Black Family
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and producer Lena Waithe discussed Jacobs-Jenkins’ Pulitzer-winning play Purpose, which delves into the intergenerational struggles of a Black family in Chicago. Waithe draws parallels to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, praising Purpose for its updated exploration of masculinity, shame, queerness, and familial obligation. The play centers on the character Solomon, […]
Rochester marked the start of Black Breastfeeding Week with a Sunday celebration organized by the Healthy Baby Network. This national initiative, running through August 31, addresses the disparities Black families face in infant and maternal health, particularly through breastfeeding. Black babies have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the U.S., a situation linked to a painful […]
ABC’s reboot of The Wonder Years has it’s new Kevin Arnold. Elisha “EJ” Williams playing Dean. The show will take place in 1968 Montgomery, Alabama, as the middle-class Williams family tries to make sure these are the Wonder Years for them, too. Dean, an inquisitive and hopeful 12-year-old, is trying to figure out his place within […]
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