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Chance the Rapper is once again making history, this time in a different way. The 23-year-old South Side Chicago rapper is one of the new board members at the city’s DuSable Museum of African-American History, the museum being named after Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a Haitian trader of African and French heritage […]

Chance the Rapper Joins The Board For Chicago’s DuSable Museum ...

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In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, “Remember This House.” “Remember This House” is an unfinished revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. “If any white man in the […]

New James Baldwin Movie: “I Am Not Your Negro”

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Viola Davis received her Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star today, Davis has worked extremely hard and her hard work is paying off in recognition, a strong black woman playing strong characters, Davis is solidifying her place in history. “That wasn’t part of the dream,” Davis says, chuckling. “I feel like this is […]

Viola Davis Receives Her Star On The Hollywood Walk Of ...

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Janelle Monae, along with Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson are the stars of the new film “Hidden Figures,” which follows the journey of the 3 African-American women who helped get man into space first. The film has drawn a much needed buzz, and rightfully so, but recently not for the film. […]

Janelle Monae States Kim Burrell Will No Longer Appear On ...

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Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theater’s FIRST African-American principle soloist dancer, traveled to Havana, Cuba, for a segment with The Undefeated, a show on ESPN that focus on African-American athletes on their past, challenges, racism in their respective sports, and more. While there, Copeland  practices local dancers and discussed the sport’s lack of diversity; tackling reputation that people of […]

Misty Copeland: “There’s This Stigma In Classical Ballet That Brown ...

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With the recent 2017 Grammy nominations; everyone is buzzing with excitement with their “fave artist,” but the Grammy Awards honor those that came before them. The Recording Academy announced its 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients. The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Shirley Caesar, Ahmad Jamal, Charley Pride, Jimmie Rodgers, Nina Simone, Sly […]

Nina Simone, Shirley Caesar & More To Be Honored With ...

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#ThrowbackThursdayJams Just a look at some of the songs that used to bop, were number one hits, or song I feel were just underrated. This Thursday’s songs were released from 2002-2012.  Solange – I Decided (2008) “I Decided” was written and composed by both Solange, and Pharrell Williams for her second studio album […]

#ThrowbackThursdayJams

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Serena Williams sat down with Common for ESPN’s show “The Undefeated In-Depth,” which features meaningful conversations with African-American sports figures who are accomplished in their sport or profession. The duo have often been vocal about speaking to each other, and out to the public on their achievements and how it feels to […]

Serena Williams On Her Blackness, Self-Love, Body Image, Racism, And ...

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