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’12 Years a Slave’ stars Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard compare film to...
This video is playable across all supported devices. In an interview with theGrio, Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard, who currently star in 12 Years a Slave, discuss the parallels between their new...
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The woman who saved Solomon Northup
DAILY BEAST - The story of Solomon Northup is a great disappointment to mythbusters and cynical editors—it’s pretty much all true...
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’12 Years a Slave’ sparks discussion on slavery on ‘Melissa Harris-Perry Show’
The new film 12 Years a Slave opened in select cities Friday and rode a wave of stellar reviews to an impressive $50,526 per theater gross. The film addresses the nation’s history of slavery and tells...
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Should kids go see ’12 Years a Slave’ despite film’s R rating?
This video is playable across all supported devices. According to actress Sarah Paulson, '12 Years A Slave' is the most 'accurate and true depiction of this time in our country's history that I can...
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$75 million black history museum envisioned in SC
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Standing near where tens of thousands of African slaves landed in Charleston, Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. announced updated plans on Wednesday for a $75 million International...
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Morgan Freeman won’t see ’12 Years a Slave’
Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman has become increasingly outspoken recently. He’s weighed in on everything from the legalization of marijuana to Tea Party Republicans, who the Last Vegas star...
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Nevada lawmaker says he’d vote for slavery if that’s what his constituents...
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada assemblyman came under fire Monday after a YouTube video surfaced in which he told a Republican gathering he would vote to allow slavery if that is what his...
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A brief history of blackface
It’s Halloween again and, evidently, it’s the season for people around the world to put on blackface. Blackface first made the news this holiday season when a former Dancing with the Stars participant...
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’12 Years a Slave’: Activist Michaela angela Davis talks tense relations...
Michaela angela Davis is known for speaking truth to power when it comes to defending the image of black women in media. The speaker, writer and outspoken Afircan-American feminist has used her passion...
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’12 Years a Slave’: Black audiences need more than slave narratives
I’ve been greeting the hype around the movie 12 Years a Slave with a lack of appropriate enthusiasm. Given the overwhelmingly rave reviews by critics, the film is supposed to be the best thing that’s...
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’12 Years a Slave’ has ties to DC-area site
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The painful story of a free black man lured from his home in New York in 1841 to be sold into slavery, now the basis of the new film “12 Years a Slave,” has a little-known...
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Will the History Channel’s ‘Roots’ remake ‘get it right’?
News of the History Channel’s plans to remake Roots may have been unexpected but, given the box office success of Django Unchained and the critical acclaim of the more highly regarded 12 Years a Slave,...
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Sarah Palin on federal debt: ‘This isn’t racist, but it’ll be like slavery’
Republican firebrand Sarah Palin has re-emerged on the political scene and she continues to use controversial rhetoric to score her political points. At the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fall...
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10 things you should know about slavery
As it expands into wider release, 12 Years a Slave seems to have accomplished an improbable feat. It’s sparking conversations on African-American history and slavery in a month other than February. The...
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LeVar Burton calls Tarantino’s ‘Roots’-‘Django’ comparison ‘bullsh*t’
LeVar Burton has a genteel persona thanks to his iconic role on Star Trek: The Next Generation and his hosting gig on Reading Rainbow, but he doesn’t mince words when it comes to defending the series...
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Kanye West compares himself to ’12 Years a Slave’ protagonist Solomon Northup
In his latest act of hubris and just plain historical insensitivity, rapper Kanye West has compared himself to Solomon Northup, the main character of the acclaimed film 12 Years a Slave. Northup, a...
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’12 Years a Slave’ leads Spirit Awards nominations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The race to Oscar has officially begun, as the slavery exploration “12 Years a Slave” was nominated Tuesday for a leading seven Spirit Awards, which honor independent film. The Steve...
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Juror questionnaire form lists ‘slave’ as occupation
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Caribbean panel advancing battle for reparations
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Caribbean commission is expanding the number of former colonial powers it says should provide some form of reparations for the lingering regional impact of the Atlantic slave...
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Can reparations for slavery ever be a reality?
With the latest announcement of plans by the Caribbean Community Reparations Commission, an association of eight Caribbean governments, to move forward in seeking reparations from Britain, France, the...
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