Chadwick Boseman will continue to put on for the culture in his newest project. He is set to play the first man of color to swing a sword in the Land of the Rising Sun. Deadline is reporting that the acclaimed thespian has been handpicked to star in Yasuke. The film will tell the long lost […]

From a king in Wakanda to a soldier in Vietnam to Jackie Robinson to Thurgood Marshall, Chadwick “T’Challa” Boseman is going places in life. On the big screen anyway. Deadline is reporting that Chadwick Boseman has signed on to join Spike Lee’s upcoming Netflix drama Da 5 Bloods which centers around Vietnam veterans who return to […]

Welcome to the 40/40 club. No, not the Jay-Z nightclub version, but the Black History Month version.  Each year, there is a list that touts the accomplishments of young people. Top 30 under 30, Top 40 under 40, somewhere we’re sure, there’s a top 20 under 20. But the thing is, accomplishment doesn’t end at […]

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The cast of Black Panther put on their running shoes to do their epic take on The Get Out Challenge. Not long after Get Out hit theaters at the end of February (rounding out Black History Month), it didn’t take long for the internet to take hold and create a meme. Thus was born the […]

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It's been announced that Forest Whitaker will be joining the Ryan Coogler-directed project. #BlackStarPower at its finest.

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Bremer Trust, the administrator of his estate, filed court documents in Carver County, Minnesota, claiming that 13 people have failed to establish a close connection to Prince.

He can act. He can run around in a polyester cat suit. And now, we know that he can carry a tune.

The Academy has learned its lesson, so the film organization is doing something about its glaring diversity problem. About 46 percent of new members of its voting body are people of colors, but that still might not be enough to make a huge difference just yet. Society as a whole made the good people behind […]