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Books
Pushing for Recognition Took Billy Dee Williams to the Stratosphere
His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the roles that never came his way.
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Newyork
What Is Black Love Day?
On Feb. 13, 1993, Ayo Handy-Kendi, a community organizer and native of Washington, D.C., created the holiday to celebrate communal love and pride in being “unapologetically Black.”
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Newyork
What Do We Owe Black Americans?
In my debut novel, a family retraces their lineage in order to be eligible for the nation’s first federal reparations program for Black Americans. When I was selling my novel in 2021, it was pitched to publishers as “speculative fiction, but only ...
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Newyork
Clyde Taylor, Literary Scholar Who Elevated Black Cinema, Dies at 92
A leading figure in the field of Black studies in the 1970s, he identified work by Black filmmakers as worthy of serious intellectual attention.
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US
Biden to Appeal to Black Voters in Campaign Trip to Charleston, S.C.
The president will visit Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the site of one of the most horrific hate crimes of recent years, to decry racism and extremism.
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Newyork
Vinie Burrows, Acclaimed Actress Who Became an Activist, Dies at 99
She got her start on Broadway at 15. But after finding a dearth of roles for Black women, she ultimately turned to one-woman shows that addressed racism and sexism.
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Newyork
June Jackson Christmas, Pioneering Psychiatrist, Dies at 99
Dr. Christmas overcame race and gender barriers to run New York’s mental health agency under three mayors in the 1970s.
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Newyork
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Trailblazer in Congress and Beyond, Dies at 88
The Texas Democrat broke barriers in nursing and the Texas legislature, and then served 15 terms in Congress.
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Books
‘The Color Purple’ Tips Its Hat to Classic Black Musicals
The new movie has so many references to Hollywood gems like “Stormy Weather” and early jazz shorts, it can be viewed as a Black film syllabus.
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Newyork
Peter Magubane, 91, Who Fought Apartheid With His Camera, Is Dead
He documented the cruelties of white South African rule, and he was made to pay for it, enduring beatings and 586 consecutive days in solitary confinement.