How Halle Berry became my “celebrity beard” as a repressed gay Black kid in the early 2000s | Pop Queen Journal
BY DERON DALTON Growing up in the ‘90s means I got to experience the “Golden Age” of Black Hollywood. Of course, at that time—like today and most definitely before the ‘90s—there was a lack of representation of Black actors and filmmakers in Hollywood. Though also like nowadays, Black cinema—hood movies, comedies, family dramas, romances and […]
What Is Black Joy, and How Is It Connected to Juneteenth? | Everyday Health
By Deron Dalton Nearly a decade ago, between 2013 and 2014, the most recent stage in Black liberation began with the Black Lives Matter hashtag, network, and movement — often mistakenly thought to center on the community seeking justice for Black men who were killed at the hands of police and state-sanctioned violence. Though this […]
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The women of Black Lives Matter outline their path forward | The Daily Dot
By Deron Dalton Black Lives Matter changed the national conversation on race. An organizational and international network, it has ballooned into 31 chapters in three countries. Now comes the hard part. It all started back in July 2013, when three Black women and community organizers—Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi—founded #BlackLivesMatter and the online campaign’s social platforms following the […]