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The Saturday Night Live cold open featured Ego Nwodim as Ketanji Brown Jackson, newly confirmed to the Supreme Court, meeting famous women and Black Americans who came before her — along with a few jokes at Ted Cruz’s expense.

New York Times, Hanks said he and many others were never told about the massacre in school, with American History classes instead devoted to topics like how Britain’s Stamp Act helped lead to the Boston Tea Party.“For all my study, I never read a page of any school history book about how, in 1921, a mob of white people burned down a place called Black Wall Street, killed as many as 300 of its Black citizens and displaced thousands of Black Americans who lived in Tulsa,” he wrote.“My experience was common: History was mostly written by white people about white people like me, while the history of Black people – including the horrors of Tulsa – was too often left out.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, whose Senate runoff race in Georgia will help decide which party controls Congress’ upper chamber next year, is again facing criticism over controversial past comments. In a resurfaced video of a speech he made shortly after the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in 2016, he compared political prisoners in Cuba to Black Americans who are unfairly treated under the U.S.

Tennis champion Naomi Osaka stepped onto the court for this year's U.S. Open tournament with something to say.

Jim Carrey wants back the America he knew and loved.

Playing a grand piano in the middle of an empty city street, Alicia Keys performed her new song "Perfect Way to Die" at the 2020 BET Awards on Sunday (June 28). The song is written from the perspective of a mother who's watched her child become yet another fatality of systemic racism and police brutality in America.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Writers Guild of America West Committee of Black Writers has challenged Hollywood to revolutionize its hiring practices immediately in the wake of companies asserting support for the Black Lives Matter campaign.“As Black Americans, professional screenwriters, and members of the Writers Guild of America West Committee of Black Writers, we are grieving, we are angry, and we are unapologetically demanding systemic change,” the letter began. “We read your statements on your commitment to Black lives and have been compelled by passion and duty as your peers to respond.”The letter comes amid nationwide protests calling attention to police brutality and systemic racism.