Sweating, dancing, sipping — the juke joint was a symbol for Black unity, autonomy, and resistance. While the 1930’s was ...

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Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater. It was a massive show of power ...

In Ryan Coogler's hit horror film, the vampires are more than monsters, they teach us about history, death, and repression.

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The year is 1932 in Mississippi and twin brothers Smoke and Stack, played by Michael B. Jordan, return home to begin a juke ...

Ryan Coogler, director of the “Black Panther” franchise released “Sinners”, a vampire musical-horror film set in 1930s ...