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During the past week, Patricia Arquette’s comments during her Oscars acceptance speech have ignited debate across
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Its Black History Month, which means that mainstream society pulls out the iconic images of African American freedom fighters including
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Dispatches from Shondalandia by a Slavery Historian (Vol. 2)
“I am not yours.” – Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal 2 X 3 “You might be Command, Dad, but
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