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16 Black actresses protest anti-Blackness in the industry at Cannes Film Festival

On May 16, 2018, 16 Black French actresses and performers staged a red carpet protest to challenge... more

by Isra Ibrahim

Review Roundup: Zora Neale Hurston’s book on one of the last Africans in the Atlantic slave trade

Book publicist Saraciea Fennell is bringing a POC centered book festival to the Bronx-It’s lit!

Spike Lee receives standing ovation for “BlacKkKlansman” in triumphant return to Cannes

NBA winner Jacqueline Woodson releases excerpt from new book, “Harbor Me”

Jordan Peele reveals title of new film, Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke rumored to star

Comic: We need to take the mental health of Black women far more seriously

Marvel taps Nnedi Okorafor to write Wakanda Forever series starring the Dora Milaje

Oakland café refuses to serve cops, garners community support despite controversy

Finalists for 30th annual Lambda Literary awards honoring LGBTQ literature announced

‘Get Out’s Jordan Peele makes history as the first Black person to win Best Original Screenplay Oscar

Comic: Seeing Black children flourish in ‘Black Panther’ excitement makes me beam

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward signs new two book deal

Comic: We know why y’all keep trying to distance yourselves from slavery

Pre-NOI Malcolm X and Redd Foxx’s misadventures to be explored in new comedic cartoon, ‘Little Red’

Here’s a list of 20 of the dopest Black comics set to takeover 2018. You’re welcome!

Kendrick Lamar drops first single from Black Panther soundtrack ft. SZA

“Family Feud” video leads to a feud between the Catholic League and Jay-Z

Comic: I’m tired of homophobia and feigned Afrocentrism from Black Christians

Actress Jessica De Gouw still believes WGN’s canceled ‘Underground’ tells a complete story

Kendrick Lamar fuels rumors he is working on Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ soundtrack

PEN announces 2018 longlist candidates, here are the nominees of color!

New book from Zora Neale Hurston about the last survivor of the Atlantic slave trade to be released in 2018

Lubiana Himid is the first Black woman artist to win England’s prestigious Turner Prize

NPR releases Best Books of 2017 app, here are some picks by Black writers

Eve Ewing, Nate Marshall, and Jamila Woods create a moving tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks

Malcolm X’s daughters are launching a clothing line!

Comic: When white people think ancestry is easy

Jesmyn Ward becomes the 1st woman and Black author to win National Book Award for fiction twice

‘She’s Gotta Have It’ again: But with Netflix’s reboot, through the lens of Black women

According to Oscar buzz, Dee Rees could be the first Black woman to win Best Director with ‘Mudbound’

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