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This excerpt originally appeared in the January/February issue of ESSENCE magazine, available on newsstands now. The era I grew up in both deepened my racial wound and soothed it with the healing balm of the arts. My childhood spanned the 1920s and 1930s, two of the most economically memorable and culturally rich decades in American history—a period when Negro literature, music and culture flourished. The Roaring ’20s rollicked joyously with jazz, decadence and illegal whiskey, while the th...

What to Stream This MLK Day Weekend: Selma, 13th, American Son, and More ETOnline 1/17/2021 © The Weinstein Company/Swedish Television/Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox Friday, January 15, 2021, marks what would have been the 92nd birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of Americas most esteemed and visible activists in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Dr. King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, when he was just 39 years old, but his message ...

The installation is sure to be controversial.

The 2020 Caldecott Medal, for outstanding illustration This year’s Caldecott Medal goes to  The Undefeated (Amazon) illustrated by the incredible Kadir Nelson, and written by Kwame Alexander. It’s on nearly every best children’s books of 2020 list, and has won numerous awards for its depiction of the strength of the Black contribution to American society. Start here for a must-have book for your collection at home, no matter how old your kids.   The 2020 Newbery Medal, for outstanding ...

If passed into law, the bill would ban law enforcement from using deceptive tactics during interrogations.

Pop Culture Happy Hour. From 2012 to 2018, Harris covered culture for Slate Magazine as a staff writer, editor and the host of the film and TV podcast Represent, where she wrote about everything from the history of self-care to Dolly Partons (formerly Dixie) Stampede and interviewed creators like Barry Jenkins and Greta Gerwig. She joined The New York Times in 2018 as the assistant TV editor on the Culture Desk, producing a variety of pieces, including a feature Q&A with the Exonerated Five a...

4. Trial 4 Sean Ellis was only 19 when he was arrested for the murder of a Boston police officer. He was convicted after three trials and spent 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit before he was finally exonerated in 2018. Since then, Mr. Ellis has become a fierce advocate for reform and is a member of the New England Innocence Project’s board of trustees. “Trial 4” is his story. Available to stream on Netflix here. 5. The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin’s latest film, �...