/tags/ava-duvernay Ava DuVernay en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:11:26 GMT /arts-culture/2019-06-27/backchannel-racist-pool-rules-in-nc-when-they-see-us-makes-an-old-story-go-global A private recreation center in Wake County is under fire for what some are calling racist pool rules. The Outdoor Recreation Center in Wendell shared a… Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:11:26 GMT /arts-culture/2019-06-27/backchannel-racist-pool-rules-in-nc-when-they-see-us-makes-an-old-story-go-global Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-27/backchannel-racist-pool-rules-in-nc-when-they-see-us-makes-an-old-story-go-global A private recreation center in Wake County is under fire for what some are calling racist pool rules. The Outdoor Recreation Center in Wendell shared a… Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:11:26 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-27/backchannel-racist-pool-rules-in-nc-when-they-see-us-makes-an-old-story-go-global Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-08-28/backchannel-the-women-behind-queen-sugar-and-remembering-aretha-franklin Hundreds of people lined up in Detroit this morning to bid farewell to Aretha Franklin at her public visitation. The singer’s outsized legacy has… Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:06:39 GMT /arts-culture/2018-08-28/backchannel-the-women-behind-queen-sugar-and-remembering-aretha-franklin Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-08-28/backchannel-the-women-behind-queen-sugar-and-remembering-aretha-franklin Hundreds of people lined up in Detroit this morning to bid farewell to Aretha Franklin at her public visitation. The singer’s outsized legacy has… Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:06:39 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-08-28/backchannel-the-women-behind-queen-sugar-and-remembering-aretha-franklin Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-03-28/backchannel-women-at-the-helm-in-film-to-hip-hop-and-beyond With the new Disney release “A Wrinkle In Time,” Ava DuVernay became the first African-American woman to direct a film with a budget over $100 million.… Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:16:35 GMT /arts-culture/2018-03-28/backchannel-women-at-the-helm-in-film-to-hip-hop-and-beyond Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-03-28/backchannel-women-at-the-helm-in-film-to-hip-hop-and-beyond With the new Disney release “A Wrinkle In Time,” Ava DuVernay became the first African-American woman to direct a film with a budget over $100 million.… Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:16:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-03-28/backchannel-women-at-the-helm-in-film-to-hip-hop-and-beyond Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2016-10-19/backchannel-from-nat-turner-to-a-bulletproof-black-superhero The highly-anticipated film "The Birth of a Nation" tells the story of a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831. The… Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:13:51 GMT /race-demographics/2016-10-19/backchannel-from-nat-turner-to-a-bulletproof-black-superhero Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-10-19/backchannel-from-nat-turner-to-a-bulletproof-black-superhero The highly-anticipated film "The Birth of a Nation" tells the story of a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831. The… Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:13:51 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-10-19/backchannel-from-nat-turner-to-a-bulletproof-black-superhero Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio