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Kendrick Carmouche to be 1st Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since 2013
Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport.
Black riders were atop...
THE REAL BLACK HISTORY HIDDEN WITHIN HBO'S WATCHMEN
HBO's Watchmen is easily the network's most successful show since Game of Thrones. The series managed to expand the universe of Alan Moore and Dav...
Henry Brown Was A Slave In North Carolina – Until He Mailed Himself To Freedom
Henry Brown had reached the nadir of his despair. The Virginia slave’s pregnant wife and three children had just been sold away after their owner...
A Hollywood executive wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman in a biopic
A Hollywood studio executive once suggested that Julia Roberts should play iconic African-American activist Harriet Tubman in a biopic.
In a recen...
The New York Times '1619 Project' hits newsstands and examines the history of US slavery
LAST NIGHT, AT THE EVENT SPACE of The New York Timesbuilding, a collection of Black journalists, poets, and museum curators announced their intent...