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America
Now, Black Figures Have a Name, a Frame and a Show
A vital American Folk Art Museum show reckons with centuries of erasure by uncovering historical records of the unnamed Black…
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Europe
Excerpts From Dr. Claudine Gay’s Work
Here are five examples of work by President Claudine Gay of Harvard that have been spotlighted by critics who have…
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America
‘The Color Purple’ Review: Still Here
There’s a lot to like about this musical film version of Alice Walker’s novel, but the story remains slippery to…
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Books
Listen to Ntozake Shange Like You’ve Never Heard Her Before
A new volume of the Black feminist’s previously unpublished writing is read in audiobook form by a full cast of…
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America
‘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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Europe
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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America
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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Food
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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America
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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America
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…