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

Don’t touch our hair: In hilarious online game ‘Hair Nah’, Black folk’s hair is off limits

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

Harvard announces Gullah language course as part of its African Language Program

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

Viola Davis to produce docuseries exploring police brutality cases on TV One

Twitter bans some white supremacists from their platform, but efforts still feel hollow

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

The Black Joy Project creator explains why he centers Black joy in an anti-Black world

Branden Miller, the brain behind Joanne the Scammer, snags a TV drama series

Lena Waithe set to join ‘Dear White People’ in Season 2

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

Terry Crews indicts men in perpetuating a culture of sexual harassment

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

Advocate and athlete Colin Kaepernick earns Sports Illustrated’s distinguished Muhammad Ali Legacy Award

Kandi Burruss: From Xscape to ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ to Broadway

Jenny Lumet pens letter alleging sexual abuse by Russell Simmons, struggles with being a WOC victimized by a man of color

‘Families of Chicago’ to host a safe space for LGBTQ people of color with 2nd annual holiday banquet

Terry Crews lambasts return of agent he says groped him, while Matt Lauer is fired from ‘Today’

Rediscovering the Black Girl Magic in literature that was snuffed out of my childhood

SZA leads women Grammy nominees with 5, dripping Black Girl Magic everywhere

Kim Kardashian West asks legal team to help Cyntoia Brown and Alice Johnson

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

Malcolm X’s daughters are launching a clothing line!

Singer and actress Della Reese dies at the age of 86

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

GQ names Colin Kaepernick Citizen of the Year

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