Why Black Satire Is the Art Form for Our Absurd Age
Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing ...
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‘Eyes on the Prize III’ arrives on HBO during a renewed ‘assault on equality’
14-year-old Emmett Till, that same year. The second “Eyes,” which premiered in 1990 and is almost impossible to view outside of schools due to licensing issues, picks up where the original ...
Killed For Voting Then, Blocked From Voting Now: A History Of Attacks On Black Political Power
From racial terror to literacy tests to modern-day voter suppression, efforts to silence Black political power have never stopped.
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Lajuana Lampkins, Beloved Wicker Park Street Artist, Dies At 67
The artist was a fixture in the neighborhood for more than a decade, known for her risqué paintings — "the embodiment of this extremely important, extremely central Chicago archetypical artist," one ...
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21 banned books to read to honor Black history all year
"Many people of course condemned 'The Color Purple' unread ... story as a ghost and meets other "ghost boys," including Emmett Till. The book was temporarily banned in Florida for its depiction ...
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Inaugural art show includes portrait presentation
A Marion County Memorial Honor Guard color guard was part of the opening of the event. Church pastor Eric Lightsey said in a closing benediction that people who do not know the story of Emmett Till ...
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Emmett Till’s cousin speaks at a Topeka Event to celebrate Black history
(WIBW) - The Indiana Avenue Church of Christ held their second annual Heritage Sunday to celebrate Black history and host guest presenter Amberly Carter, cousin of Emmett Till. Till’s 1955 ...