Black History Month

As the popularity of R&B faded, these groups were lost to history.

From Shmurda to Janet Jackson to Zendaya making that mac and cheese.

Netflix just picked up “Sulwe” by Lupita Nyong’o, a book about a girl “the color of midnight”

Happy 3 year anniversary of the Black Panther film — a cultural phenomenon that showed the power of Black cinema

Keith and Kenny Lucas, co-writers of Judas and the Black Messiah, talk BLM, Ryan Coogler, and balancing optimism and optimism.

Good neighbors are hard to come by. It’s one thing to live next door to someone, but to get close enough to them that you essentially become a family is another. This is a common theme that is revisited in Black television sitcoms. Neighbors on Black sitcoms range from love-crazed pests to uninvited guests who […]

On August 27, 1992, Martin debuted on Fox. Comedian/actor Martin Lawrence was the show’s main protagonist and namesake. Lawrence plays Martin Payne, a Detroit radio personality who encounters comically bizarre situations with his girlfriend, Gina (Tisha Campbell-Martin), and their friends Tommy, Pam, and Cole (Thomas Mikal Ford, Tichina Arnold, and Carl Anthony Payne II). Not […]

Beyoncé performing “Formation” at Super Bowl 50 ushered in a new era of Beyoncé, and a new era of Black politics in mainstream music

Cree Summer is the undisputed queen of voice acting. The 51-year-old actor has played many notable live-action roles, like her portrayal of the spiritually liberated Winifred “Freddie” Brooks on A Different World, but it’s her voice work on animated films that have kept her extremely busy the last three decades. Summer’s voice is unmistakable no […]

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1997 Cinderella was a cornerstone for Black girlhood.