One user noted that the filmmaker will always be a polarizing figure in Black entertainment, but people should move on, writing, “Black Americans leave Tyler Perry tf alone.

On Sly writing the 1967 hit "Dance to the Music" to be sarcastic. ... he wanted to add a part to that song that really made Black people say, "OK, he's still down with us." ...

Derrick Barnes felt there wasn’t enough representation of Black people in the books he read as a kid. The Kansas City native’s picture book, “I Got You,” is his latest ...

According to the 1860 census, in Hanover County there were 9,740 enslaved Black people and 257 free Black people. Almost 10,000 had been freed in 1865. ... When writing a dissertation, ...

"Prose to the People," edited by Katie Mitchell, chronicles the legacy of past and present Black bookstore's throughout the country. NPR spoke with five booksellers profiled in the vast collection.