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Ava DuVernay: ‘We need to wake up. We’re less than a year away from a transition of power’

The acclaimed film-maker talks about her conversation-starting new film Origin, working outside of the studio system and why Black women are so often gaslit

The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2023

Origin movie review: Ava DuVernay has made much better films than this didactic trudge

It covers an important and fascinating subject and is based on a highly respected book, but this laboured film is a real disappointment

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

Origin review – a heartfelt look at a journalist challenging the concept of race

There are solid performances in this dramatisation of Isabel Wilkerson’s attempt to explain racism as an aspect of the caste system, but it may have been better as a documentary

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023

Black Lives Matter 10-year anniversary: Why was it founded and what has changed?

The international movement took off after the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2023

In 1997, a 13-year-old was beaten by white Chicago teens. A podcast challenges the racial narrative that followed

CHICAGO — The new podcast “You Didn’t See Nothin” takes a critical look at the media narrative that followed the 1997 Bridgeport neighborhood beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark Jr., a Black child who lived in Chicago's Stateway Gardens public housing development, going to get air for his bike tire, by…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 28, 2023

Ben Crump demands justice for Ajike Owens, the latest time he's supported a grieving Black family

Ben Crump has become a powerful figure in the movement seeking equality for Black Americans and justice for those killed by police

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023

Sheriff probes 'self defense' claim of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in front of kids

A Florida sheriff says detectives must investigate self-defense claims before any criminal charges can be brought against a white woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023

From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism

Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered, perhaps none is more enduring than the celebrated entertainer’s lifelong support for youth activism.

The Conversation · May 18, 2023

Farewell to a beloved elder: Activists reflect on Belafonte

Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at age 96, left behind generations of admirers and proteges

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023