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Posted Tuesday 7/21/20 at 2:35PM EDT
Nichelle Nichols' pioneering work with NASA is getting the documentary treatment
The documentary Woman In Motion tells the story of how the Star Trek star helped pioneer the NASA recruiting program...
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Posted Friday 7/17/20 at 1:35PM EDT
Fox News staffers privately complain about the cable news network's treatment of racism and the Black Lives Matter movement
Following a graphic last month that compared the economic impact of the killing of notable Black people, Fox News organized...
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Posted Thursday 7/16/20 at 1:44AM EDT
Jenny Slate explains how "I’ve learned how I’ve messed up" when it came to justifying voicing Big Mouth's Missy
"For a while I had thought, I don’t think I should play Missy," she said on the Good One podcast...
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Posted Wednesday 7/15/20 at 2:22PM EDT
NAACP and CBS Television Studios form a multi-year partnership agreement
The partnership will aim to elevate a diverse range of voices as well as increasing the visibility of Black artists.
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Posted Monday 7/13/20 at 5:55PM EDT
Boy Meets World experiencing a racial reckoning after former star Trina McGee revealed racist treatment
In January, McGee, who played Angela Moore in the last two seasons of the ABC TGIF comedy, tweeted about a...
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ESPN accused of having an enduring racist culture behind the camera
ESPN's Black employees have begun speaking out on the sports giant's everyday racism and barriers in a series of conference...
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Posted Saturday 7/11/20 at 3:24AM EDT
Will Netflix's algorithms prevent it from taking Black TV to the next level?
"Netflix has built a formidable résumé of Black TV and film.
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Posted Saturday 7/11/20 at 3:24AM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien wants his show to age poorly
"I’m not one of these people who thinks, 'Let’s never talk about Gone With the Wind again,'" Simien tells Vulture.
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Posted Saturday 7/11/20 at 3:24AM EDT
Prof calls pulling of blackface episodes patronizing to the Black Lives Matter movement
Alfred Martin, an assistant professor of communications studies at the University of Iowa who is doing a research on The...
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Posted Saturday 7/11/20 at 3:24AM EDT
HBO Max's Legendary has been an unapologetic celebration of Black queerness
"By its very nature, the show was destined to be, well, legendary," says Chris Murphy of the voguing reality competition...
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The CW finds its new Batwoman: Javicia Leslie
The former God Friended Me star succeeds Ruby Rose in the title role when The CW series returns for Season...
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The Wonder Years is getting a Black family reboot at ABC, with help of Lee Daniels and Fred Savage
ABC has given a pilot production commitment to a new iteration of its 1988-93 classic comedy The Wonder Years, focusing...
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Oprah Winfrey adapting The New York Times' The 1619 Project for TV and film
The New York Times Magazine's 2019 landmark interactive project re-examining the legacy of slavery to mark the 400th anniversary of...
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Posted Tuesday 7/07/20 at 12:44PM EDT
Matthew A. Cherry's Oscar-winning Hair Love to be expanded into HBO Max animated series Young Love
Earlier this year, Cherry won the Oscar for best animated short with Hair Love, about the bond between an African-American...
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 9:49PM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien calls viewership soaring 600% during Black Lives Matter protests "a weird consolation prize"
"It’s nice that it’s happening," says Simien, adding: "It’s devastating that it’s happening on the heels of yet another series...