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The Roots are set to perform their 1999 album, Things Fall Apart, in full.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief50Sign up for the Color Brief newsletter here: http://bit.ly/colorbriefsignupFollow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back Monday for another Color Brief.

JAY-Z and Beyoncé are set to receive GLAAD’s Vanguard Award for their work as LGBTQ allies.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief49Sign up for the Color Brief newsletter here: http://bit.ly/colorbriefsignupFollow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Natasha Rothwell toplines a new Netflix comedy film produced by Tina Fey.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief48Sign up for the Color Brief newsletter here: http://bit.ly/colorbriefsignupFollow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Ballroom legend Hector Xtravaganza gets his due.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief47Sign up for the Color Brief newsletter here: http://bit.ly/colorbriefsignupFollow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Us will screen at Howard University two days before its wide release.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief46Sign up for the Color Brief newsletter here: http://bit.ly/colorbriefsignupFollow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

The Queen of Soul resurfaces in Amazing Grace, a long-lost concert film.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief45Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back Monday for another Color Brief.

A large group of rap heavyweights band together in support of the First Amendment.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief44Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Ava DuVernay’s Netflix series about the Central Park Five debuts May 31.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief42Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Solange returns with an album-length tribute to Houston.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief41Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

John Legend highlights 5 activists in a new YouTube miniseries.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief40Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back Monday for another Color Brief.

Ms. Janet announces a 15-date Las Vegas residency.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief39Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Malik Yoba returns to the series where it all started. Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief38Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Zendaya has just become Lancôme’s youngest global ambassador.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief37Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Black Panther scores 3 Oscars and Spike Lee wins his long overdue first trophy.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief36Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Idris Elba is slated to host the March 9 episode of SNL.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief35Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

The Carters got everyone talking with a pre-taped acceptance speech. Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief34Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color, subscribe, and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

I'm revisiting some of my favorite podcast episodes from the last 2 years.Before launching the Color Brief, I dabbled in longer themed episodes. This one, On Loving and Leaving New York, was a big listener favorite. Revisit my reflections of the Big Apple.Read the original essay that inspired the episode here: http://bit.ly/UBnewyork

Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya are both in talks to join the cast of Jesus Was My Homeboy.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief33Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

An SNLveteran steps out on his own.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief32Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Instagram and Facebook for more updates on creators of color and come back tomorrow for another Color Brief.

Gabrielle Union will star in and produce an adaptation of April Sinclair’s hit novel Coffee Will Make You Black.Read the brief here: http://bit.ly/ColorBrief31Follow Uptown Bourgeois on Apple News or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.