Black TV series of the 1970s showed Americans who were striving for integrated schools and communities — and believing they were possible. Today’s TV landscape is full of acclaimed shows by ...

The opening pages of Rob Franklin's debut novel, "Great Black Hope," take readers into the thick of late-night Hamptons debauchery. It's Labor Day weekend Out East, and the privileged ...

Great Black Hope centers around Smith, ... NATIVE SON: How did your cultural background and your personal experiences help to shape the voice and vision behind this book?

In "Great Black Hope," a young, gay, Black man is reeling even before his socialite roommate is found dead. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rob Franklin about race, class, addiction, and his debut novel.

“Great Black Hope,” a promising debut novel by Rob Franklin, opens with its leading man being arrested for cocaine possession. It’s Labor Day weekend in the Hamptons, and Smith wears, “in ...

Black people didn’t hate the new Great White Hope of women’s hoops any more than they hated Jim Jeffries or the Celtics or the Green Bay Packers; they were simply rooting for everyone Black.

With humor and range, Rob Franklin’s novel, “Great Black Hope,” examines the complex relationship between wealth and race in America. By Elias Rodriques Elias Rodriques is author of the ...

What Jari C. Honora of the Historic New Orleans Collection found stirred hope and excitement among Black Catholics in the U.S. Combing through census records, Honora discovered the pontiff’s ...

In 1967, Jenkins became one of the first female Black homeowners in the Palisades. She and her mother filled their home with art from their international travels. Their furniture, valuables and ...

Great Black Hope centers around Smith, a young Black gay man from an elite family in Atlanta living an upwardly mobile life in New York. But when his friend Elle dies mysteriously and Smith is ...