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Right about now, you’re hopefully on your third (or fourth) round of leftovers, giving new meaning to the term…

There’s been this wild theory going around that now that all of us non-essential workers have been working from home…

I don’t know exactly when I decided to stop writing about whiteness and focus purely on blackness. What I do know is…

LGBTQ African Americans have always been here. (Drag) Kings and Queens, dykes, homos, gender nonconforming,…

One of the visionaries who helped bring James Baldwin’s work to luminous life on the big screen has died. Earlier…

Publisher Synopsis: A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation…

“A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are a necessity,” Toni Morrison writes in the prologue of…

Last year when promoting his Academy Award-winning film, Moonlight, director Barry Jenkins found himself at the…

Barry Jenkins sure knows how to illustrate the fuck out of love.

During the course of filming If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins tried to stay loyal to the vision and flavor…

“Trust love, all the way.” Those are the final words of Barry Jenkins’ full-length trailer for his adaptation of…

Though James Baldwin left Harlem when he was in his teens, the historic black neighborhood was never far from his…

Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight, which snagged 2017’s Best Picture Oscar, is back with If Beale Street Could…

Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) has tackled James Baldwin’s tragic, yet beautiful tale, If Beale…

I wanted to be able to come here and speak with you on this occasion because you are young, gifted and black. ... I,…

For many of us with ties to the city of Atlanta, the name Wayne Williams evokes memories. While I was too young and…

Last night, the Yara Shahidi-led vehicle Grown-ish debuted. For those not in the know, it’s a spinoff from hit ABC…

Today marks 30 years since James Baldwin’s passing, and America seems to be as ignorant of its inherent racism as it…

After his history-making turn directing Moonlight, Barry Jenkins has chosen to tackle the work of one of America’s…

Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning feature film Moonlight, has plans to bring more black excellence to the…