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Making the series changed Barry Jenkins’ views on how his ancestors should be described and depicted. Atsushi Nishijima/Amazon Studios

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June 21, 2021

‘The Underground Railroad’ Attempts To Upend Viewers’ Notions Of What It Meant To Be Enslaved

Opal Lee through the years

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June 18, 2021

94-Year-Old Opal Lee, Who Helped Lead National Charge to Recognize Juneteenth as Holiday, Celebrates President Biden’s Signature on Historic Legislation

For decades, Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood has been home to a mosaic of ethnic groups. Andrew Burton/Getty Images

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June 18, 2021

‘In the Heights’ celebrates the resilience Washington Heights has used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

Photo of confident Black women in front of a colorful background by Clarke Sanders

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June 16, 2021

Dear Latina Sisters: Will You Name and Disrupt Anti-Blackness?

Stephan James and KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk. Photo credit: Annapurna Releasing. This is one of the 30 films Redbox recommends to learn about systemic racism.

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June 12, 2020

30 Movies You Should Watch To Learn About Social Injustice and Systemic Racism

Indigenous Tohono Women led the Tucson 2019 Women’s March with a show of strength, resilience and power. This woman’s sign said: My Mom, Sisters, Aunties and Grandmas are sacred. Her son was by her side. International Women’s Day

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May 22, 2020

What We Can Learn About Resilience from Indigenous Leaders

COVID-19 is affecting Black Americans at disproportionate rates.

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May 8, 2020

How to Make Black Lives Matter During COVID

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April 9, 2020

Netflix’s ‘Self-Made’ Miniseries About Madam C.J. Walker Leaves Out The Mark She Made Through Generosity

1800s wide dress shows how social distancing was done

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April 7, 2020

The Fashionable History Of Social Distancing

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March 9, 2020

Making Space for Restorative Justice