New Batwoman Javicia Leslie always wanted to be a superhero
David Betancourt, The Washington Post
Jan. 17, 2021
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With Kate Kane gone, Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) is the new Batwoman.CW
Last year, Javicia Leslie was asked on a podcast what she wanted her next acting role to be. I said I wanted to be a superhero, Leslie recalled recently toThe Washington Post.
In July, just two months after stating her desire, the star of God Friended Me and The Family Business answered the call to a bat-signal put up in the sky just for her - finding out she was the new star of the CW s Batwoman. The announcement instantly made her the new face of the network s successful tradition of televised superheroes.
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After a year of racial reckoning, Black lawmakers believe they can finally eliminate Confederate Heroes Day in Texas
Neelam Bohra, Texas Tribune
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State Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, chairperson of the Legislative Black Caucus, wants to pass legislation that would remove or replace Confederate Heros Day, a state holiday celebrating leaders of the Confederate army. (Stephen Spillman / for Express-News)Stephen Spillman /Stephen Spillman
The day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring a leader of the American civil rights movement, some Texas employees will also take a paid day off this Tuesday for Confederate Heroes Day a state holiday falling on Robert E. Lee’s birthday, intended to celebrate him, Jefferson Davis and other Confederate soldiers.
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The whitewashing of Tulsa s Black Wall Street
Tracy Jan, The Washington Post
Jan. 17, 2021
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1of17Redevelopment has come to Tulsa s historically Black Greenwood district, but some Black business owners feel they are being shut out.Washington Post photo by Joshua LottShow MoreShow Less
2of17Barista Angel Jamison talks with Yvette Troupe, an owner of the Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge coffee shop, whose name is an homage to the successful Black business district destroyed a century ago.Washington Post photo by Joshua LottShow MoreShow Less
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4of17People in Tulsa s historically Black Greenwood district achieved much economic success before 1921. Greenwood was left in ruins after the 1921 massacre.Library of CongressShow MoreShow Less