A True Rebel Against Injustice

  Set against the antebellum South and based on a true story, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher whose financially strained...
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The State of The Black Music Business

  Nicki Minaj. The Roots. Lil’ Wayne.   They’re more than just popular musicians; they’re practically household name in America, people you’re more apt to know from their commercials, their...
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Finding the Right Girl to be a Queen

  Life in Uganda for 9-year-old Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) is a constant struggle. She spends her days selling vegetables on the streets of Katwe, one of the most poverty-stricken...
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Rediscovering Fela Kuti

  Who is Fela Kuti?   Before we even get started, LISTEN to Fela Kuti’s “Lady” off Shakara via Soundcloud.   Now read a bit of his bio:   “Over...
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Making Fashion Dreams Come True

  By John Black The star, a best actress nominee, struts down the red carpet, looking gorgeous. She stops next to the reporter from E! who, after gushing about how...
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Pam Grier, Superstar!

  Rising like an urban goddess from the tumult, confusion and bloodiness of Vietnam, the civil rights movement, the Black Panthers, the sexual revolution, women’s liberation, government conspiracies, assassinations and...
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Color Talks With Morris Chestnut

  Morris Chestnut has been making movies for 25 years, starting with his memorable debut playing Ricky Baker in Boyz n the Hood opposite future movie stars like Ice Cube...
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Meet Sharon Jones!

  By John Black 3 ½ stars “In the early 1980s, Sharon Jones as told she was too dark and too short to be a music star.” Hearing such a...
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