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The Great Experiment That Is ‘The Color Purple’

A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional…

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In South Carolina, Democrats See a Test of Biden’s Appeal to Black Voters

The president’s campaign is putting money and staff into South Carolina ahead of its primary in an effort to energize…

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Why Claudine Gay Should Go

Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, should resign. I don’t love thinking so and hoped we would not reach this tipping point…

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Now, Black Figures Have a Name, a Frame and a Show

A vital American Folk Art Museum show reckons with centuries of erasure by uncovering historical records of the unnamed Black…

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Excerpts From Dr. Claudine Gay’s Work

Here are five examples of work by President Claudine Gay of Harvard that have been spotlighted by critics who have…

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‘The Color Purple’ Review: Still Here

There’s a lot to like about this musical film version of Alice Walker’s novel, but the story remains slippery to…

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Listen to Ntozake Shange Like You’ve Never Heard Her Before

A new volume of the Black feminist’s previously unpublished writing is read in audiobook form by a full cast of…

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‘American Fiction’ Review: The Pen Is Mighty, the Pressures Mightier

The first film from the director Cord Jefferson stars Jeffrey Wright as an author who becomes a pseudonymous success writing…

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As Biden Struggles With Black Men, Allies Gather at White House

Aides of the president met with influential Black male Democrats to discuss how to shore up his standing with a…

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Norman Lear Reshaped How America Saw Black Families

“Good Times,” “The Jeffersons” and “Sanford and Son” brought a wave of Black characters to TV, even as the shows…

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