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20th Century Global Superstar, Activist and Spy Josephine Baker’s Cheeky...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) We celebrate the iconic, internationally famous entertainer Josephine Baker in today’s GBN Daily Drop podcast with some history along with her humorously...
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Quote from Award-Winning Author Alice Walker on #WorldPurpleDay (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Today, on World Purple Day (which began in 2008 to increase awareness around epilepsy), we share a quote from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning...
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Black Oscar Firsts: A Brief History of the Trailblazing Academy Award Winners...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) You might know about Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier or Halle Berry being the first Black recipients of Oscars in their respective acting categories, but...
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Elijah Kelley to Star as Sammy Davis Jr. in Hulu Series Produced by Lee Daniels
According to Variety.com, Hulu has ordered from Lee Daniels’ company eight episodes of a biographical limited series about legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. based on the book In Black and White:...
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GBN Daily Drop: Remembering Richard Pryor, the “Comedian’s Comedian” (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Today, GBN celebrates revolutionary and insightful comedian, writer and actor Richard Pryor as we highlight a joke from his 1983 comedy concert film Here and...
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Black Lexicon: What “Afrofuturism” Means (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) In today’s Daily Drop, we explore the term “Afrofuturism” and its origin. To read about it and see links to sources, read on. To hear about it, press PLAY:...
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GBN Daily Drop: The Empire Strikes “Black” with Lando Calrissian 42 Years...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) History was made 42 years ago in May 1980 when the burgeoning Star Wars franchise added the character of Lando Calrissian to its universe played by 1970s...
View ArticleBaird Steptoe Sr. Elected Head of International Cinematographers Guild, 1st...
Baird Steptoe Sr. was recently elected to a three-year term as president of the International Cinematographers Guild, according to Variety.com. Steptoe has served for some time on the guild’s national...
View ArticleGrammy and Academy Award Winner H.E.R. to Star as Belle in ABC’s “Beauty and...
According to Variety.com, award-winning musical artist H.E.R. will play Belle in ABC’s upcoming hybrid special celebrating the 30th anniversary of Disney‘s animated musical classic Beauty and the...
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GBN GIVEAWAY: Enter by 2/28 for a Chance to Win the “Whitney Houston: I Wanna...
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) In conjunction with the 2/28 release of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody on DVD/Blu-Ray, Good Black News is giving away one bundled prize pack,...
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