OPINION: How Country Music Erased Johnny Cash’s Racially Ambiguous First Wife
My Darling Vivian about the life of Vivian Liberto,the first wife of legendary country singer Johnny Cash, not only charts Liberto’s life with Cash Read More…
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REVIEW: Sanditon’s Georgiana Lambe is Rich, Black, and Rebellious. That’s Good- and Bad
The richest woman at Jane Austen’s fictional nineteenth century English seaside resort Sanditon, is a Black woman. To be more exact, she’s a half Read More…
REVIEW: The Outsider- HBO Series Gives Us One of The Best Black Woman Characters on TV This Year
Former child actor Jason Bateman who has done solid work on impeccable projects such as Arrested Development and Ozark, continues that streak in the HRead More…
Ilustrator Tomer Hanuka Gives Us Another Traffic Stopping New Yorker Cover!
This week’s The New Yorker cover, like many of them, is a traffic stopper. Drawn by Israeli illustrator Tomer Hanuka, it ushered in Spring with an iRead More…
REVIEW: In The Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11: HBO Documentary Assembles Memories of Students Who Witnessed Tragedy First-Hand
Stuyvesant High School, relatively speaking, is often in the news. The articles generally revolve around its distinguished academic pedigreeRead More…
Review: Superfly: You Probably Won’t Love It
From Carmen Jones to The Wiz to The Nutty Professor to Annie, moviegoers are used to the many remakes of mainstream films with predominantly whiteRead More…
One Book New York Chooses “Americanah” By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Looking for a Good Book To Read? New York City Has You Covered. The New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment launched itRead More…