On Feb. 25, 1964 at the Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla., Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion of the world. This sets the stage for ‘One Night in Miami.’ Anxiety rules over the body and weighs on a person’s defenses. Malcolm X was no different. Kingsley Ben-Adir played the iconic […]
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The streaming service delivers an accurate and beautifully written love story where melanin is king Our love stories — complicated, passionate, and filled with optimism amidst racial inequality and angst; are still worth it. Each. And. Every. One. “Sylvie’s Love,” a melanated tour de force, which premiered on Amazon Prime on Christmas Day, pays homage
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The word, difficult has long since been attached to Black female entertainers, along with it, the assumption that they should be “grateful” for the opportunities they have instead of crediting their talent, and God-given abilities. Not Ma Rainey
Couture Paige’s columnist and Film Editor Paige Wilson brings you some of her favorite Holiday Must-Haves in a fun video; featuring and co-starring her daughter Kayla!
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Epix wins with the Forest Whitaker-produced portrayal of Bumpy Johnson’s rule over the borough’s brownstones and blocks
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How the young entrepreneur took a baking class and used it to pivot into a pastry company that’s profiting, even in the midst of a pandemic
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As BET airs their 5-part docu-series about No Limit Records, new interest in Master P. and his blueprint for Black Ownership in the music industry continue to inspire at a crucial time where the Black dollar is no longer a commodity — it’s a movement. In an interview with Master P. and No Limit artist Mia X, BALDWIN editor James R. Sanders talks Black home-ownership, protecting Black women, fatherhood, and good credit
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Covid-19, together with every Black life that mattered and was lost in the meantime — provided a platform for BET to remind its larger audience (thanks to Viacom’s merger with CBS) that the revolution would be televised
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After a 12-year hiatus, showrunner Patrik Ian-Polk brought the iconic show back for a reunion with the entire cast picking things up in the middle of a Covid-19 quarantine. Show offers from Gabrielle Union, a surprise baby, and several cameos from the melanated LGBTQ glitterati — and the Gay Black version of ‘Living Single’ didn’t miss a beat
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