully asleep and suddenly being jerked awake with a gasp. And you’re just sitting there, too shaken to go back to sleep and too tired to move. It’s a paralyzing fear. President Obama, love him or hate him, made history, and since his first inauguration…

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Danielle Young

Published

December 15, 2016
Very Smart Brothas

10 Breakups That Would Totally Absolutely Devastate Black America More Than Brangelina's

My cousin, the unsinkable sarah huny young, and I regularly frequent the same coffee shop. But we rarely see each other there because she’s usually there early (9am to 1:30-ishpm) and I usually don’t get there until after 2pm. Today, however, I had a meeting there at noon and was able to chop it up…

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Damon Young

Published

September 20, 2016
News

25 Years Later, the Power and Brilliance of Boyz n the Hood Still Resonate

“In any type of writing program, they say to write about what you know,” John Singleton told Walter Mosley during a conversation following a 25th-anniversary screening of his classic film debut, Boyz n the Hood, in New York in June. “When you’re a certain age, you only have a limited amount of life experience. I…

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Ronda Racha Penrice

Published

July 12, 2016
Very Smart Brothas

Underrated Moments In Black History: Angela Bassett Slaps A White Woman

Happy Black History Month everyone! I hope your edges are extra laid and your chicken extra crispy. More often than not, I find that Black History Month tends to turn into “explain standard historical references to white people who just never bothered to do their googles.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m learning things about Black…

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Shamira Ibrahim

Published

February 3, 2016