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Another one Gone: Iconic Black Actor and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Star Dies

We’ve lost another iconic Black actor whose award-winning roles have helped increase Black representation in film. According to a Deadline report, two-time Emmy-winner André Braugher died Monday at age 61 after a brief illness. LL Cool J and Queen Latifah in A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop Is On TV This Week […]

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What Charles Blow Wants You to Know About Black Power

For someone who has spent her entire life in Northern cities, my perception of life in the South has been largely shaped by the media – images of MAGA hats everywhere and headlines of Southern governors like Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Greg Abbott (R-TX) banning books and changing the way Black history is taught in […]

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Why Charles Blow Says Black People Need to Leave the North and Return to the South

For someone who has spent her entire life in Northern cities, my perception of life in the South has been largely shaped by the media – images of MAGA hats everywhere and headlines of Southern governors like Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Greg Abbott (R-TX) banning books and changing the way Black history is taught in […]

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