By Jannette J. Witmyer Special to the AFRO By all accounts, the grand opening and official ribbon cutting ceremony for Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures was a huge success. The parking lot across the street at St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church was packed, and vehicles lined both sides of Pimlico Road, overflowing on to […]
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Essence Event Affirms the Power of Black Women in Hollywood
By Nekesa Mumbi Moody AP Entertainment Writer Through laughs, tears and speeches that turned into sermons and affirmations, the overarching theme of this year’s star-studded Essence luncheon was that in an unforgiving industry that often overlooks, black women need no validation from Hollywood — or elsewhere — to appreciate their self-worth. “No one in this […]
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AFRO Exclusive: J.B. Smoove Starts a Ruckus in Baltimore
By Jessica Dortch AFRO Staff jdortch@afro.com The City of Baltimore is always in for a treat every time writer-actor-comedian J.B. Smoove comes to town, and this weekend, he’ll be starting a ruckus at the Comedy Factory. Still recovering from an epic night at Super Bowl LIV, topping it off with a winning karaoke performance at […]
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Dr. Deborah Willis Accepts One Year Appointment at MICA
By Savannah Wood Special to the AFRO swood@afro.com The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) recently celebrated the opening of Migrations and Meaning(s) in Art, a new exhibition curated by Dr. Deborah Willis at the College’s Meyerhoff Gallery. The show, which features work by 35 local and international artists at various stages in their careers, […]
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Play Takes Young People Seriously
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Greta Thundberg, who is bringing awareness to climate change and the many young people who are advocating for gun reform are helping adults around the world understand the importance of listening to young people about their opinions, concerns and visions for the future. In a day where the […]
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Film Review: ‘Bull’
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic Lost souls. Parallel lives going nowhere in a low-income, west of Houston neighborhood. That’s the setting of this richly drawn character study about an aimless 14-year-old poor white girl, Kris (Amber Havard), and a middle-aged black ex-bull rider turned down-on-his-luck rodeo clown Abe (Rob Morgan, Mudbound). The […]
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Life in Film: Domfits
By Imani Wj Wright Special to AFRO Deciding your career path isn’t always the easiest thing. In our early years, there are several occupations we hear about so often that they almost become cliches. Some of those occupations include being a doctor, lawyer, or an athlete. So, when I see people who succeed in somewhat […]
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BLACK IN SPACE: BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER
The race to get to space is long over, but buried in time is the revelatory story of the world’s first black astronauts. For many Americans, the 20th-century Space Race was a Cold War competition over rocketry and technological feats, but the world’s two superpowers were also engaged in another high-stakes race – one whose […]
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David Alan Grier is Getting Lots of Kicks on Broadway
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When David Alan Grier was offered a chance to revisit one of his favorite plays on Broadway, he quickly agreed. He just forgot about all the beatings. In “A Soldier’s Play,” Grier plays a stern Army sergeant who during each show is pummeled twice and […]
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The Rhythm Section
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic They tried to conjure the spirits of La Femme Nikita and Atomic Blonde. They didn’t try hard enough. Tangier, Marseilles, New York, Madrid… Blood is spilled and bodies are found in apartments, houses and buses on several continents in this revenge mystery/thriller. What’s all the commotion. Two-hundred […]
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Terry Crews Says Sorry to Gabrielle Union for his Remarks
By LYNN ELBER AP, Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terry Crews apologized for his comments about Gabrielle Union’s claims of mistreatment on “America’s Got Talent,” saying he didn’t mean to “invalidate” her experience and regrets letting down other Black women. On the “Today” show last week, Crews said that Union’s allegations of racism on […]
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Adidas Collaborates with Run-DMC for Commemorative Sneaker
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Adidas Originals announced it has collaborated with Run DMC to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Superstar silhouette sneakers famously worn by the Hall of Famers throughout their career. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia It’s been nearly 34 years since legendary hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC “walked through concert doors, […]
