Month: February 2015

Supergirl Series Casts Cyborg Superman and Alex Danvers

British actor David Harewood is on board for Hank Henshaw role.

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David Harewood as David Estes in “Homeland”

The White House Brings Back ‘We the Geeks’ Series to Celebrate Black Talent in STEM

Government partners with Google + Hangouts to present the series.

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What Dwayne McDuffie Meant To Comics

And Why There’s An Award In His Name

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I Won’t Wait for Video Games to Validate Blackness

Mattie Brice Breaks It Down

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Remembering Leonard Nimoy …

A small selection through a POC lens …

* Video: George Takei on Leonard Nimoy.

* At Pensacon, Nichelle Nichols remembers Leonard Nimoy.

* Leonard Nimoy on ‘new’ Spock’s Uhura romance (2010)

* Nichelle Nichols on “Spock-Uhura” (2010)

* Obama On Leonard Nimoy: “I Loved Spock”

* Leonard Nimoy’s advice to a biracial girl (1968)

VIDEOS:

http://youtu.be/jXV86UKdTPs

Sources: Youtube, TrekToday.com, CNN.com, LATimes.com, PensacolaToday.com, Deadline.com

Black Sci-Fi Writers Look To The Future

NPR’s Codeswitch

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A Conversation With Comics Scholar Qiana Whitted

Inkstuds Spotlight Podcast

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Secret Origins: How The Holmon Men Learned To Nerd Together

We love Omar Holmon’s piece.

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The Skinny on the FCC’s Of-Color Commissioners

Even just a day later, it’s old news that the FCC voted to uphold “net neutrality.”

But here’s the official info on the two FCC commissioners of color.

Mignon Clyburn

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Ajit Pai

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Australian documentary examines mysterious life of a Filipino cult film star

Variety.com reviews “The Search for Weng Weng.”

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Filipino actor Ernesto de la Cruz aka Weng Weng