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The new ABC show called “Soul of a Nation” is a 6 part series that is dedicated to depicting Black life in America. The show will premiere on March 2nd at 10pm (Tuesdays @ 10) and will feature guest hosts like Sterling K. Brown, Jemele Hill and Marsai Martin. Co-executive producer Eric Johnson gave a […]

Regina King is set to star in an upcoming Shirley Chisholm biopic, Shirley. King and her sister, Reina King, will produce through heir production company, Royal Ties. The project has Chisholm’s life rights through an agreement with her estate. The feature will be written and directed by John Ridley. This is the second Chisholm film in the […]

After Black History Month is done ABC News is just getting started. “Soul of a Nation,” is coming to ABC News a new six-episode series and show black life in America. The episodes will touch on themes such as spirituality, Black joy and activism in sports, as well as the nation’s racial reckoning after the death […]

Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Wilson, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard made up the first successful configuration of The Supremes. Wilson stayed with the group until it was officially disbanded by Motown in 1977. The group’s first No. 1, million-selling song, “Where Did Our Love Go,” was released […]

In an effort to uplift Black storytellers, Queen & Slim director Melina Matoukas is teaming up with Howard University. According to Deadline, the new team is launching an Instagram x Share Black Stories Reels Challenge. Matsukas gave a statement, saying: “Having the ability to create in these spaces and have hundreds of thousands, or millions […]

Michelle Obama’s best-selling memoir “Becoming” will be released in a new edition of the book for young readers. The new edition is adapted for children ages 10 and older. It will include a special introduction for kids written by Michelle Obama as well as three full-color photo inserts, according to the book’s website. New paperback […]

When I was in school, I would always get tired of only being told about the enslavement of Black people. It seemed like educators knew nothing else about Black people except slavery and Martin Luther King Jr. I feel like we had to learn about him every year and they still never got the story […]

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman has become a best selling author after her incredible performance at the inauguration. The 22 year-old Harvard Grad’s poetry books have become best sellers on Amazon, months before they’re even available. Only hours after she read her original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” on Inauguration Day, Gorman tweeted: “I […]

It’s been an entire year since the tragic death of Kobe Bryant on Jan 26, 2020. The basketball legend inspired countless artists to pay tribute in the form of paintings, sculpture and murals. From LA to Paris, artists who appreciated Kobe and his career began painting murals all over the world. To mark the one […]

Tyler Perry’s Sistas is coming back to BET for a third season. The news comes ahead of Sistas’ midseason premiere on Jan. 27. Production on season 3 is slated to start at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta at the end of the month, six months after the show’s second season wrapped at the studio. Sistas is […]