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Why ‘The Woman King’ Is Revolutionary

Words by: Dr. Stephane Dunn and Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall Back in a 1974 review of the Bond-like Cleopatra Jones movie starring Tamara Dobson, Feminist and...

53rd NAACP Image Awards to air in February 2022

The NAACP and BET announced that the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” will broadcast Saturday, February 26, 2022 (at 8:00 PM, live ET/5:00 PM, live PT) on...

Emmys 2021: The diversity and inclusion shuffle

It is clear hyper visible Black creatives and performers are often overlooked and undervalued in mainstream award shows and this year’s Emmys was no...

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ further cements August Wilson’s legacy (Merecedes’ review)

NETFLIX TO RELEASE THE MOVIE ON DEC. 18 by Merecedes J. Williams, For New Pittsburgh Courier August Wilson’s literary brilliance, historical relevance and timeless legacy permeate...

‘Ma’ Rainey Black Bottom’ director talks Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis with the Black Press

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent George C. Wolfe, a five-time Tony Award winner and one of the most celebrated American playwrights...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a glorious display of Black excellence

by Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor, Chicago Defender What happens when you take the iconic work of August Wilson, add Denzel Washington as the producer,...

Review: Suicide Squad falls short

“Deadpool” may have raised the bar far too high for the comic-book-turned-film genre. It was fresh, innovative, irreverent, demented, unpredictable, visually alluring, well-acted, written,...

A First: ABC selects Black female to head broadcast network

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the ABC Entertainment Group is departing amid low ratings, to be replaced by the first African-American to...

George Clinton, Judith Hill make Ebony magazine gala musical

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Ebony magazine's annual Power 100 list highlights black leaders in business, politics, arts and academia, but the gala celebrating...

Viola Davis receives hate tweets from ‘General Hospital’ actress for Emmys acceptance speech

Viola Davis was showered with a prolonged and rousing standing ovation when she made history on Sunday night by becoming the first black woman to…

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