The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is set to honor the legacy of James Baldwin, one of the most pivotal figures in American literature and civil
James Baldwin has arrived one year early for his 100th birthday celebration. He appeared at Harlem’s Interchurch Center in the form of drawings, paintings, installations,
“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” Between
The honorable and revolutionary James Baldwin approaches his book, The Fire Next Time, with an inferno-like, and an almost always irritated spirit — something you
James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris. In the 1950s
In the words of Kendrick Lamar, “But if God got us then we gon’ be alright.” We lost another hero: Chadwick Boseman, the epitome of
On the last day of November, while gazing out of her hotel suite’s window down at the bustling New York streetscape below, Kiki Layne offered
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The DC Black History Film Festival celebrated Black history in a grand and informative manner on Saturday, Feb. 17 in the nation’s capital. Starting in
One of the most acclaimed films of 2017, a box office hit and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Raoul Peck’s I
I quote Wole Soyinka, August Wilson or Lorraine Hansberry because I will never accept the false premise and myopic perspective that classic literature only flowed from the pens of Shakespeare and those who looked like him. Authors from every culture, gender, and faith have created classic literature about love, pain, and the frailties of the human condition, but these classics have been ignored because Shakespeare’s acolytes aka junior high and high school literature teachers, continue to choose their Elizabethan God of literature over what is best for their students.
I Am Not Your Negro, a bold, new documentary inspired by legendary writer James Baldwin, created by master filmmaker Raoul Peck and narrated by Hollywood A-lister Samuel
The Raoul Peck-directed documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, is receiving all the buzz in Hollywood. Narrated by Samuel Jackson, the doc has landed Peck
Rolling out sat down to talk to noted black actor and author Charles Reese about his work on the life of James Baldwin. Tell our
Do you feel much has changed? James Baldwin from PBS American Masters James Baldwin, “The Price of the Ticket”
Often overlooked in the fight for justice and equality in our country have been members of the LBGT community and the contributions made in helping
