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Hosted By Louis Gates, Jr.
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and...
By Louis Gray
At a time in history when it was rare to see blacks on network television, a landmark show called SOUL! Premiered on PBS and went on an historic six year run before powerful forces removed it from...
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By JORDAN LEWIS
Hollywood is full of movies about slavery, segregation, and the Black struggle, and while these films can serve as important educational tools — especially during Black History Month — it is important to step back and remember that films about...
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By Anika Myers Palm, CNN
Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtime manager Larry Thompson confirmed to CNN.
She was 96. A family statement did...
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Genre Fluid Artist, Branjae, releases her socially conscious, intentionally thought provoking, soulful funky single “Free Facts”. Written by Branjae and produced by Tulsa’s own, Nathan Wright, this collaboration gets loud about willful ignorance. FREE FACTS is now available now on Spotify and Apple Music , and is featured on...
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire
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Genre Fluid Artist, Branjae, releases her socially conscious, intentionally thought provoking, soulful funky single “Free Facts". Written by Branjae and produced by Tulsa's own, Nathan Wright, this collaboration gets loud about willful ignorance. FREE FACTS is now available now on Spotify and Apple Music ,...
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By News One Staff
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Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, captivated the hearts of Americans and likely anyone else who was listening to her deliver the Inauguration poem on Wednesday. In doing so, the 23-year-old became the nation’s youngest...
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By The Family of Joe Louis Clark
The No-Nonsense Educator was a Mentor for Students to Lean On
Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding Principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods at Paterson, New Jersey's Eastside High...
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By Hunter Harris
Photo Credit Whitney Thomas
Well, I went to church to sing in the choir, not as a solo performer. But the choir director said, ‘No, Patsy. Patsy, you're going to…’” Patti LaBelle stops mid-sentence.
We’re talking about great singing, which...
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By Victor Omondi
It was a dream come true for a student at the University of Louisiana who graduated after rapper Nicki Minaj paid his tuition fee. The beneficiary, Artavion Cook, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the ‘Bang Bang’ rapper...