Theater Review: A Free Man of Color Starring Jeffrey Wright
October 29, 2022
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Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
August 14, 2022Comedian Mo’Nique, best known for urban comedies like Phat Girlz and Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, gives...
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Nina Simone: The Biography by David Brun-Lambert
August 2, 2022The granddaughter of slaves on both parents’ sides of the family, Simone’s stardom coincided with the...
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Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong by Steven Brower
July 26, 2022For someone who radiated pure joy, his beginnings were Deep South Dickensian. Born in New Orleans...
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A Saint on Death Row by Thomas Cahill
July 25, 2022Dominique’s worst luck was to have been born in Houston, Texas, the principal city of Harris...
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Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
July 24, 2022When confronted with Cotton in a police lineup, Thompson had nary a shred of doubt that...
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
July 21, 2022Yet when an author treads into specific territories, the ground becomes awfully muddy. We’re happy to...
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A Mercy by Toni Morrison
July 16, 2022That’s it. Truly. That’s the plot. But to say that is all there is to it...