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Maya Angelou born on this day April 4th in 1928. ‪#‎PhenomenalWoman‬

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'Kindred' Trailer: Shocking Preview For FX's Octavia Butler Adaptation On Hulu Sees Mallori Johnson Violently Traverse Time - Shadow and Act

The FX/Hulu’s upcoming series based on Octavia Butler’s Kindred has dropped its first trailer, which shows fear and anguish amid mysterious

“The FX/Hulu’s upcoming series based on Octavia Butler’s Kindred has dropped its first trailer, which shows fear and anguish amid mysterious time travel.”

“The eight-episode series stars Mallori Johnson as a woman and writer who gets forcibly ping-ponged in between the present and America’s past of slavery. All the while, she is navigating an interracial relationship, which becomes even more complicated as she reckons with the racial violence embedded in her family.”

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Today In History

John H. Johnson launched Ebony Magazine on this date November 1, 1945.

Against the backdrop of Jim Crow, Ebony magazine addressed African American cultural and political realities.

From the lives of Hollywood celebrities to the ongoing fight for human and civil rights, Johnson Publishing Company publications documented key moments in African American life that changed how we think about ourselves as a nation.

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Naomi Osaka releasing her first children's book

Titled "The Way Champs Play," the book is meant to inspire and encourage kids. Osaka joins Serena Williams and Steph Curry as athletes who h

“Following in the footsteps of other superstar athletes like Serena Williams and Stephen Curry, four-time major champion and former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka announced she would be releasing her first children's book with a post on Instagram on Tuesday. Titled "The Way Champs Play," the book is set to be released on Dec. 6 and, in an amazing flex, will be published by her production company Hana Kuma.”

"I hope this book inspires kids to chase their dreams and encourages them to believe they can do anything they put their minds to," Osaka wrote about the project.”

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Quinta Brunson Lands First Emmy; Only Second Black Woman To Win In The Writing For A Comedy Series Category

In her show’s first season, Quinta Brunson won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series tonight, making her only the second Blac

“In her show’s first season, Quinta Brunson won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series tonight, making her only the second Black woman to win in the category after Lena Waithe, and the first to win solo.”

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Happy Birthday! Here Are 5 Insightful James Baldwin Interviews You Must Watch

James Baldwin shares words of wisdom and intellect in a series of interviews.

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Happy Birthday Octavia!

photo cred: @mocada-museum

Octavia Estelle Butler, often referred to as the “grand dame of science fiction,” was born in Pasadena, California on June 22, 1947.  She received an Associate of Arts degree in 1968 from Pasadena Community College, and also attended California State University in Los Angeles and the University of California, Los Angeles.  During 1969 and 1970, she studied at the Screenwriter’s Guild Open Door Program and the Clarion Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop, where she took a class with science fiction master Harlan Ellison (who later became her mentor), and which led to Butler selling her first science fiction stories.

Butler’s first story, “Crossover,” was published in the 1971 Clarion anthology.  Patternmaster, her first novel and the first title of her five-volume Patternist series, was published in 1976, followed by Mind of My Mind in 1977.  Others in the series include Survivor (1978), Wild Seed (1980), which won the James Tiptree Award, and Clay’s Ark (1984).

With the publication of Kindred in 1979, Butler was able to support herself writing full time.  She won the Hugo Award in 1984 for her short story, “Speech Sounds,” and in 1985, Butler’s novelette “Bloodchild” won a Hugo Award, a Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and an award for best novelette from Science Fiction Chronicle.

Other books by Octavia E. Butler include the Xenogenesis trilogy: Dawn (1987), Adulthood Rites (1988) and Imago (1989), and a short story collection, Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995).  Parable of the Sower (1993), the first of her Earthseed series, was a finalist for the Nebula Award as well as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.  The book’s sequel, Parable of the Talents (1998), won a Nebula Award.

In 1995 Butler was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

Awards

1980, Creative Arts Award, L.A. YWCA 1984, Hugo Award for Best Short Story – Speech Sounds 1984, Nebula Award for Best Novelette – Bloodchild 1985, Science Fiction Chronicle Award for Best Novelette – Bloodchild 1985, Locus Award for Best Novelette – Bloodchild 1985, Hugo Award for Best Novelette – Bloodchild 1995, MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant 1999, Nebula Award for Best Novel – Parable of the Talents 2000, PEN American Center lifetime achievement award in writing 2010, Inductee Science Fiction Hall of Fame 2012, Solstice Award, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

via  octaviabutler.org

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First Black Woman To Visit Every Country In The World To Release Memoir Inspiring Travel And Intentional Living

First Black Woman To Visit Every Country In The World To Release Memoir Inspiring Travel And Intentional Living

“First Black Woman To Visit Every Country In The World To Release Memoir Inspiring Travel And Intentional Living.”

Jessica Nabongo says, “The book isn’t about convincing people to travel to every country in the world. It’s to show people that their dreams are valid and achievable.”

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“Never be afraid to sit a while and think” - Lorraine Hansberry

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“To be Black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of RAGE.” - James Baldwin

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Toni Morrison's Novel 'Sula' Will Be Turned Into an HBO Series

The 1973 Toni Morrison novel Sula will be honored with a limited series on HBO, created, written and executive-produced by Shannon M. Housto

“Deadline reports that the series adaption of Sula will follow “two Black heroines from their close-knit childhood in a small Ohio neighborhood called The Bottom, through their sharply divergent paths of womanhood. Nel Wright has chosen to marry, raise a family and become a pillar of the Black community. Sula Peace has rejected the life Nel has embraced, escaping from The Bottom, submerging herself in city life, and coming into her own as a woman more intellectually and sexually free than anyone around her. Eventually, Sula and Nel must face the consequences of their choices, and their complicated bond. Along with a mysterious third man named Shadrack, they create an unforgettable portrait of a strange American community, and the relationships, tragedies and triumphs that define it.”

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Charlamagne tha God Launches Comics, Graphic Novel Lines

With Two Superhero Series Written by Kevin Grevioux

“Radio host, author, and media mogul Leonard "Charlamagne tha God" Mckelvey is teaming up with actor, director, and comics writer Kevin Grevioux to develop original superhero properties as comics series and graphic novels.”

“Their first project will be Darkstorm, written by Grevioux with art by Ken Lashley, an original graphic novel series featuring a reluctant Black superhero who struggles with PTSD. The graphic novels will be published by Charlamagne’s Simon & Schuster imprint, Black Privilege Publishing.”

Charlamagne and Grevioux are also teaming up with AWA Studios to develop comic book series. Their first project will be The Vindicators, which will star a diverse team of superheroes living in a dystopian future.

“A lot of the black superheroes I loved growing up were street level and that's cool, but I want to see Omega Level superheroes that look like me and people around me and that's exactly what we are giving you with Darkstorm and The Vindicators,” Charlamagne said in a statement accompanying the announcement.”

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Maya Angelou born on this day April 4th in 1928. ‪#‎PhenomenalWoman‬

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Donald Glover Hires Malia Obama as a Writer on His New Show • EBONY

Glover lauded Obama's writing style saying, she "definitely has a unique perspective."

“Donald Glover has tapped Malia Obama to be one of the writers of his new Amazon series tentatively titled “Hive.”, NBC News reports.”

“In an interview with Vanity Fair, the Emmy award-winner said that Obama is “an amazingly talented person,” adding, “She’s really focused, and she’s working really hard.”

“I feel like she’s just somebody who’s gonna have really good things coming soon,” Glover said. “Her writing style is great.”