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The forgotten collateral of exhuming the Black dead through art

6-Year-Old, Vanae James-Bey, created a coloring book to explore black Indigenous cultures

Beyoncé funds scholarships to honor a year of ‘LEMONADE’

Oprah Winfrey brings power and emotion to ‘The Immortal Henrietta Lacks’

James Baldwin’s work lands in New York’s Schomburg Center archive

Young Detroit poet King Thomas Moore wins $15,000 grant for 12 & under open mic series

87-Year-Old Woman Isabell Meggett Lucas Visits Slave Cabin She Was Raised In At Smithsonian

Black Writers Shine As Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced

Marvel VP Blames Women & Diversity for Low Sales, Fans Clap Back

There’s a deeper message behind that Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad

Chance the Rapper Announces Arts and Literature Fund For Chicago Schools

Beyoncé Could Be The Next Big Name To Join ‘The Lion King’ Remake

BET’s Longtime President, Stephen Hill, Stepping Down

Law School To Offer Class On HBO’s ‘The Wire’

Barry Jenkins Set To Direct Amazon Series Based On ‘Underground Railroad’ Novel

Formerly Incarcerated Artists Could Win a $20K Fellowship

Chance the Rapper is the Hero Chicago Students Deserve

11-Year-Old Prepares To Conduct A 75-Piece Orchestra

Jay Z Will Produce A Documentary Series About Trayvon Martin

This Cover of TIME Came and Went, but it has a Message for Our Movement

Why I’m tired of white gay men telling queer stories

ICYMI: Check Out This Video Of Celebs Who Want You To Know James Baldwin’s Legacy

Daniel Kaluuya Responds To Criticism of Black British Actors Taking Work In The U.S.

Artist Makeda Lewis on Luck And Her Now Iconic Afro-Feminist Coloring Book

The Kalief Browder Docuseries Builds a Clear Case for Prison Abolition

How our unhealthy understandings of accountability promote a race to the bottom

Amare Stoudemire Says He’d Avoid A Gay Teammate

The Scariest Part of ‘Get Out’ Was The Trueness To Life

Netflix Drops Trailer To ‘Burning Sands’, Movie About Hazing in Black Fraternities

Producer Jahaan Sweet Speaks Black Art and the Joke that Helped Him Graduate from Juilliard

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