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The actress, 37, and her husband Ryan Reynolds are currently embroiled in a lawsuit with her It Ends With Us co-star and ...
President Donald Trump commemorated one of his most famous social media posts, marking nine years since he tasted the ...
The Jazz Singer, with its scenes of caftan-clad rabbis and cantors and the chanting of Kol Nidre in an actual Orthodox ...
The song emphasizes the humanity and close family ties of the enslaved population at a time when African Americans were routinely dehumanized and caricatured. And then there's this from Louisville ...
In this interview, Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, ...
Explore the life and impact of Justin Trudeau, Canada’s former prime minister, who navigated through significant political ...
Paul Vieira covers Canada for The Wall Street Journal, and is based in Ottawa.
The time when Rob McElhenney’s It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia character Mac crossed all boundaries to make money.
The Mysterious Girl singer, 52, stars as lead character Gary Buckle in crime-comedy, Jafaican, which is set for release later this year. In the film, Gary is tasked with mastering a Caribbean ...
Another widespread practice was "n*****ing", involving white individuals donning blackface to perform songs and play instruments. An 1896 article from the Rossendale Free Press described an ...
Another popular activity was "n*****ing", where white people used blackface while performing songs and playing instruments. One press report from the Rossendale Free Press in 1896 refers to a ...
Writing in the 1990s and 2000s, professor of dance history Theresa Buckland theorised that the activity, dating back to the late 1800s, could instead have its origins in 'nineteenth-century blackface ...