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‘American Fiction’ Review: The Pen Is Mighty, the Pressures Mightier
The first film from the director Cord Jefferson stars Jeffrey Wright as an author who becomes a pseudonymous success writing…
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As Biden Struggles With Black Men, Allies Gather at White House
Aides of the president met with influential Black male Democrats to discuss how to shore up his standing with a…
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Norman Lear Reshaped How America Saw Black Families
“Good Times,” “The Jeffersons” and “Sanford and Son” brought a wave of Black characters to TV, even as the shows…
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For Her Next Round, Toni Tipton-Martin Orders Up a Book of Cocktails
The author of “The Jemima Code” has distilled 200 years of African American drinking know-how into her new “Juke Joints,…
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Mellon Foundation Doubles Funding for U.S. Monuments, Pledging a Total $500 Million
The philanthropy will add to its ongoing initiative to tell diverse stories with new monuments in public spaces over the…
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How Cave Canem Has Nurtured Generations of Black Poets
The poets’ collective, which was founded in 1996, has worked with poets who have gone on to win many of…
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A Political Convert in the Long Shadow of the Civil War
In “Longstreet,” Elizabeth R. Varon dissects the life and legacy of a Confederate general who became a devoted supporter of…
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes, but These Termites Did for Science
This study has everything: jumping spiders; insects donning striped and solid patterns; and evolutionary lessons about predators and prey.
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Pardon Recipients Seek to Sell Trump on His Own Sentencing Law
The Republican front-runner has a history of making racist statements, but some advisers think highlighting his signature law could help…
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Kerry James Marshall’s Prints Throw Blackness Into Relief
“I am not one who goes in much for magical thinking,” the painter Kerry James Marshall wrote in 2018. “Material…