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Posted Tuesday 8/04/20 at 3:01AM EDT
LeVar Burton to direct docuseries Two-Front War on the Civil Rights Movement and Black soldiers in the Vietnam War
Two-Front War will feature first-person accounts from Black veterans, activists, journalists, students and civilians at the forefront of a two-pronged...
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Posted Monday 8/03/20 at 2:08PM EDT
On Seinfeld, Black people are mostly relegated to the margins, existing as agents of public decency
Phil Morris' Jackie Chiles is "the exception that proves the rule — a Black character who is just as comical...
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Posted Saturday 8/01/20 at 3:20AM EDT
How Strong Black Lead became a key part of Netflix's brand
The Strong Black Lead initiative has "organically evolved from a simple suggestion to elevate Netflix’s catalog of Black programming into...
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Posted Friday 7/31/20 at 3:27AM EDT
Black voice actors explain why so many minority characters went to white voice actors
Wyatt Cenac, who voices two characters on Nickelodeons Fanby & Chum Chum, says "it feels like the problem has grown...
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Posted Thursday 7/30/20 at 2:16PM EDT
Peacock is developing How to Survive Inglewood, a Black teen comedy
Real Husbands of Hollywood co-creator Chris Spencer is teaming with Grown-ish writer Chad Sanders on the potential series, which follows...
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Netflix acquires classic Black comedies, including Moesha, Sister, Sister, and Girlfriends
The Parkers, Half & Half, One on One and the first three seasons of The Game will also join the...
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2020 Emmy nominations felt "extraordinary": Did coronavirus and Black Lives Matter have an impact?
"It feels telling that Watchmen, which grapples with systemic racism in ways that somehow get more prescient as time goes...
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Posted Tuesday 7/28/20 at 8:20PM EDT
Emmys broke new ground in diversity with 41% nonwhite acting nominees
The Wrap found that of 115 nominations in all acting categories, including voice-over and short form series, 49 of the...
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Posted Tuesday 7/28/20 at 8:20PM EDT
Riverdale's Bernadette Beck: "I feel like I was just there to fulfill a diversity quota"
The actress, who is Black, echoed Riverdale star Vanessa Morgan's allegation that the show has little regard for Black actors.
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Posted Saturday 7/25/20 at 2:56AM EDT
David Makes Man, which is now available on HBO Max, has special resonance amid the Black Lives Matter protests
The OWN series from Moonlight's Tarell Alvin McCraney was one of the best shows of 2019.
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Posted Saturday 7/25/20 at 2:56AM EDT
Black female reality stars have the burden of "Reality TV's Black Excellence Complex"
"Black women are saddled with the burden of putting on for the whole community — a responsibility that many of...
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Posted Saturday 7/25/20 at 2:56AM EDT
Black actors complain about the neglect of Black men's hair
Black actresses have long complained about the neglect of Black female hair on TV and movie sets, but Black man...
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Posted Thursday 7/23/20 at 1:44PM EDT
Fox News and CNN will each air specials on Sunday devoted to race in America
Lawrence Jones of Fox News will host a 10 p.
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Posted Thursday 7/23/20 at 12:46PM EDT
HBO adapting Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me as a special event this fall
The author and journalist's 2015 book won the National Book Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for its exploration...
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Posted Tuesday 7/21/20 at 7:04PM EDT
ESPN anchor Sage Steele claims her Black colleagues trash-talked her and challenged her Blackness
Steele told ESPN management she believes she was excluded from a special the network aired on race last month because...