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This Juneteenth, Vanity Fair is spotlighting some of the activists, art, and institutions shaping our culture.
Eyes on the Prize
America's most famous public intellectual is also one of its most besieged. As a book version of the 1619 Project hits shelves and the right wing rails against teaching racial justice, Nikole Hannah-Jones takes stock of the national legacy she is building.
The Stuff of History
"Every day I wish I was as strong as my enslaved ancestors. When I look at what it's going to take to build this museum, I take great comfort in coming out of that community," says Lonnie Bunch III, author, historian, educator, and founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Blue Bloods
To understand the citadel of law enforcement, we must reckon with its unions—which resemble fraternities more than labor unions.
Black Defiance
VF explores an essential history of feature films, gathering works by contemporary voices like Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, and Jordan Peele, as well as staggering, underseen gems you can stream if you know where to look.
Modern Folklore
Country music's new stars are not aw-shucks, down-on-their-luck cowboys but young Black women carving a hallowed space in opry's pantheon—and they've got the lyrics, the sound, and the looks to last.
The Herald
Scholar and activist Angela Davis has spent more than 50 years working for social justice. Society is finally starting to catch up.
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