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Ciara and Russell Wilson on Town & Country October 2026 Cover

Ciara and Russell Wilson cover Town & Country for October 2026 in a 6-image shoot full of power-couple style.

Syd on The FADER October 2026 Cover

Syd covers The FADER for October 2026 with a 14-image spread from the singer behind Broken Hearts Club and The Internet.

GloRilla on The Bacon Magazine October 2026 Cover

GloRilla covers The Bacon Magazine for October 2026, bringing big Memphis energy from the rapper behind F.N.F. (Let’s Go).

Aaron Pierre on Esquire UK October 2026 Cover

Aaron Pierre covers Esquire UK for October 2026, spotlighting the rising star of Mufasa: The Lion King and Rebel Ridge.

Chiwetel Ejiofor on Esquire UK October 2026 Cover

Chiwetel Ejiofor covers Esquire UK for October 2026, celebrating the Oscar-nominated star of 12 Years a Slave.

Rose to the Top: Amber Rose Grabs the Spotlight as Maxim’s February Cover Star

The model, TV personality and entrepreneur is stepping into a daring new chapter, challenging assumptions about politics, sex and fame. Amber Rose shocked the world...

Lori Harvey to Cover Playboy’s First Print Issue Since 2020

Playboy is coming back to newsstands, announcing Lori Harvey as the chosen cover girl for the return-to-print issue. Both Harvey and Playboy shared the news...

Imani Perry: Experimental Histories of Black Life (Books of enlightenment)

Imani Perry teaches at Harvard and is the author of “South to America,” a genre-mixing exploration of the American South, and, most recently, “Black...

Langston Hughes Biography & Facts

Langston Hughes (born February 1, 1902?, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, New York, New York) was an American writer who was an important...

Brandy Announces Memoir to Share Her Full Story This Fall 2025

  Black Cosmopolitans, the R&B legend Brandy has an exciting announcement! She will be releasing a memoir this fall, sharing her full story for the...

African-American Literature Essentials

Books have long been a cornerstone of cultural preservation and empowerment; this is especially true within the African-American community, where books created for us...

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