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October 20, 2020
Published by Michael T. Luongo at October 20, 2020
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Despite Everything, People Still Have Weddings at ‘Plantation’ Sites

The resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement this spring spelled the end for many Confederate symbols. Monuments have been removed, by vote and by force. […]
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October 7, 2020
Published by Shane ONeill at October 7, 2020
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‘Baptized in Blackness’: Why Homecoming Is Vital to the Black College Experience

“Let the show begin.” “Homecoming at a historically Black college and university is everything.” “Homecoming itself — it’s like being baptized in Blackness.” “It’s almost a […]
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October 7, 2020
Published by Danielle Braff at October 7, 2020
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Get to Know These Black Bridal Designers

Black bridal designers have been at the forefront of innovation in the bridal fashion industry for years, yet many of them have failed to receive the […]
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September 24, 2020
Published by Cynthia Greenlee at September 24, 2020
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Black Women Wanting Wigs Face Shortage

When Mia Birdsong was around 8 or 9, she’d prance around in cowboy boots and a spiky Tina Turner-style wig. As a tween, she coveted fake […]
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September 16, 2020
Published by Sandra E. Garcia at September 16, 2020
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The Hosts of ‘Back Issue’ Want to Throw It Back

Remember when watching the sitcoms “Martin” and “Living Single” or the variety show “In Living Color” meant that it was the end of the day and […]
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September 16, 2020
Published by VANESSA FRIEDMAN at September 16, 2020
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Sweatpants Are Not Forever

So to New York Fashion Week, the first event of the pandemic-doused world that may provide at least the inkling of an answer to the questions […]
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September 15, 2020
Published by Matt Dellinger at September 15, 2020
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A Civil War Political Movement Reawakens — Complete With Capes

In January, the artist Hank Willis Thomas began enigmatically summoning designers, musicians and activists he knew to his studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was […]
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September 11, 2020
Published by Dave Itzkoff at September 11, 2020
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Larry Wilmore Doesn’t Miss Late Night, but He’s Back Anyway

Back when Larry Wilmore was about to introduce “The Nightly Show,” his short-lived late-night series on Comedy Central, he saw a tweet from an angry prospective […]
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September 9, 2020
Published by Teri Agins at September 9, 2020
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Byron Lars Is Still Here

For the veteran fashion designer Byron Lars, who was named “rookie of the year” by Women’s Wear Daily in 1991, fashion moments never stop. Inside an […]
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September 4, 2020
Published by JESSICA BENNETT at September 4, 2020
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Overlooked No More: Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. When Kamala Harris […]
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