underground railroad
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A Must-Watch: Hidden Black History Facts in ‘Leave The World Behind’
Read this before or after you watch the Netflix film produced by former President and FLOTUS Barack and Michelle Obama.
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Exclusive: Ibram X. Kendi Presents The Underground Railroad with 2022 Peabody Award
‘When we set out to make The Underground Railroad the primary goal for me was to honor the legacy of my ancestors,’ director/showrunner Barry Jenkins said.
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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: Barry Jenkins and A24 Reunite for New Film; Jenkin’s The Underground Railroad Gets Premiere Date on Amazon Prime Video
Barry Jenkins, the masterful director behind the Academy Award-winning Moonlight and Academy Award-nominated If Beale Street Could Talk, is teaming back up with A24 for an all-new feature, directed by Raven Jackson. According to Deadline, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt marks the first time since Moonlight that A24 and Jenkins’ production banner Pastel will…
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Rebels of Black History: The Women Who Freed a Thousand Slaves
Five origin stories of some of America’s greatest superheroes.
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What Harriet Teaches Us About Black Women’s Leadership
When most people think of Harriet Tubman, the first thing that comes to mind is how she helped hundreds of black people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad. Other aspects of her life, such as how she led a raid near the Combahee River that freed 700 enslaved people or how she was a founder…
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I'm Glad the Harriet Tubman Biopic Is on Its Way, So Some of You Can Finally Learn About the Underground Railroad
The trailer for the biopic about Harriet Tubman—called Harriet—recently hit the internets; the movie hits theaters in November. The film (perhaps controversially) stars Cynthia Erivo in the role of the most famous Harriet of all time. I have no facts to back up that statement but I feel it in my soul so I’m going…
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Elementary School Celebrates Black History Month by Having Kids Play Runaway Slave ‘Game’
Teachers at a northern Virginia elementary school recently decided it would be a great idea to teach black history by having kids play slaves on the Underground Railroad running from imaginary fugitive slave catchers because, well … there’s no other way to say this: a lot of racist people are also stupid. Or, alternately, a…