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Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard talk justice

by Megan Kirk The Michigan Chronicle For its centennial celebration, The University of Michigan’s School of Social Work hosted legendary filmmaker Spike Lee and jazz musician...

Artist, Obi Soulstar Captures Black/Life in America.

Chicago born, Nigerian Raised creative, Obi Soulstar, is a man of many talents.  The artist, photographer and musician recently added gallery owner to...

Kwame Dawes, Ph.D., and the Importance of Poetry in American Life.

Award-winning poet, author, and Editor Kwame Dawes, Ph.D., joined American Life in Poetry as its new editor in partnership with the Poetry Foundation and...

Songtress Jo Thompson passes at 92

The esteemed entertainer Jo Thompson, lovingly referred to as the “The Fabulous Ms. Jo Thompson” recently passed away at the age of 92. The...

Engineer Aliyah Powell Takes Fashion Industry by Storm

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Aliyah Powell is not one whom you could sell short. Idle hands are probably unfamiliar to the...

Bringing it Back: Legendary Source Awards to Return

It's about to be lit in 2022. The Source Awards, a prominent awards show (from The Source Magazine) ended 17 years ago, but it's coming...

Janet Jackson’s ‘Control’ album tops charts again after 35 years

by Terry Shropshire, RollingOut.com Saturday turned out to be a fun-filled and unbridled lovefest between Hall of Fame singer Janet Jackson and her multitude of fans worldwide. Thirty-five...

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ in Theaters Now

“Judas and the Black Messiah” is an autobiographical drama that tells the story of Illinois Black Panther Party’s revolutionary Chairman Fred Hampton and the...

New Podcast, Dead Writer Drama, Addresses Feud between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.

The American Writers Museum (AWM) expands its podcast network with the addition of Dead Writer Drama, launching on Wednesday, February 10. In this monthly...

Rolling out, Penguin Random House, Blackbookstore.com star #AmplifyBlackStories

by Munson Steed   To commemorate this year’s Black History Month, rolling out and Penguin Random House have launched #AmplifyBlackStories: a historic content partnership between publishing...
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