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African American playwright Ntozake Shange passes away
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 28 (ANI): Noted African American playwright Ntozake Shange, known for her works addressing sensitive issues related to racism, passed away at the age of 70.
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Kanye West encourages African-Americans to end support for democrats
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 28 (ANI): Turns out, Hollywood rapper Kanye West is more political in nature than his fans thought he would be, as he designed T-shirts that encouraged the African-American population to end their support for the Democrats.
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Aretha Franklin to have an open casket ceremony
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Aug 17 (ANI): Family of late Hollywood singer Aretha Franklin has planned an open casket ceremony for the 'Queen of Soul'. The ceremony will be held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit city, reported TMZ.
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Riley slams foreign distributors for stalling 'Sorry to Bother you'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Aug 05 (ANI): Director of 'Sorry to Bother You', Raymond Lawrence Riley (aka Boots Riley) has criticised foreign distributors alleging that they refused to release his film, claiming that "black movies don't do well internationally".
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US revives Emmett Till murder case after 63 years
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jul 12 (ANI): The federal government has reopened its inquiry into the murder of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African-American boy, whose brutal killing in Mississippi in 1955 sent shockwaves across the world.
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San Francisco elects first African-American woman Mayor
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
San Francisco (California) [United States], June 15 (ANI): San Francisco elected London Breed as its first African-American woman Mayor on Thursday.
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Trump thanks Kanye for doubling his support among African-Americans
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 5 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday said that his African-American poll numbers bumped up in the last week and thanked rapper Kanye West for it.
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Spike Lee slams Kanye West for 'slavery' remark
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 03 (ANI): Soon after rapper Kanye West sparked outrage over social media after saying that the enslavement of African Americans over centuries may have been 'a choice'; he has been receiving a chorus of criticism from many.
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Kanye West calls slavery 'a choice', gets slammed
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 02 (ANI): Rapper Kanye West sparked outrage over social media after he said that the enslavement of African Americans over centuries may have been "a choice".
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Voter registration at Black Panther lines
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): Activists are using Black Panthers, the superhero of the recent Marvel film of the same name, which stars a nearly all-black cast as a chance to increase the voter registration of the African-Americans.
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Trump, Pence honour African-American military personnel
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Feb 14 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday highlighted the contributions from African-American military personnel throughout the country's history to commemorate the Black History Month.
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Sterling K. Brown, Elisabeth Moss win big at 2018 #GoldenGlobes
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Television actor and Emmy-award winning artist Sterling K. Brown has made his entry in the history books, as he became the first African-American actor to take home a Golden Globe for 'Best Performance by an Actor (Male) in a TV series, Drama'.
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