Karlie, 31, says she still gets a lump in a throat when she looks at herself now, but 'not out of sadness, out of pure joy' ...

Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.

For the first time in recent history, the percentage of top-grossing films featuring female protagonists equaled the ...