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Arts
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’
In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their…
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Style
Five Takeaways From Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Essay on the ‘Colorblindness’ Trap
How a 50-year campaign has undermined the progress of the civil rights movement.
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World
Trump Courts Black Voters Even as He Traffics in Stereotypes
The former president traffics in stereotypes about Black Americans, yet he is counting on them, and aggressively courting them, in…
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News
Easing the Daily Reality of My Strangeness
Like many African American professors, I teach at a predominantly white institution (Wheaton College) and live in the largely white…
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News
Black English Doesn’t Have to Be Just for Black People
Matt Rife is a comic. He’s 28, he’s white and he can be hard to listen to. And that’s because…
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News
Dancing on the Rooftops of New York in a Rediscovered Short Film
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTDancing on the Rooftops of New York in a Rediscovered Short Film Feb. 27, 2024, 5:00 a.m.…
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World
Why the N.Y. Fire Dept. Canceled Its Black History Month Celebration
A documentary screening about the city’s first Black fire commissioner was scrapped after his family objected to the film’s exclusion…
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Arts
Tommy Orange’s ‘There There’ Sequel Is a Towering Achievement
“Wandering Stars” considers the fallout of colonization and the forced assimilation of Native Americans.
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World
Trump Says His Indictments Are Helping Him Attract Black Voters
In a speech to the Black Conservative Federation, former President Donald J. Trump made express overtures to Black voters, whom…
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Arts
Ray Francis, Celebrating Blackness
A founder of the Kamoinge Workshop, he made lush, powerful photos that document and honor members of the African diaspora.