Category: Articles, News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

#BHM: Mark Derys’ 1994 Black to the Future

Defining Afrofuturism in interviews with Samuel R. Delany, Greg Tate, and Tricia Rose [PDF]

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New Gotham Featurette Teases The Relationship Between Fish Mooney & Harvey Bullock

Harvey Bullock’s deeply in love with Fish Mooney

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BHM: Can comics discuss African Americans, social justice & shared history?

Tales of the Talented Tenth: Joel Christian Gill @ 23rd Annual African American Children’s Book Fair

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Blerd History Month: Happy Birthday Rutina Wesley!

A native of Las Vegas, Rutina comes from talent- her dad, Ivery, is a tap dancer and mom, Cassandra, is a showgirl. Born on February 1, 1979, Rutina’s best-known blerdy acting credit is doubtlessly her 2008–2014 stint as Tara Thornton on HBO’s vampire series True Blood. Also in the horror genre, Rutina appeared in last year’s 13 Sins and in 2015 fans look forward to seeing her portray Reba McClane on NBC’s Hannibal.

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To learn more hit up: Rutina’s IMDb

Steamrolers: A Community For Discussing Gender/Race/Age Inequality in Tech

Eric Willis,Founder: “Steamrolers is a community for developers, designers, and other people in tech to discuss the issues associated with the lack of diversity in tech. We also hold organized discussions and AMAs with startup founders/execs from underrepresented groups. Ultimately, we want to provide solutions that address the ‘pipeline’ issues, hiring practices, retention problems, etc.”

CHECK OUT STEAMROLERS HERE

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Native American Sci-fi thriller hits the big screen in AZ

“Legends From the Sky” features 15 minutes of Navajo dialogue

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#PubRadioVoice: Challenging The Whiteness Of Public Radio

Chenjerai Kumanyika On Last Night’s “Code Switch”

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