Category: Articles, News

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

Junot Díaz: “Bodies Like Mine Were Raped Into Existence”

LINK: University of Missouri, Martin Luther King Jr. event

School Changes Name to Honor Mary Jackson, NASA Engineer #BlackHistoryMonth

LINK: instead of Andrew Jackson, racist loser

Mary Jackson at Work NASA Langley

‘Drunk History’ Talks About ‘Star Trek’s’ Nichelle Nichols #BlackHistoryMonth

LINK: Even if you’ve heard Nichols tell it before, you’ve never heard it told quite like this

African American Superhero Comics ‘YouNeek’ Get UK/European Bookstore Distribution Deal

LINK: Nigerian immigrant Roye Okupe is the man behind YouNeek Studios

Sonita Alizadeh Escaped a Forced Marriage and Channeled her Rage with Rap

LINK: An excerpt from the paperback comic book “Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World”

Khary Randolph on ‘Black,’ Returning to ‘Mosaic,’ ‘Black Panther’ and More

Behind the Panel: On SYFY