emancipation
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Best Streaming Services for Your Black Dollar in December
Netflix? Hulu? Apple? HBO? Disney? Here are the ten best streaming services for your Black dollar right now.
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Will Smith Hosts Private Emancipation Screening With Dave Chappelle, Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Tyler Perry, and More
'It’s truly powerful, moving and captivating,' Perry wrote on Instagram afterward.
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Will Smith’s Emancipation Pushed to 2023
The Apple drama starring the Oscar-winner as an escaped slave will now be released in 2023.
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Release the Purple Cut: Never-Before-Heard Prince Album Welcome 2 America Is Coming in July
Fans of the late legendary artist and musician Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson) have read about his iconic vault located at Paisley Park, which is said to contain a significant amount of unreleased songs. Well, fans are in for a treat because one particular collection of those songs will be released to the public this…
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Emancipation: Will Smith to Star in Film Based on Historic Photo of Enslaved Man 'Whipped Peter' Gordon
Will Smith has a new upcoming project and it appears to be a brutally honest look into America’s history. According to Deadline, Smith will be starring in Emancipation, an action-thriller chronicling the escape of enslaved man Peter Gordon, who is “forced to outwit cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey…
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Janet Mock Makes History by Becoming the 1st Black Trans Woman to Sign Deal With a Major Studio
On June 19, 1865, history was made and the last enslaved black Americans gained their independence. Today, 154 years after emancipation, Janet Mock made history by becoming the first black trans woman to establish an overall deal with a major studio. Obviously, I did not jest when I wrote that the cast of Pose is…
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Proof of the Reality of Slavery ‘Up North’ in New York City and Its Aftermath Is in Danger of Disappearing Forever
A report just last year found that when it comes to teaching about slavery—the very economic and social foundation on which this nation was built—the U.S. does a piss poor job. As the Southern Poverty Law Center found: “Students lack a basic knowledge of the important role [slavery] played in shaping the United States and…