Article 3H04X How the "Black Panther" Film Is "A Defining Moment for Black America"

How the "Black Panther" Film Is "A Defining Moment for Black America"

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As Black History Month wraps up, we look at the record-breaking movie "Black Panther." Since the release of "Black Panther" earlier this month, fans have crowdfunded campaigns to ensure children can see the film in theaters, teachers have incorporated the movie's core themes of anti-colonialism and cultural representation into their curriculum, and activists have used film screenings to hold mass voter registration drives. The movie has also renewed calls for the release of more than a dozen imprisoned members of the real Black Panther Party. "Black Panther" has also ignited a firestorm of impassioned social commentary online among fans and detractors alike. We speak to historian Robyn C. Spencer, who wrote a piece, "Black Feminist Meditations on the Women of Wakanda," and Carvell Wallace, whose piece, "Why Black Panther Is a Defining Moment for Black America," appeared in The New York Times Magazine.

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