A verbal gymnast on and off the page (as well as a musician and photographer), he was a founder of the Dark Room Collective, a community of writers, and fostered a boom in Black poetry.
Category: Black People
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Tracee Ellis Ross on the Joy and Loneliness of Solo Travel
The star actress sat down with us to discuss her new travel show: “There’s got to be something between cat ladies and Joan of Arc. You know what I mean?”
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Southwest Passenger Says She Was Ejected From Flight Based on Her Race
On a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., last November, the passenger said she was the only Black person seated in an exit row when she was asked to leave.
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Jim Legxacy Makes Music That Sounds Like Memory
The new album from the London rapper, singer and producer is a homage to the last two decades of Black British music.
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Jewel Thais-Williams, Whose Nightclub Celebrated ‘Queer Black Joy,’ Dies at 86
Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.
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Danielle Deadwyler on ’40 Acres and Balancing Brutality and Family
The star plays a stoic matriarch raising a militant brood to protect their land and each other against cannibals in R.T. Thorne’s new horror indie.
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Cannonball With Wesley Morris: My Love Affair With Bruno Mars
It’s complicated.
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How ‘Boots on the Ground’ Two-Stepped Onto Everyone’s Summer Playlist
Black Southern line dance culture, and a co-sign from Beyoncé, has helped to popularize the song and its fan-snapping moves.
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Juneteenth 2025: Events to Celebrate Black History Across the U.S.
The federal holiday, celebrated on June 19, is embraced as a nationwide celebration of Black history. Here’s how and where to partake.
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Ahead of BET Awards Tribute to ‘106 & Park,’ Hosts Recall the Show’s Defining Moments
Ahead of a planned 25th-anniversary tribute during the BET Awards, past hosts of the influential video countdown show reflected on the moments they can’t forget.
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Why Beyoncé and BET Keep Calling Jesse Collins
“Not only is he an artist, he also knows how to execute,” Oprah Winfrey said. On Monday night, the television producer’s 25th BET Awards will honor Mariah Carey and Jamie Foxx.
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Dressing Up for a Day of Black Joy at the Pinkster Stroll
The Pinkster Stroll is not your average New York fashion show.