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Beharie herself was settling into her quarantine life when creator David Weil came to her with the idea for the project. She had just completed press for the filmMiss Juneteenth, for which she won the Gotham Award for Best Actress, and the pandemic was in full swing. She had her hesitat...
The National Juneteenth Museum is scheduled to open in 2026 in Fort Worth’s Southside neighborhood. The museum will be the center for education, awareness, and celebration of June 19, 1865. Ranked as North America’s top (#1) grossing venue for its size by Billboard, Dickies Arena opene...
The National Juneteenth Museum is scheduled to open in 2026in Fort Worth’s Southside neighborhood. The museum will be the center for education, awareness, and celebration of June 19, 1865. Ranked as North America’s top (#1) grossing venue for its size by Billboard, Dickies Arena opened ...
Among his upcoming projects: a Juneteenth musical with Pharrell Williams and a comedy with Jonah Hill; a Bad News Bears-style film with Snoop Dogg as a football coach; a bisexual rom-com inspired by Queer Eye‘s Antoni Porowski; and an adaptation of Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived...
it’s one thing for the GOP to back surface-level legislation that appears to be geared toward people of color, likedenouncing hate crimes against Asian Americansormaking Juneteenth a federal holiday. But when it comes to laws that would substantively help people of color, it’s clear...
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