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Regina King makes history as only the second African-American woman to receive a best director nod at the Golden Globes Selma filmmaker Ava DuVernay was the only other African-American woman to receive a best director nomination back in 2014 It’s especially impressive considering that the critically-acclaimed Amazon drama marked the 50-year-old Oscar winner’s feature directorial … Read more
Viola Davis has made image the focus of her latest interview. The 55-year-old actress told the December issue of InStyle magazine that African-American women are in ‘command of their bodies’ while in ‘white American culture’ confidence is associated with ‘extreme thinness.’ The Help star also touched on what it was like to work with the late … Read more
The Duchess of Sussex donned a dress by an African-American designer who focuses on ‘the health of people and the planet’ as she discussed ‘courageous leadership’ during a virtual summit yesterday. Meghan Markle, 39, joined Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Virtual Summit from her $14 million mansion in Santa Barbara and insisted that all social … Read more
A white woman dubbed ‘Central Park Karen’ has been fired from her senior role at an investment firm after a video showed her calling the cops on an African-American man who asked her to put a leash on her dog. ‘The video out of Central Park is racism, plain and simple,’ de Blasio tweeted Tuesday, … Read more