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10 Apr

Unsung twentieth Century Fights: Salvador Sanchez vs Wilfredo Gomez

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Beauty, Featured
On Aug. 21, 1981, two of probably the most gifted pugilists put all of it on the road for supremacy within the featherweight division. Reigning WBC and The Ring featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez made his sixth title defense against Wilfredo Gomez, a former WBC and The Ring title holder himself at super bantamweight. For Gomez, making the jump from 122 to 126 lbs meant forgoing his championships with a view to set his sights on recent challenges. With a refined record of 32-0-1, Gomez had done...
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3 Nov

Betty Gabriel: The Unsung Black Scream Queen – Essence

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What's The Tea, Featured
When the term “scream queen” is brought up annually around this time, images of white women narrowly escaping the clutches of a crazed killer or evil entity across film franchises or pivotal genre entries come to mind. Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, locked in a 45-year-long battle against Michael Myers. Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, opposing the varied murderers donning the famed Ghostface mask within the Scream franchise. Naomi Watts because the longsuffering mother fighting supernatural forces in The Ring and Shut-In, or scratching for survival in Funny Games or Goodnight Mommy. Less often mentioned are the contributions that Black women have made to the genre. Marlene Clark’s conflicted bloodthirst in 1973’s Ganja & Hess. Rachel True‘s vengeful teenage...
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