I’m a fan of the whole era of reboots, and in some cases reimaginings, of television — especially in relation to black shows. I loved “Bel-Air,”...
As much as I’d like to see Ms. Lauryn Hill in concert, I’m several years faraway from taking the chance of working with Ticketmaster and charging...
There’s been lots of speak about the role of black women in the 2024 election, but that’s nothing recent. In February 1913, before women’s right to...
Every few years I re-watch The Wire, a five-season series set in Baltimore that is commonly considered among the finest TV series ever made. The Wire...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a lecture entitled “The Other America” in March 1968, outlining our nation’s schizophrenic dualism. “There are two Americas,” he declared....
What is a black film? How will we comprehend it is a black film? These are slippery questions that belie Dr. Umar’s simplicity about what is...
Republicans simply can not help themselves. With Vice President Kamala Harris because the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Trump and the GOP are drawing on their reservoir...
It’s African American family vacation time. Just a few years ago, my kids and I began an annual tradition of going to visit family in Alabama...
What a difference an intensive network check makes. In the caption of an Instagram post announcing her long-awaited (a minimum of by some fans) return to...
. On April 23, 1899, white residents of Georgia gathered in Newnan to take part in one among the best traditions of white America: They were...
