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Colin Kaepernick will be featured in a documentary series produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Co.
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‘SNL’ Alum Jay Pharoah on the moment police officers kneeled on his neck [VIDEO] | New Pittsburgh Courier
Comedian Jay Pharaoh is speaking out about an encounter with Los Angeles police that he says left him on the ground with an officer’s knee on his neck. The former “Saturday Night Live” star shared surveillance footage of the officers approaching him with guns drawn and pinning him to the ground. At
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(BPRW) OWN HONORS AND CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY WITH DAY OF COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAMMING The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday with slate of special encore airings of programming on Friday, June 19
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Source: The Black Chronicle
Hair Love Academy Award-Winner Matthew Cherry Gets Deal from HBO Max for Animated Series Young Love
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Cherry recently landed a deal with HBO Max for a 12-episode season of “Young Love,” an animated series based on the characters from Cherry and Sony Pictures …
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Camille Cosby Speaks Out After Pennsylvania Court Grants Appeal For Bill Cosby (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.vibe.com Mrs. Cosby slammed the Me Too movement, and defended her husband. Camille Cosby is speaking out in her first major interview in six years. The 76-year-old producer and wife of Bill Cosby talked to ABC News after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review the case that led to
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
This Is Us Actor Lonnie Chavis Writes Open Letter About Dealing with Racism Even as a Young Child In America
At only 12 years old "This Is Us" actor Lonnie Chavis seems to have a grasp on how differently a Black person compared to others has to navigate through
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Wiz Khalifa Receives Backlash After Tweet Suggests He’s Done Wearing Masks During COVID-19
Every day the world continues to learn about the ever-changing novel coronavirus. Safety measures were implemented to reduce the risk of catching or spreading the []
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Taste Of Pluto are out of this world - Voice Online
FRESH OUT of the Caribbean, Taste of Pluto, have released their much-anticipated debut ‘Scorpio’s Letter’... The post Taste Of Pluto are out of this world appeared first on Voice Online.
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Tessa Thompson Says Upcoming Marvel Slate Will Embrace Diversity - Houston Forward Times
In a recent interview with Variety, Marvel star Tessa Thompson revealed that the upcoming slate The post Tessa Thompson Says Upcoming Marvel Slate Will Embrace Diversity appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Willie Brown, Jr., Is Not Dead - Black Voice News
Former California Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Jr., is not dead.   On the June 28 broadcast of the 2020 BET Awards, the network included Brown’s image and name in a video montage of famous African Americans who died within the last year. The tribute included Diahann
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Sandra J. Evers-Manly Accepts Invitation to Join The 2020 Class of Members to The Motion Pictures Academy - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announced today the invitation extended by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to Sandra J. Evers-Manly, to join the 2020 class of new members. As a filmmaker who benefited from Sandra’s support with an Oscar
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#AAMAM: Celebrating New Orleans Funk and Soul (LISTEN)
As Good Black News continues to celebrate African-American Music Appreciation Month, today we get regional. In GBN contributor Marlon West‘s words: “This collection of New Orleans Funk features ack…
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Gabrielle Unions LAs Finest delays season 2 premiere amid unrest
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Missy Elliott Admits 2020 Has Taught Her Black History Lessons That School Never Did
Just a few weeks in 2020 have made for quite a bit of learning for Missy Elliott when it comes to Black history, and she now questions why some of those
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Our pick of six SA YouTubers whose on-screen game is off the hook
This gang of South African content creators have taken YouTube by storm with their diverse and easy-to-watch content.
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Virtual National Arts Festival extends shows to 16 July
Art lovers can still buy tickets and passes, and catch a growing and expanding virtual Fringe which which runs until 31 July.
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Country singers The Dixie Chicks remove Dixie from name
The multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY Award-winning trio formerly known as The Dixie Chicks have changed their name. Just call them, The Chicks. The post Country singers The Dixie Chicks remove Dixie from name appeared first on TheGrio.
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R. Kellys ex Azriel Clary claims car set on fire by arsonist - TheGrio
Azriel Clary, who previously made headlines for splitting ways with the disgraced singer R. Kelly, and vowing to expose what life was like inside his camp has revealed that she has become the target of an arsonist. Thursday, Clary took to social media to share that someone had set her car on fire
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Soul of a Nation opens at MFAH June 27 - DefenderNetwork.com
During a time when the nation is under racial duress, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) is preparing to display Soul of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” in record time. The landmark exhibition, which explores what it meant to be an African American artist during the 1960s and
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One-on-One with Jonathan Majors on Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods • EBONY
We caught up with Hollywood’s next IT GUY, Jonathan Majors. The Independent Spirit and Gotham award nominee has cemented himself as the Hollywood actor watch following his on-screen debut in 2017’s ABC miniseries WHEN WE RISE. In 2018, he starred opposite Matthew McConaughey in Sony Pictures’ WHITE
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM: Sugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent The Quintuple Champ, “Sugar” Ray Leonard, has won five world titles in five separate weight divisions, lineal titles (defeating undisputed champions) in three weight divisions, as well as the undisputed welterweight title. Leonard is widely
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Thandie Newton Says Hollywood Executive Amy Pascal Used Black Stereotypes During Meeting - Free Press of Jacksonville
By Sara M. Moniuszko Thandie Newton is opening up about her experience with stereotyping in Hollywood. During an interview with Vulture, which published Tuesday, the English actress, 47 recounted a meeting she had with Amy [...]
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Upcoming Show Cracka Puts Blacks As Slave Owners And Whites As Slaves | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.allhiphop.com What history flipped the script on slavery and the Africans kept slaves? Cracka explores this alternative non-reality.   (AllHipHop News) The upcoming series Cracka is likely to cause a storm of controversy for the premise: What if the roles were reversed in slavery?The movie
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#ACCESS901: You Oughta Know – Telisu - TSDMemphis.com
Telisu’s music is that FYE. She’s fabulous and stylish with seemingly no bad angles, which doesn’t always translate into good music. But, oh contraire! If you’re sleeping on her, don’t. I asked the burning question first. Why K-Pop (Korean Pop) and how? Here you are a Black woman from Memphis – the
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Marc Lamont Hill and Sil Lai Abrams discuss accountability, MeToo in hip-hop - TheGrio
Sil Lai Abrams and Marc Lamont Hill engaged in critical dialogue on Wednesday after Hills participation in a panel in which Russell Simmons was added to the discussion. Simmons has been accused of sexual misconduct and rape by multiple women, including Abrams, as laid out in On The Record
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(AP) NASCAR went to Talladega Superspeedway on heightened alert after Bubba Wallace, its only Black driver, took on an active role in a push for racial equality. Wallace had successfully called for the ban of the Confederate flag and received threats. Fans paraded past the main entrance of the
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Viola Davis Calls Out Film Industry for Still Failing to Pay Her What She’s Worth - Houston Forward Times
Viola Davis is one of the most talented actresses working today in Hollywood. Since her The post Viola Davis Calls Out Film Industry for Still Failing to Pay Her What She’s Worth appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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VIDEO: A Conversation with DJ Vince Adams | Chicago Defender
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The Disney Co. is Now in Business with Colin Kaepernick. That Says More About Him Than it Does About Disney. - Free Press of Jacksonville
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(BPRW) HBCU HEROES HOSTS FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL ESPORTS TOURNAMENT FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ON JULY 5 IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE FILM CALL-TO-ACTION TO INCREASE STUDENT VOTER PARTICIPATION The Black Chronicle
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