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  • Ava DuVernay. A Black woman with long hair stands in front of a green and white background wearing red lipstick.

    Ava Duvernay Uses Clips From '13th' to Explain the Southern Strategy to Black Conservative

    “A Black woman spouting revisionist history about pain suffered by Black people,” wrote DuVernay, is proof that “the Southern Strategy succeeded in many ways.”

    Tiarra Mukherjee Apr 10, 2019 1:34PM EDT
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    ICYMI: This Passage From Ava DuVernay's Peabody Speech Sums Up Why We Must End Mass Incarceration

    DuVernay won a Peabody Award for her documentary, “13th,” which examines the relationship between contemporary mass incaraceration and slavery.

    Sameer Rao May 23, 2017 10:42AM EDT
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    These Performers of Color Cleaned Up at The First MTV Movie & TV Awards

    Several of your favorite stars took home golden popcorn statues.

    Sameer Rao May 8, 2017 10:54AM EDT
    Black and Brown men in orange prison uniforms on white beds on grey floor

    '13th' and 'O.J.: Made in America' Win Peabody Awards

    Other winners in the public service and media awards’ documentary category include “Hip-Hop Evolution” and “Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four.”

    Sameer Rao Apr 19, 2017 2:29PM EDT
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    'Moonlight,' 'Fences' and Actors of Color Make Oscar History

    Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali and four others round out the most diverse Academy Awards acting nominee pool ever.

    Sameer Rao Jan 24, 2017 11:18AM EST
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    'I Am Not Your Negro,' '13th' and 'O.J.: Made in America' Shortlisted for Oscar Doc Nominations

    Will one of these projects win an Oscar in January?

    Sameer Rao Dec 7, 2016 1:21PM EST
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