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Utah has had a small but vibrant Black community throughout its history. During Black History Month, we honor the communitys triumphs and challenges.

Utah has had a small but vibrant Black community throughout its history. During Black History Month, we honor the communitys triumphs and challenges.

A Majority Vote Would Amend the State Constitution 
To Prohibit the Practice of Involuntary Servitude

Daniel Kaluuya is Fred Hampton in "Judas and the Black Messiah." (Warner Bros. Pictures) "Judas and the Black Messiah" has far too much in common with "The Departed." Obviously, director Shaka Kings film centers on Black characters, while Martin Scorseses Boston-set entry does not. But the general concept — a crime thriller about a man covertly working with law enforcement who infiltrates a group considered to be their threat, to eviscerate its strongest force — is the sam...

Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo Fred Hampton led Illinois’s Black Panther Party from 1968 until his death the following year. His killing remains the subject of much scrutiny, as Hampton died after Chicago Police officers raided his West Side apartment on the morning of December 4, 1969. The police fired 99 shots, killing the 21-year-old Hampton and his fellow Panther, 22-year-old Mark Clark. The Panthers fired just once. Shaka Kings new biopic, Judas and the Black Messiah,...

CinemaBlend WARNING: The following article contains specific details about the ending to Judas and the Black Messiah. Unless you have you seen the film or simply prefer to remain free from fear of SPOILERS, we recommend seeking the film in theaters or streaming from HBO Max before you continue Most appropriately during Black History Month comes the release of Judas and the Black Messiah, a film which depicts an era of black history that often goes untold or, at least, rarely told right. The ...

THE WANDERING PALESTINIAN 242 pp. bhc Press. $25.95 hardcover, $15.95 paperback, $7.95 ebook. Anan Ameri’s recently released memoir “The Wandering Palestinian” is beautifully written in the tradition of Arab story telling. Its humorous and poignant vignettes travel the reader to Beirut, Detroit, Washington DC, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Jerusalem. It successfully interweaves the forty-year personal narrative of a free spirited Arab woman who arrives in the USA in 1974, with the larger ...