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Melvin Van Peebles, Influential Director, Actor and Writer, Dies at 89

Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song,” and father of director and actor Mario Van Peebles, has died. He was 89. “Sweet […]

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Former pro basketball players look to bring young African-Americans to the polls with ‘Be Woke.Vote’ initiative

With long lines at polling places in states like Georgia and Kentuckydisproportionately affecting African-Americans and a widespread distrust in the mail-in ballot system in the Black community, a campaign called […]