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Monday, February 28, 2011

Mohammed Monday: Outlasting Fickle Detractors

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Picture Perfect Special:
Princesses of Mars, Part Four

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Who needs Venus when you have Martian Princesses? Here are more visions of Dejah Thoris and other Martian beauties from a variety of artists...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

'The Devil's Daughter' is short, but feels long

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The Devil's Daughter (1939) Starring: Nina Mae McKinney, Ida James, Emmett Wallace, Hamtree Harrington, Jack Carter, and Willa Mae Lang...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Picture Perfect Wednesday:
Josephine and the Amazing Edible Dreamskirt

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Born in St. Louis, MO, in 1906, Josephine Baker started dancing professionally in her early teens. She fled Missouri for Europe by the tim...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

The finest adventures of Marvel's greatest blacksploitation hero

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Essential Luke Cage, Power Man, Vol. 1 (Marvel Comics, 2005) Writers: Steve Englehart, Steve Englehart, Archie Goodwin, Len Wein, et.al Ar...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

'Spider Baby': Where the 1960s meet the 1940s

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Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968) Starring: Jill Banner, Beverly Washburn, Lon Chaney Jr., Joan Keller, Quinn Redeker, Car...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Picture Perfect Wednesday:
Nina Mae McKinney

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In an alternate universe, Nina Mae McKinney is known as Hollywood's first black sex symbol. Nina Maye McKinney was a charismatic sing...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

No St. Valentine's Day Nonsense Here!

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Picture Perfect Wednesday: Halle Berry

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I'd never thought of actress Halle Berry as black until she herself made a big deal out of her blackness when she accepted her Academy ...
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Monday, February 7, 2011

Mohammed Monday:
Respectable Islamophobia

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