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I May Restore You With This News: Michaela Coel Has Been Cast in Black Panther 2
Naturally, Black Twitter is speculating on who her character may be—the popular choice is Storm!
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Hop in MCU Lovers, We’re Going-Going, Back-Back to Wakanda
Ahh, Wakanda. The destination of my dreams, the city of my slumber, the vibranium-filled vessel of all that is Black and holy. The time will soon come, dear brethren and sistren, to take the trek back to our favorite fictional motherland for the sequel to the box office record-smashing, Blackity-black movie: Black Panther. On Monday,…
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Episode 3 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Delivers Some of the Series’ Best Action Yet
Full spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier below. Happy Monday, folks! Another weekend has come and gone which means it’s time for us to talk about episode three of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as a family. While I felt episode two struggled in the pacing department, this week bounced with an…
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Karen From Fox News Comes for Symone Sanders and Instantly Wishes She Didn’t
Every now and then, Fox News likes to play dress up and act like it isn’t the president’s personal YouTube channel. During this time, the right-leaning news station likes to invite guests from the other side of the aisle to come on the air only to try and berate them in front of its audience.…
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The Root Exclusive: Symone Sanders Is Part of the Dora Milaje
We should’ve known that Symone Sanders’ work as senior adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden was a cover. We should’ve known by the haircut and the “don’t take shit” attitude. We should’ve known with the way that she punishes pundits on a daily basis. Symone Sanders is part of the Dora Milaje, the elite…
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The Year That Was: A Love Letter to Black Women
Dear beautiful black Queens, By any measure, 2018 was undeniably your year. Despite everything you face in this country—from the perilous minefield of race and gender that you tiptoe across on a daily basis, to your beauty, your value, and your health under constant siege from those entrusted to protect you, to the crippling realization…
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Superwoman: Glow Actress Sydelle Noel Talks Black Love and Why She Should Be Our Next Action Star
Sydelle Noel has all the makings of a major female action star: She’s athletic, adventurous, has major charisma and is absolutely gorgeous. Oh, and she does all of her own stunts—as a recurring character on the television show Arrow, a Dora Milaje in Marvel’s blockbuster Black Panther and, most recognizably, as the formidable Cherry Bang…
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Way of the Warrior: Danai Gurira Tells Us How She Stays So Strong and Sexy in Women’s Health
Just when we’d decided that the beach was gonna get whatever body we decided to give it this year, here comes Danai Gurira on the cover of the July/August issue of Women’s Health, reminding us that we could probably do better. Not that we hope to reach Gurira-level fitness; the actress, playwright and activist works…
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Exclusive: Learn How Black Panther’s Dora Milaje Were Cast
To say the Dora Milaje were one of most fascinating aspects of Black Panther would be an understatement. The bad and bald ladies, led by Danai Gurira’s character, Okoye, were the epitome of strong black women in the film. But where did the producers find the rest of the women to portray the unbeatable and…
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Before There Was Wakanda: Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o Will Take Us Back in Time With The Woman King
We know, we know: You’re exhausted by the seemingly never-ending references to Black Panther and the Dora Milaje and black excellence and … this is your cue to exit stage left. You know, to someplace that’s not The Root. For the rest of you, we heard some Women’s History Month news Thursday night that has…