At its best, flags can be powerful symbols. Flags can represent pride, hope, resilience, history, and the future. At the worst, they are symbols of hate and can incite fear and trigger trauma.

A new documentary tells the story of Black Barbie, and why she has meant so much to so many Gregory Wakeman - Freelance Writer Lagueria Davis has been working on her documentary, Black Barbie, since ...

Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be — and the lasting impact she left behind Courtesy of Netflix Barbie dolls first hit the shelves in 1959 — but it would ...

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Spike Lee (center) on the set of his film 'Do the Right Thing" in 1989. Historically, Black movies have played an invaluable role in reflecting the richness and depth of African-American heritage.

Despite being the highest share of media consumers, Black individuals in the U.S. and abroad often feel as though they are misrepresented or underrepresented in mainstream media, according to a ...

In the U.S., Black adult women are six times more likely to be killed than their white counterparts, troubling new data reveals. A paper published Thursday in The Lancet medical journal analyzed ...

About six-in-10 Black adults say supporting Black businesses is an extremely or very effective strategy for gaining movement towards equality in the U.S., according to a survey from the Pew Research ...

Twenty-five years ago when I was a young assistant professor, I decided to start growing locs. The process of growing locs (often referred to as “dreadlocks”) is basically when hair binds together and ...

Sparked by an influx of Black Southerners seeking better lives in the north, this early 20th century explosion of Black cultural expression left its mark on generations of civil rights activists, ...

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