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2/21/20

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#BlackExcellenceWeekend: BET, NAACP Image Awards and ABFF to Pay Tribute to Us in the Same Weekend

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2/11/20

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UCLA Just Dropped Its 2020 Hollywood Diversity Report and...It's Heavy on the Mayonnaise

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2/10/20

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Stand Up! The Oscars May Not Give Cynthia Erivo Her Flowers (Yet), But We Will

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2/10/20

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Oscars 2020: 80 Years After Hattie McDaniel Became the 1st Black Academy Award Winner, Hair Love Somehow Became The Night's Only One

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2/7/20

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Oscars Still White: April Reign Explains Why 'Diversity' Alone Isn't Cutting It

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1/14/20

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How to Win an Oscar If You’re Black

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1/13/20

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A Boomerang of Black Erasure: Welp, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 Oscars Presentation Is Still Relevant in 2020

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1/13/20

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Oscars 2020: On a Scale of Taylor Swift to Gary Owen, How White Were the Nominations?

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1/9/20

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#OscarsSoWypipo: How Is the 2020 Academy Awards Going Hostless Again When Michael Harriot Is Right Here?

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1/7/20

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BAFTAs 2020: Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Ward Receive Rising Star Noms, Rest of Film List Full of Colonizers

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12/20/19

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10 Years an #OscarsSoWhite: Only 5 Actresses of Color Were Nominated for Lead Actress in the Entire Decade

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11/26/19

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Who Should Host the 2020 Oscars? The Blackademy Weighs In

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6/24/19

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Building His Own: Tyler Perry Is Partnering With BET to Launch Streaming Service This Fall

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9/6/18

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After Backlash, the Oscars Backtrack on the Best Popular Film Category (for Now)

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6/26/18

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6/26/18

Say Bye to #OscarsSoWhite; Academy Announces New Members in Hopes of Becoming More Diverse

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3/4/18

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Of Lions, Hunters and Heroes: Black Film, Black Stories and Black Realities

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7/29/17

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7/29/17

#NoConfederate: Let HBO Know Their Tone-Deaf Show Has Got To Go

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6/15/17

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Actress Elizabeth Banks Calls Out Steven Spielberg for Never Making a Movie With a Female Lead, Because I Guess The Color Purple Doesn’t Exist

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3/2/17

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3/2/17

Racial Progress in Film Remains Slow Drag 30 Years After Hollywood Shuffle

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3/1/17

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3/1/17

For Many, Hollywood Gets Closer to the Truth

Richard Prince

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B. Smith, Trailblazing Fashion Model and Entrepreneur, Dead at 70, Husband Confirms

A Racist Judge, An Alleged Affair and N-Word Laced Text Messages Put 8 Years of Cases Under Review

White Supremacist Group Arrested for Murder Plot, Found to Have More Targets in Mind Than Previously Known

#BlackExcellenceWeekend: BET, NAACP Image Awards and ABFF to Pay Tribute to Us in the Same Weekend

UCLA Just Dropped Its 2020 Hollywood Diversity Report and...It's Heavy on the Mayonnaise

Stand Up! The Oscars May Not Give Cynthia Erivo Her Flowers (Yet), But We Will

Oscars 2020: 80 Years After Hattie McDaniel Became the 1st Black Academy Award Winner, Hair Love Somehow Became The Night's Only One

Oscars Still White: April Reign Explains Why 'Diversity' Alone Isn't Cutting It

How to Win an Oscar If You’re Black

A Boomerang of Black Erasure: Welp, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 Oscars Presentation Is Still Relevant in 2020

Oscars 2020: On a Scale of Taylor Swift to Gary Owen, How White Were the Nominations?

#OscarsSoWypipo: How Is the 2020 Academy Awards Going Hostless Again When Michael Harriot Is Right Here?

BAFTAs 2020: Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Ward Receive Rising Star Noms, Rest of Film List Full of Colonizers

10 Years an #OscarsSoWhite: Only 5 Actresses of Color Were Nominated for Lead Actress in the Entire Decade

Who Should Host the 2020 Oscars? The Blackademy Weighs In

Building His Own: Tyler Perry Is Partnering With BET to Launch Streaming Service This Fall

After Backlash, the Oscars Backtrack on the Best Popular Film Category (for Now)

Say Bye to #OscarsSoWhite; Academy Announces New Members in Hopes of Becoming More Diverse

Of Lions, Hunters and Heroes: Black Film, Black Stories and Black Realities

#NoConfederate: Let HBO Know Their Tone-Deaf Show Has Got To Go

Actress Elizabeth Banks Calls Out Steven Spielberg for Never Making a Movie With a Female Lead, Because I Guess The Color Purple Doesn’t Exist

Racial Progress in Film Remains Slow Drag 30 Years After Hollywood Shuffle

For Many, Hollywood Gets Closer to the Truth

This Tesla Model X Has Driven Over 400,000 Miles. Here Are All The Parts That Had To Be Replaced

After Confessing To Playing 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild, St. Vincent Realizes She's Played 300 Hours Of Breath Of The Wild

Famed DIY Rocketeer “Mad” Mike Hughes Dies While Trying to Launch Another Homemade Rocket

#BlackExcellenceWeekend: BET, NAACP Image Awards and ABFF to Pay Tribute to Us in the Same Weekend

UCLA Just Dropped Its 2020 Hollywood Diversity Report and...It's Heavy on the Mayonnaise

Stand Up! The Oscars May Not Give Cynthia Erivo Her Flowers (Yet), But We Will

Oscars 2020: 80 Years After Hattie McDaniel Became the 1st Black Academy Award Winner, Hair Love Somehow Became The Night's Only One

Oscars Still White: April Reign Explains Why 'Diversity' Alone Isn't Cutting It

How to Win an Oscar If You’re Black

A Boomerang of Black Erasure: Welp, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 Oscars Presentation Is Still Relevant in 2020

Oscars 2020: On a Scale of Taylor Swift to Gary Owen, How White Were the Nominations?

#OscarsSoWypipo: How Is the 2020 Academy Awards Going Hostless Again When Michael Harriot Is Right Here?

BAFTAs 2020: Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Ward Receive Rising Star Noms, Rest of Film List Full of Colonizers

10 Years an #OscarsSoWhite: Only 5 Actresses of Color Were Nominated for Lead Actress in the Entire Decade

Who Should Host the 2020 Oscars? The Blackademy Weighs In

Building His Own: Tyler Perry Is Partnering With BET to Launch Streaming Service This Fall

After Backlash, the Oscars Backtrack on the Best Popular Film Category (for Now)

Say Bye to #OscarsSoWhite; Academy Announces New Members in Hopes of Becoming More Diverse

Of Lions, Hunters and Heroes: Black Film, Black Stories and Black Realities

#NoConfederate: Let HBO Know Their Tone-Deaf Show Has Got To Go

Actress Elizabeth Banks Calls Out Steven Spielberg for Never Making a Movie With a Female Lead, Because I Guess The Color Purple Doesn’t Exist

Racial Progress in Film Remains Slow Drag 30 Years After Hollywood Shuffle

For Many, Hollywood Gets Closer to the Truth