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Sameer Rao  Jun 23, 2017 2:19PM EDT

Shonda Rhimes, Lin-Manuel Miranda Awarded Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars

The Shondaland and "Hamilton" creators will join Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg and more in receiving stars in 2018.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 23, 2017 12:22PM EDT

WATCH: Kansas City Fast-Food Workers Share Stories of Struggle

Join cooks and cashiers working with Stand Up KC and Fight for $15 as they narrate personal stories of corporate mistreatment, poverty and resistance via live performances.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 22, 2017 3:15PM EDT

Mobb Deep's Havoc on Prodigy's Death: 'I Still Can't Believe It'

"I can't even listen to 'Shook Ones' or any song."
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Sameer Rao  Jun 22, 2017 12:33PM EDT

Young Thurgood Marshall Tackles Northern Racism in New 'Marshall' Trailer

The Reginald Hudlin-directed movie stars Chadwick Boseman as Marshall during his time at the NAACP.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 21, 2017 12:24PM EDT

Teenage Syrian Refugee Navigates Islamophobia, Multiculturalism in New Documentary

Dalya Zeno and her mother Rudayna Aksh feature in "Dalya's Other Country," a documentary premiering soon on PBS' "POV."
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Sameer Rao  Jun 20, 2017 4:43PM EDT

Prodigy's Death at 42 Leaves Rap Fans 'Shook'

A representative says the Mobb Deep MC was hospitalized after a Las Vegas show due to sickle cell anaemia complications.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 20, 2017 3:04PM EDT

Mattel Introduces Ken Dolls With Various Races, Body Types

Customers can now choose from a number of Kens, including Black, Asian and Brown ones.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 20, 2017 11:54AM EDT

A 'Race Detective' Investigates Racism in 'American Koko'

Stream the second season of the digital satire series for free via ABC Digital.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 20, 2017 11:23AM EDT

'Atlanta,' 'This is Us' Lead Television Critics Association Awards Nominees

Both shows boast predominantly or exclusively Black writers' rooms.
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Kenrya Rankin  Jun 19, 2017 5:00PM EDT

SCOTUS Rules That Government Can't Censor Offensive Trademarks

Even if they disparage an ethnicity or race.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 19, 2017 1:32PM EDT

Beyoncé's Fans Rejoice, Reprimand Mathew Knowles Over News of Twins' Birth

Beyhive members love the artist's children, but hate that her father announced their birth before she did.
Jorge R. Gutierrez attends "The Book of Life" on October 13, 2014, in Miami, Florida. The director announced its sequel earlier this week, on June 14.
Yessenia Funes  Jun 16, 2017 12:13PM EDT

Director Announces He Is Releasing a Sequel to A Favorite Day of the Dead Animated Film

"Book of Life 2" is no longer a dream.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 15, 2017 4:54PM EDT

New Magazine Aims to Illuminate Asian Americans in All Their Complexity

Slant'd co-founder Katerina Jeng: "By sharing real stories from real people, we are empowering Asian Americans to rewrite the narrative that has been historically written by non-Asians for far too long."
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Sameer Rao  Jun 15, 2017 2:31PM EDT

The Recording Academy Creates New Review Committee for Rap Nominations

The organization that runs the Grammy Awards says it wants to "eliminate the potential for a popularity bias that puts emerging artists, independent music and late-year releases at a disadvantage."
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Sameer Rao  Jun 15, 2017 12:32PM EDT

A Black Queer Filmmaker Seeks Intersectional Acceptance in 'black enuf*'

Carrie Hawks' autobiographical documentary mixes animation with family interviews and dry humor to explore their lifelong journey to qualify their Blackness and LGBTQ identity with White and Black peers alike.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 14, 2017 10:59AM EDT

Tracy K. Smith Named 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate

Smith earned a Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 outer space-inspired poetry collection, "Life on Mars."
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Sameer Rao  Jun 13, 2017 5:44PM EDT

O'Shea Jackson Jr. Cast as Baseball Legend Dock Ellis in New Biopic

The late Ellis achieved noteriety for admitting to pitching a 1970 no-hitter while high on LSD.
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Sameer Rao  Jun 13, 2017 3:39PM EDT

EXCERPT: Writer Clay Cane Explores Hip-Hop Masculinity in New Book

The essays in Cane's "Live Through This: Surviving Intersections of Sexuality, God and Race" illustrate his path to self-acceptance.
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Martin Xavi Macias, Biance M.S. Alebiosu  Jun 13, 2017 1:27PM EDT

The Artist's Way to Self Care [PHOTOS]

In her photo and interview series "Chrysalis," Nigerian-American photographer Biance M.S. Alebiosu explores how Black artists practice self-care. 
Angela Davis (center, with Afro and black-striped shirt) at a 1982 carnival in Grenada,
Sameer Rao  Jun 12, 2017 3:32PM EDT

EXCLUSIVE: This 'The House on Coco Road' Clip Explores How the War on Drugs Devastated Black Oakland

Damani Baker's Array-distributed film about his family's journey from Oakland to Grenada in 1983 comes to Netflix on June 30.