Djimon Hounsou reflects on the evolution of African representation in Hollywood, revealing how his role in Amistad led to both Golden Globe recognition and Oscar neglect.

Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to ...

Once the holidays are over, you may look around you at a floor full of spent wrapping paper and sad ribbons and wonder, “What ...

Djimon Hounsou has admitted he's 'still struggling to make a living' despite working in Hollywood for decades. From the ...

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on civil rights?

At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties, leaving ...

Similarly, in the Amistad case, the owners of a Spanish slave ship argued that black people seized from their ship by US authorities were slaves and, therefore, their property. The US Supreme Court ...

The state wall begins from the west in Val Verde County, running from the Amistad Dam less than a mile ... "And that certainly has proved to be the case." In its three most recent monthly reports ...

Hear from author Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ lifelong fight for equality. Writer and activist ...

In this case the visual element is a portrait photograph ... The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kọláwọlé; Publisher: Amistad; Designer: Alicia Tatone; Art Director: Stephen Brayda What I like about ...

William & Mary alum Cord Jefferson won an Oscar. The culinary world dimmed when one of Hampton Roads’ most celebrated chefs died. One music festival returned while another was canceled and produced an ...