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Article titled Beyond the Lights (2014)

Beyond the Lights (2014)

n this romantic drama, upcoming singing sensation Noni Jean (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is struggling to battle the demands of her professional and personal life.  Complicating these aspects are her overbearing “mom-ager”, Macy (Minnie Driver), and indu... Continue Reading
Article titled The Sophisticated Gents (1981)

The Sophisticated Gents (1981)

Set in the mid-1970s, The Sophisticated Gents centers upon the brotherhood relationship shared by nine African-American men who bonded during their childhood when they were members of “The Sophisticated Gents” sports club.  The club wa... Continue Reading
Article titled African Museum Casa del Rey Moro

African Museum Casa del Rey Moro

Proudly inviting visitors to “experience 6,000 years of African world history”, the African Museum Casa del Rey Moro is located at 2471 Congress Street in San Diego, California.  Its content is centered upon the past and present of the Africa ... Continue Reading
Article titled The Obsidian Collection

The Obsidian Collection

The Obsidian Collection is an initiative that seeks to enlighten present and future generations by preservation and dissemination of images of Black life sourced from Black legacy newspapers and Black photographers. All too often, Black newspape... Continue Reading
Article titled Constance Baker Motley

Constance Baker Motley

“While we may have faced challenges on the bench, when Connie lifted her voice, her life was on the line … Yet time and time again, she lifted her voice higher and higher, arguing cases in hostile towns, against hostile lawyers, and before host... Continue Reading
Article titled Frederick D. Patterson

Frederick D. Patterson

“Of all the endeavors, Dr. Patterson’s starkest accomplishment remains the scope of the people he influenced.  Over the course of his 87 years, he inspired Americans as well as African-Americans.  He influenced higher education policy... Continue Reading
Article titled BLACKListed Culture – Sounds XXXII

BLACKListed Culture – Sounds XXXII

“There are all forms of it that we forgotten … I want to remind people that Black music is amazing …” ~ Robert Glasper Every person has second thoughts … review yours, when grooving to the smoothness of the classic R&B greats, Th... Continue Reading
Article titled BLACKListed Culture – Sounds XXXI

BLACKListed Culture – Sounds XXXI

“There are all forms of it that we forgotten … I want to remind people that Black music is amazing …” ~ Robert Glasper Music encourages and enhances Black Life … GRATITUDE and SALUTE!! Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters – “Mon... Continue Reading
Article titled Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

Vampire in Brooklyn opens with a mysterious ship crashing into a dockyard in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  The inspector, Silas Green (John Witherspoon), heads aboard, only to discover it is full of mutilated bodies and is almost att... Continue Reading
Article titled The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

Based upon the best-selling and award-winning 1982 novel, The Women of Brewster Place: A Novel in Seven Stories by Gloria Naylor, this film is a 2-part television miniseries.  The drama is centered upon the different lives of seven Black women... Continue Reading