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Books
Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians
“You feel like you’re home,” a bassoonist said of the Gateways Music Festival, which for 30 years has provided Black…
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World
Black Voters Have New Power in Mississippi. Can They Elect a Democrat?
The fall of a Jim Crow-era election law and a restoration of felons’ voting rights have given Black voters new…
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Business
A New Membership Club Bets on Black Business
Marva and Myriam Babel spent much of the past few years thinking about the concept of a space, especially how…
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News
Louise Meriwether Dies at 100; in 1970, a New, Black Literary Voice
Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved…
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Style
How Jesmyn Ward Is Reimagining Southern Literature
Jesmyn Ward gestured with her eyes and a tilt of her face, hands on the wheel. “This crazy colored house…
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Books
Review: In ‘(pray),’ Nourish Thyself With Song and Dance
An exploration of how faith intersects with Black womanhood, through a mix of music, movement, ritual and poetry.
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World
Nancy Mace’s District Moved Right. Then She Helped Oust McCarthy.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on Representative Mace’s newly drawn South Carolina district, which has gotten redder since…
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News
Hughes Van Ellis, Tulsa Massacre Survivor, Dies at 102
Mr. Ellis was one of three known remaining survivors of the massacre, in which a white mob burned down the…
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News
An Overdue Lesson on Antiracism
The recent turmoil at Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, with more than half its staff…
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Books
A Spike Lee Joint via Movie Posters and Sports Jerseys
Lee, the director of “Do the Right Thing” and “Malcolm X,” donated more than 400 items for a Brooklyn Museum…