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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorTyler Perry urged the global Oscars audience to “refuse hate” and work harder to uplift those on the margins as he accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award on Sunday night at the 93rd annual Academy Awards.Perry, the mogul who built a thriving studio in Atlanta from humble beginnings that include periods of living out of his car, spoke of the lessons he learned from his mother who grew up under harsh conditions in Mississippi in an earlier generation of civil rights strife such as the 1955 murder of Emmett Till and bombings in Alabama during the integration struggle of the 1960s.“She taught me to refuse hate and blanket judgment,” Perry said of his mother.

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Daunte Wright Funeral: Loved Ones and Civil Rights Leaders Gather to Mourn 20-Year-Old Shot by Police

Daunte Wright's loved ones and supporters filled the sanctuary at Shiloh Temple International Ministries as his funeral was held Thursday in Minneapolis. Wright was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop last week in nearby Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.«Daunte Wright's life mattered,» attorney Ben Crump said, directing guests to repeat the phrase multiple times during the service.

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‘Women Of the Movement’ Creator Marissa Jo Cerar Inks Overall Deal With Kapital Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Marissa Jo Cerar, creator, executive producer and showrunner of Women Of the Movement, has signed an overall deal with Kapital Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming ABC limited series about Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till following his brutal killing in the Jim Crow South.

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‘Judas And The Black Messiah’: Daniel Kaluuya Is Electric In Flawed Hampton Biopic [Sundance Review]

Martyrs demark the African-American experience. The documented lineage began with Emmett Till’s murder, his ravaged visage strewn across Jet Magazine’s issues, and continued through Medgar Evers’ assassinations, the four girls in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and a cruel, etc.

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‘Women Of The Movement’: Tina Mabry, Julie Dash & Kasi Lemmons Join Gina Prince-Bythewood As Directors On ABC Limited Series

EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s Women of the Movement has assembled a team of four Black female directors for the first installment of the potential anthology that celebrates the women of the civil rights movement. Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned), Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust) and Kasi Lemmons (Harriet) will join Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball), as directors on the limited series, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

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‘Women Of the Movement’: Chris Coy, Julia McDermott & Carter Jenkins Join ABC Limited Series

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Coy, Julia McDermott and Carter Jenkins are set to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

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‘Women Of the Movement’: Tonya Pinkins Joins ABC Limited Series As Niecy Nash Departs

EXCLUSIVE: Tony winner Tonya Pinkins has been tapped to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

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Ray Fisher to Star in 'Women of the Movement' on ABC!

Ray Fisher is taking on a new role!

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Ray Fisher Boards ‘Women of the Movement’ Limited Series at ABC

Will Thorne Staff WriterRay Fisher has found his latest TV role.The “Justice League” and “True Detective” star has joined ABC’s “Women of the Movement” limited series, Variety has confirmed.The series will tell the story of key female figures in the Civil Rights Movement, with season 1 focusing on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, played by Adrienne Warren. Fisher will play the role of Gene Mobley, Mamie’s devoted partner.

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Ray Fisher Joins ‘Women Of The Movement’ ABC Limited Series

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Fisher is set co-star in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

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‘Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy’ Trailer: Stanley Nelson Takes On The Crack Epidemic In New Netflix Doc

Director Stanley Nelson (“The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution“) is known for his work examining Black history. He won Emmys for examining subjects such as Emmett Till, the Black Panthers, and the Civil Rights movement.

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‘Women Of The Movement’: Glynn Turman To Co-Star In ABC Limited Series

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Glynn Turman has joined the cast of ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

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‘Women Of the Movement’: Niecy Nash Joins ABC Limited Series

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNiecy Nash (Claws) is set to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series The Women of the Movement, from creator/writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.Nash will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother. After Emmett’s murder in Mississippi, Alma, a young grandmother who had been like a second mother to Emmett, fought to protect her family in Chicago while her daughter Mamie (Warren)travelled the country seeking justice in Emmett’s name.

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‘Women of the Movement’ Limited Series at ABC Adds Niecy Nash

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNiecy Nash has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC limited anthology series “Women of the Movement,” Variety has learned.The series will tell the story of key female figures in the Civil Rights Movement. Season 1 will focus on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till.

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Adrienne Warren To Star As Mamie Till-Mobley In ABC Limited Series ‘Women of the Movement’

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Adrienne Warren, fresh off herTony nomination for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, is set to headline ABC’s The Women of the Movement. This marks the first casting in the project, from creator/writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe six-episode limited series, set to premiere in 2021, centers on Mamie Till-Mobley (Warren), who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till.After the brutal murder of her son in the Jim Crow South, Mamie (Warren), a soft-spoken young mother in Chicago, put her own life on the line to seek justice in his name.

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It Takes a Spillage Village to Enjoy This Week's Playlist

failed to charge any of the officers involved with the killing of Breonna Taylor. The verdict, delivered on the 65th anniversary of the acquittal of the men who murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till, finds Black America suffering another traumatic blow by a justice system that refuses to provide anything approximating justice when the victim is Black.Yet, here we are, shaken, but not deterred from the goal of liberation and freedom.This week’s edition of ESSENCE’s The Playlist is a special celebration to Black lives, Black resistance, and Black music, with Spillage Village co-founders EarthGang.