“Race. A four-letter word. The greatest social divide in American life, a half-century ago and today. During that time, the United States has seen the most dramatic demographic and cultural shift in ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Dwight Garner The first chapter of Wil Haygood’s elegant and well-made book of history, ...

Two colorization enthusiasts are restoring life to old pictures in a bid to get people talking about and learning from history. In a bid to allow everyone to see the vibrancy of the past, enthusiasts ...

Subtitle on cover: A cultural history of race in post-civil rights America. Introduction. Seeing America -- Part One: A new culture, 1963-1979. Rainbow power : Morrie Turner and the Kids -- After ...

As a middle-schooler in Columbus, bestselling author Wil Haygood went to the movies — a lot. “My mother would give me 50 cents every Sunday to go to the Garden Theater on North High Street,” said ...

This week on Under the Radar: From the moment D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” became a film sensation, racist portrayals of African Americans have been embedded in film history. Author Wil Haygood ...

During the Freedom Film Festival (November 8-12, 2021), Miami University alumnus and Boadway Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Wil Haygood will be featured, along with the release of his new book, ...

The writer Wil Haygood grew up watching movies with mostly white actors — Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, Henry Fonda. "They all had one thing in common — they were all white. As a little kid, I never ...

Movie award season will soon be upon us, and with it more passionate debate over the status of Blacks in Hollywood. Not so long ago, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite swept through social media when for two ...

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