Emancipation

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14th Annual AAFCA Awards - Show
March 2, 2023
"The Woman King,” “Till,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” are among the top winners…
December 13, 2022
The latest episode of "Red Table Talk" is a Smith "takeover" episode, on which he sits at the Red Table…
Will Smith Antoine Fuqua Emancipation film theGrio.com
December 2, 2022
"Emancipation" is here. The brand new Will Smith movie from filmmaker Antoine Fuqua is officially in select theaters before its…
November 16, 2022
"Emancipation," the upcoming Apple Original Film marks Smith's return after the flap surrounding his actions at the Oscars in March.
94th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet
October 25, 2022
Ahead of the world premiere of "Emancipation, Will Smith gathered some of his close and famous friends for a private…
Emancipation/Apple TV
October 3, 2022
Will Smith’s next act is here. The Academy Award-winning actor stars in the brand new trailer for “Emancipation,” an Apple…
Will Smith and Jaden Smith thegrio.com
November 8, 2021
Will Smith opens up in his new memoir about feeling like a failure as a father when Jaden Smith asked…
April 12, 2021
In response to Georgia's new voting restrictions, Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua announced they will move production on “Emancipation."
Juneteenth thegrio.com
December 20, 2020
Juneteenth is now officially recognized as a holiday for Cook County employees to celebrate Black Americans' emancipation from slavery.
July 1, 2020
Apple Studios has secured global rights to Will Smith’s slave drama 'Emancipation,' in a historic festival acquisition deal worth over…
Jeruel Academy theGrio.com
June 19, 2020
See how one family's history connects Juneteenth, Reconstruction, and #BlackLivesMatter. See how an ex-slave sued his former master.
May 10, 2016
Heidi Cruz is the latest human being to compare something that has nothing to do with slavery...to slavery...
January 5, 2013
VIDEO - On Saturday, 'Melissa Harris Perry' revisited the Emancipation Proclamation and what it meant, for the rebellious south, for…
March 7, 2011
OPINION - The new book "Colonization After Emancipation' portrays the former president's sincerity about racial equality in a new an…
March 4, 2011
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A new book by a researcher at George Mason University makes the case that Lincoln was…
June 18, 2009
Juneteenth, widely celebrated throughout the United States, is now a commemorative holiday in 31 states. In 2009 the U.S. Senate passed