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Exoneration ‘bittersweet’ for men cleared of Malcolm X’s murder
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Two men convicted of killing Malcolm X to be exonerated
Manhattan DA to ‘vacate the wrongful convictions’ decades after murder of black activist
Angela Bassett on success, salaries and staying power: ‘I gotta find a new queen to play’
The Tina Turner actor on fairness in pay, film-making and why acting is still her first love
Netflix: 10 of the best new shows to watch in September
Including Schumacher and new series of Nailed It, Sex Education and Dear White People
First person charged under Hong Kong security law found guilty
Judges say flag with slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times’ was secessionist
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The dark US pop poet John Murry lives in Ireland. And he’d like a hand with a personal matter
He Got Game: ‘I pray that you understand why I pushed you so hard’
You need dark forces behind you to make it as a basketball star – in this case an obsessive dad
Golden Globes 2021: A stunning year for women filmmakers. And, again, for Netflix
Donald Clarke on the female-led best-director nominees and the streaming giant’s 42 nods
The Real Right Stuff: ‘They were like The Beatles before The Beatles came to America’
A documentary companion piece to the Disney+ space drama captures the lives of of the lives of the first astronauts
LeBron James has become this generation’s Muhammad Ali
Athletes with their influence pose an immediate threat and critics want them to fail
Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet love story Ammonite premieres at virtual Toronto Film Festival
A version of the Toronto International Film Festival glides into action on September 10th
Ruth Negga: ‘People who say they don’t consider skin colour... are you f**king blind?’
Black Irish Lives: The actor on growing up in Ireland, the film industry, and Black Lives Matter
Bob Dylan: ‘It sickened me to see George Floyd tortured to death like that’
In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses life and death, his inspiration and new album
Gone With the Wind hasn’t been banned. Quite reasonably, it’s been temporarily removed
Caricatures of black people fuel a culture of abuse from boardrooms to classrooms
London mayor orders review of all statues for slavery links
Sadiq Khan’s move follows toppling of Colston statue by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol
Trump under fire from US military after troops threat
President criticised by Mattis and Kelly as Republican senator ‘struggles’ to back him
Little evidence of a ‘guiding hand’ behind US protests
Analysis: Despite Trump pointing to groups like Antifa, vast majority of those protesting in recent days are just ordinary citizens
Beyoncé’s Homecoming: Surprise live album drops with Netflix film
Revealing documentary features full Coachella set, plus behind-the-scenes footage
Diana Athill obituary: the best editor in London
Remarkable editor at André Deutsch who found success as a frank memoirist
Police in Mexico City chase mariachi gunmen after three shot dead
Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three and injured seven at tourist Plaza Garibaldi
Spike Lee: ‘Nothing Trump has done has surprised me’
His 25th film tackles US racism but director says far right's rise a global phenomenon
World Cup 2018: I’m the man Proper Football Fans despise most
I don’t like soccer, I only like the World Cup. Have you got that?
Beyoncé at Coachella: A definitive moment for black women in America
As a white Irish woman in the US, I see subtle ways black women are discriminated against every day
Beyoncé at Coachella: The most meaningful, absorbing, radical performance of the year
Instantly, she has reoriented her music – replacing pop with a Southern black sound
Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy, dies aged 91
Hefner died at his Playboy Mansion home from natural causes
This documentary will make you rethink everything about US black history
I Am Not Your Negro is already attracting the attention of bigots for its brilliance
Loving review: Ruth Negga, Limerick’s greatest export since Richard Harris
Jeff Nichols’s crusading love story bravely focuses on the domestic over the public, the personal over the political
Obama’s secret to surviving White House: books
Not since Lincoln has there been a president so fundamentally shaped by reading and writing as Barack Obama
From Strange Fruit to Irish polemics: the power of the protest song
From Billie Holiday to The Clash and on to modern Irish artists Zrazy and Jinx Lennon, activism has a long and illustrious history
Hugh Linehan: Ali’s gift of wordplay shaped rap generation
Boxer’s influence was felt from the Black Power movement to the literary world
Muhammad Ali: the man who became king of the world
In modern culture, few figures have been as popular and for as long as the late boxer
Muhammad Ali was (a little bit) Irish and other facts
He was sentenced to five years in prison but never served the term
Brian Boyd: In defence of Ms Beyonce Knowles
She has become a weather vane for our times - complete with all the miserable stupidity which that entails
Al Shabaab uses Donald Trump footage in recruiting film
Video criticizes racism and features footage of Trump’s plan to bar Muslims from US
Anthea McTeirnan: No-nudes Playboy is just following the money
Online porn has changed the girlie mag market, so the once-titillating Playboy title made the only business decision it could: abandoning naked photoshoots
Kamasi Washington: 'Epic' in name, epic in ambition
The leader of the new school tells about joining the dots between Snoop Dogg and jazz, his on-the-road education – and why music is such a complicated thing
Culture Shock: Jah Shaka and the power of music to bring change
How the message of peace, love and reggae transformed the London cultural landscape
Stage and TV actor and veteran fighter for civil rights
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