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Leslie Odom Jr. has spent his career moving between stage, screen, and recording studio. Born in Queens and raised in…

Born in Brooklyn in 1975, Talib Kweli first gained recognition in the underground hip-hop scene as one-half of the rap…

Though Emily Ratajkowski initially declined the offer to appear topless in Robin Thicke’s infamous “Blurred Lines” music video, the starring…

Active from 1966 to 1982, the Black Panther Party was a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist Black liberation organization founded by Bobby Seale…

Best known for her breakout role on Netflix’s hit series Orange is the New Black, Nigerian-American actress Uzo Aduba has quickly…

Born to a Jewish immigrant family in 1920s Brooklyn, Howard Zinn was a visionary historian, philosopher, and political activist who…

Visionary YA author and activist Angie Thomas became an overnight sensation on the 2017 publication of her debut novel, The…

Before his NFL exile, before taking a knee, and before becoming the face of social activism in sports – Colin…

“By not running from the books that pain us, we can allow them to transform us. I ran from antiracist…

Over his 20-season career, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar racked up 6 MVP awards and more points than anyone else in…