At the 54th annual NAACP Image Awards, Gabrielle Union-Wade and Dwayne Wade received the President’s Award in honor of their philanthropic work and ongoing support of the LGBTQIA community. Their 15-year-old daughter, Zaya Wade, came out as transgender in 2020, and the Wades have been in full support of Zaya’s transition. Just one day prior […]
Five collage-based paintings by prominent Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby are on display at The Huntington in San Marino, CA through June 12th, 2023. Curated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and critic Hilton Als, it is the third and final exhibition for a series that made its debut in 2019. The exhibition is […]
The first teaser for the upcoming Amazon Prime series “I’m A Virgo,” created by Boots Riley, has just been unveiled ahead of its scheduled debut at the SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 11th. Jharrel Jerome, who won an Emmy for his lead performance in the limited series “When They See Us,” is the […]
Model, actress, and poet Ebonee Davis recently launched the Ebb & Flow podcast, which is dedicated to conversations around authenticity, spiritual healing, devotion, and vulnerability. “Our goal at this podcast is to assist each listener to moving into greater alignment with their true authentic selves through the expression and cultivation of their gifts,” said Davis […]
Currently, the iconic band New Edition is embarking on their second U.S. tour within the span of a year. Following their “Culture Tour,” which ran from February to April 2022, New Edition recently hit the road once again for the “Legacy Tour.” The 30-city tour is in collaboration with The Black Promoters Collective. “Legacy Tour” […]
Get ready for the highly-anticipated fourth season of A Black Lady Sketch Show, which is making its return to HBO on April 14th at 11/10c. The newly-released teaser for “A Black Lady Sketch Show” gives fans a sneak peek of one skit featuring Robin Thede’s returning character Dr. Haddassah: A Black Lady Sketch Show is […]
This article contains Amazon affiliate links. The newly released book Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures is a companion work for the Afrofuturism Smithsonian exhibition that opens March 24th. The art exhibition is an immersive exploration of Afrofuturist expression and culture across various mediums, including literature, music, art, film, fashion, and activism. It showcases hundreds […]
Recently having its premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, This World Is Not My Own is an incandescent portrait of Nellie Mae Rowe (1900–1982), a self-taught African American artist whose home in Vinings, a suburb of Atlanta, became a canvas for her art in the 1970s. The synopsis reads: “Beginning with her birthday […]
James Baldwin: The Magpie Years, 1940-1942 is a newly released podcast that takes listeners through James Baldwin’s early days as a teenage prodigy at NYC’s renowned DeWitt Clinton High School. The Magpie was a journal created by students, including Baldwin, at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. It offered a portrait of New York […]
The critically acclaimed drama film A Thousand and One is Teyana Taylor’s first major leading role in a film. Taylor, widely known as a singer, is fully committed to taking her acting career to new heights. In A Thousand and One, Taylor stars as Inez de la Paz, a free-spirited young woman who has just […]