Following a triumphant Best Picture Oscar win for the critically-acclaimed Moonlight, director Barry Jenkins is set to write and direct a one-hour series chronicling the Underground Railroad, Variety reports.

Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers takes responsibility for its mistake. Moonlight wins best picture.

Trevante Rhodes stars in the award-winning film Moonlight alongside, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, and Janelle Monae..The University of Texas at Austin graduate talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about how he got discovered, his southern roots and the premise behind the film. “It’s a coming of age story about a young man coming into terms […]

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Announcements broke from normal tradition as the names were announced via live feed broadcasted on the morning news shows such as "Good Morning America." Announcers of color included Gabby Sidibe, Jennifer Hudson and Terrance Howard.

It was a great night for some of our faves, who took home top prizes at the 2017 Golden Globes. Hey, Issa! Although we didn’t get to see much of our fave awkward Black girl, Issa Rae looked luminous as the cameras focused on her while the nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in […]

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According to reports, many of the electors did not reside in the congressional districts they represented.

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The nominees for the 2017 NAACP Image Awards are in.

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Attorney General of California Kamala Harris, who became the second Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown are among leaders scheduled to serve in Congress in 2017.

  Janelle Monae‘s transition to the big screen has been just as smooth as her melodic moves on stage. The pint-sized beauty stars in two of the year’s most anticipated films, Hidden Figures and Moonlight. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her role in the Barry Jenkins directed film and why this story is so […]