Black History Month

The Best Blacktresses - collage of Viola Davis in The Help; Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild; Ruth Negga in Loving; Cynthia Erivo in Harriet inside film strip
Viola Davis, Quvenzhané Wallis, Ruth Negga, Cynthia Erivo, and #OscarsSoWhite
The Best Blacktresses - collage of Halle Berry in Monster's Ball; Gabourey Sidibe in Precious inside film strip
Halle Berry wins the Oscar, fulfilling Dorothy Dandridge's promise, and introducing Gabourey Sidibe
Twelfth Annual Banquet of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Los Angeles, California: Actress Fay Bainter (right) presenting Hattie McDaniel (left) her award for her supporting role in Gone With the Wind. February 29, 1940.
How the Academy and Hattie McDaniel's family restored her Oscar legacy
KRISTOFF ST. JOHN with Jonelle Allen Vivica A. Fox. on Generations
'I wanna wipe this floor with you': An oral history of Generations' iconic catfight
Role Call collage of Sheryl Lee Ralph in A Piece of Action, Ray Donovan, Abbott Elementary, and Moesha
Sheryl Lee Ralph shares tales from her storied career: a Barbie from Denzel, a haunted hotel, Bill Clinton, and more
The Best Blacktresses - collage of Angela Bassett in 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' inside film strip
Angela Bassett and what Oscar snubs had to do with it
Collage of Cord Jefferson with cast of American Fiction
Hollywood Shuffle taught Cord Jefferson to explore racism on-screen through laughter
The Best Blacktresses - collage of Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple inside film strip
Whoopi Goldberg and breaking the movie star mold
The Best Blacktresses - Collage of Diana Ross in 'Lady Sings the Blues'; Cicely Tyson in 'Sounder'; Diahann Carroll in 'Claudine' inside film strip
Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, and kicking open the Oscars' front door
The Best Blacktresses - Dorothy Dandridge in 'Carmen Jones' inside a film strip
Dorothy Dandridge and the burden of being first Black Best Actress Oscar nominee
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 28: Jay Z attends 40/40 Club Celebrates 18-Year Anniversary With Star-Studded Event at 40 / 40 Club on August 28, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for 40/40 Club)
The 20 best Jay-Z songs, ranked
25 Most Stylish Movies
Best Spike Lee movies, ranked
'Grand Crew' creator Phil Augusta Jackson
Grand Crew creator Phil Augusta Jackson is elevating Black winemakers and honoring Black friendship
Yvette Lee Bowser
Living Single creator Yvette Lee Bowser is still revolutionizing television: 'That's what I'm here to do'
Megan Good, William Jackson Harper, Pam Grier
Meagan Good, Pam Grier, and more share the films and TV shows important to their artistic journeys
Pam Grier Role Call Pam Grier as Coffy, Jackie Brown, and on The L Word
Pam Grier reflects on her most iconic roles, from Coffy to Jackie Brown
Naomi
How DC comics hero Naomi made the leap from page to screen in record time
Nkechi Okoro Carroll
Meet Your Maker: All American: Homecoming creator Nkechi Okoro Carroll shares her inspirations
Black History Month docs- Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising; Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
New Black History Month docs, programs and specials arriving this February
Nia Long
Nia Long applauds today's entertainers for 'demanding diversity in a way that my generation really couldn't'
LOVE JONES
Larenz Tate on his connection with Love Jones costar Nia Long: 'The thirst was real'
Jordan Fisher, Angie Thomas, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Jordan Fisher, Angie Thomas, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and more share what they want to see in Black art
Sweet Sweetback' Baadasssss Song
The birth of Blaxploitation: How Sweet Sweetback's Baadasss Song sparked a genre
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
Leslie Odom Jr. still can't find the footage of Sam Cooke debuting 'A Change Is Gonna Come'
Milestone Comics
The EW reading guide to Milestone's classic Black superhero comics
The Kiss 1898
For Valentine's Day: See the first movie kiss between Black actors 
Spike Lee
Spike Lee on his Oscar win, Chadwick Boseman, and if there's a comic book movie in his future
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
How stand-up comedy's GOAT gave new life to the concert film 
THE EQUALIZER
Queen Latifah is committed to The Equalizer for the long haul
Sounder
Revisiting Sounder: Cicely Tyson's first Oscar nod
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA
'Impossible' no more: Brandy's Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella is coming to Disney+ later this month
Django Unchained
What makes a Black movie 'Black'?
Living Single
Classic Black TV comedies you can stream right now
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Watch Andra Day challenge the status quo in The United States vs. Billie Holiday trailer
February 2021 cover Daniel Kaluuya; LaKeith Stanfield
Moment of truth: Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield stun in Judas and the Black Messiah
Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe's radical rebellion
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee breaks down the explosive Do the Right Thing scene between Mookie and Pino
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The blackness of Black Panther: An appreciation