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Coraline (Erika Alexander) and Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) in American Fiction. Claire Folger/Orion Releasing LLC hide caption toggle caption Claire Folger/Orion Releasing LLC Coraline (Erika Alexander) and Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) in American Fiction. Claire Folger/Orion Releasing LLC This essay contains spoilers for the new film American Fiction. A thing about racial stereotypes […]
Four Walls Since its inception in 2006, Nashville’s International Black Film Festival has distinguished itself from other similar events. First, it’s the state’s only African American-established and African American-inspired film festival. Second, it has presented and debuted domestic and international works from filmmakers that spotlight often underexposed or overlooked aspects of the Black experience. And […]
Robin D. G. Kelley It was before 9/11 when the idea for Freedom Dreams came into fruition. A lot of it centered around a couple of things. When there was police violence, the Amadou Diallo case was important. He had been killed by police in New York. A lot of us were protesting the fact that […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was never about making history for Deb Haaland, but rather making her parents proud. She says she worked hard, putting herself through school, starting a small business to pay bills and eventually finding her way into politics — first as a campaign volunteer and later as the first Native American […]
Ivan McClellan, a photographer, was captivated the first time he came across Black cowboy culture at a rodeo in Oklahoma years ago. He saw Black people donning cowboy hats and saddling horses, images that inspired him to fully document that community in his work. This year, though, he wanted to go a step further. Mr. […]
Ivan McClellan, a photographer, was captivated the first time he came across Black cowboy culture at a rodeo in Oklahoma years ago. He saw Black people donning cowboy hats and saddling horses, images that inspired him to fully document that community in his work. This year, though, he wanted to go a step further. Mr. […]
1 / 4 The Denhalter family — from left, Daniel, Decklan and Joni — cleans the grave of Arthur Denhalter, who served in the Navy during World War II, while paying their respects during Myers Mortuary’s Memorial Day sunset service on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Adam Rubin, Special to the Standard-Examiner 2 / […]
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The persistence of anti-Black hate crimes is an American tradition: What more than 30 years of federal data tells us Jacob Patterson, 11, is comforted as his mother speaks during a news conference about the mass shooting in Buffalo New York on. May 19, 2022. Last […]
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The persistence of anti-Black hate crimes is an American tradition: What more than 30 years of federal data tells us Jacob Patterson, 11, is comforted as his mother speaks during a news conference about the mass shooting in Buffalo New York on. May 19, 2022. Last […]
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The persistence of anti-Black hate crimes is an American tradition: What more than 30 years of federal data tells us Jacob Patterson, 11, is comforted as his mother speaks during a news conference about the mass shooting in Buffalo New York on. May 19, 2022. Last […]