By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Along busy highways, on the sides of buildings and inside a school basketball court, more than 50 colorful murals of Nipsey Hussle have popped up in Los Angeles since the beloved rapper and community activist was gunned down outside his clothing store. Some show […]
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Review: New Doc Shows How Beyoncé Changed Coachella, Forever
By Mesfin Fekadu, AP Music Writer Beyoncé is extremely private, and only lets you know what she wants you to know, when she wants you to know it — typically, in a surprise post on her website or Instagram. But throughout the years, she’s slightly cracked open her door to reveal parts of her life and […]
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Les Deux Noirs Premieres At Mosaic Theater
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer, mgreen@afro.com Why do people go to the theater? This past Sunday HBO presented the season premiere of final episodes of “Game of Thrones.” It could arguably be one of the last communal television watching experiences in our lifetime. It’s the last of the water cooler subjects. As more and more […]
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Youth Work the Runway in Kids Fashion Week DMV
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The inaugural Kids Fashion Week DMV, held April 12-14, celebrated the style, skills and “slays” of youth in the Washington Metropolitan area, and allowed designers who specialize in children’s clothing to showcase their work on the runway. Kids Fashion Week DMV, co-founded by movers and shakers, Akilah Clark, Crystal […]
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Lady Brion: Power Through Poetry
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Brion Gill, known on poetry stages internationally as “Lady Brion” wields her gift like a cudgel, or waves it like silk depending on the occasion. Yet, she consistently lifts her voice as an instrument for liberation. “As a community leader, poetry creates an opportunity for authentic expression that provides opportunity […]
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Rebecca Dupas: ‘Not Without Black Women’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Award-winning poet Rebecca Dupas’ latest literary offering, Not Without Black Women, should perhaps be the mantra of the Democratic Party, reflecting its most loyal voting bloc. But, her compilation of poetry published earlier this year transcends the seeming ubiquity of American politics. “This year I published…Not Without Black Women in […]
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‘Don’t Be Late for Poetry’
Baltimore has some of the most talented, raw, award-winning poets in the nation. In acknowledgement of National Poetry Month. The AFRO kicked off our celebration at “Don’t Be Late for Poetry,” a collaborative event hosted by one of Baltimore’s most popular poetry event curators APoetNamedNate and Dew More Baltimore, an organization that uses art as […]
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Award-Winning Actor Portrays `Douglass Now’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Smith, known for his roles in the Spike Lee Films, “Do the Right Thing,” “Malcolm X,” Summer of Sam,” and “School Daze,” among others, as well his portrayal of Black Panther Huey P. Newton and Rodney King on stage and screen, is touring the play nationwide. He was invited to […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Frailing, Special to the AFRO “My daddy has paid the rent and the insurance man is gone and the lights is back on and my Uncle Brud has hit for one dollar straight and they is good times…My mama has made bread and grampaw has come and everybody is drunk and dancing in […]
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Prosecutor Asks for Review of How Smollett Case was Handled
By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Cook County state’s attorney said Friday that she has asked the county’s inspector general to review how her office handled “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal case. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others have criticized the decision by Kim Foxx’s office to drop charges against Smollett accusing […]
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Detroit-Area Sculptor to Memorialize Civil Rights Activist
By The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A 23-year-old sculptor is shaping the memory of a Detroit civil rights activist who was slain in Alabama during a 1965 voting rights march. Austen Brantley is preparing to unveil a statue of Viola Liuzzo this July, the Detroit Free Press reported. In this March 20, 2019 photo, […]
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Jemele Hill Still Speaking her Mind, This Time on Podcast
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jemele Hill has moved on, but not from speaking her mind. The former ESPN host, best known to the non-sports world for tweets about President Donald Trump that provoked the White House to unsuccessfully seek her firing, launches a weekly podcast Monday on Spotify. On […]