Art

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’

Rihanna will slay next May as a Met Gala co-host alongside Amal Clooney and Donatella Versace

The Blackest National Book Awards ever will be livestreamed on Facebook

Netflix’s Marsha P. Johnson film rocked by allegations of uncredited use of Black trans woman’s work

National Book Awards finalists show that black art matters

What Azealia Banks, Cardi B, and Black Cornell students decrying African immigrants reveal about Black scarcity

Philadelphia to erect first statue of Black individual on public land

“Representation matters,” but not more than everything else

We are in a queer media movement, but is increased visibility the answer to violence?

Dr. Dre pledges $10 million to Compton performing arts center

Tracy K. Smith Is The New U.S. Poet Laureate

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