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“Black Panther” Blows Away Box Office With $192M Weekend

by Associated PressFebruary 18, 2018January 25, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of feverish anticipation, fawning critical acclaim and groundbreaking cultural meaning pushed “Black Panther” to a record-setting $192 million debut in U.S. and Canada theaters, […]

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Md. Professor, Author Pens Origin of the Nation’s Blackest Superhero, The Black Panther

by Special to the AFROFebruary 16, 2018January 25, 2022

In late 2016, Marvel Studios asked Jesse Holland to re-tell the story of one of our nation’s most recognizable Black superheroes, the Black Panther. He happily obliged, and now this […]

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“Black Panther” Poised for Heroic Opening Weekend

by Special to the AFROFebruary 16, 2018January 25, 2022

Opening weekend for Marvel’s “Black Panther” is here, and it’s clear that the movie is poised to both break the box office and become a huge influence on those who […]

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Stunt Woman Turned Actress Makes Feature Film Debut in ‘Black Panther’

by Special to the AFROFebruary 14, 2018January 25, 2022

It was, essentially, a small thing. A pebble upon which Janeshia Adams-Ginyard stumbled as she reached a fork in the road. “Girl, my hair was eighteen inches long. When I […]

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Review: ‘Black Panther’ is Dazzling Grand-Scale Filmmaking

by Associated PressFebruary 6, 2018January 25, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — The supposedly cosmically vast Marvel Cinematic Universe, as it’s called, spans planets peppered throughout the galaxy, but Ryan Coogler’s Earth-bound “Black Panther,” glittering and galvanizing, stands […]

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Florence Kasumba Shines as Part of Stellar Black Panther Cast

by Special to the AFROJanuary 31, 2018January 25, 2022

There is an admirable steadiness and assuredness about German actress Florence Kasumba that is hard not admire. Kasumba, of course, is one of the actors who will appear in what […]

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Black Panther Movie Causing Excitement Around Country

by Jesse J. HollandJanuary 4, 2018January 25, 2022

There’s a Black Panther party going on all around the country. Superhero fans, movie fans and especially connoisseurs of Black culture — American and African — are all eagerly awaiting […]

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