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Josephine Wright poses in her yard facing a barren plot under development in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 2023. Wright, who drew national attention from the likes of Tyler Perry and Snoop Dogg as she fought off developers in her final years, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at her Hilton Head home surrounded by loved ones, according to a publicist for her family. She was 94. Photo credit: James Pollard, The Associated Press

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Josephine Wright, who resisted development of family’s Gullah land on Hilton Head Island, dies at 94

January 18, 2024
By James Pollard
The Associated Press/Report for America

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Report: Black filmmakers may be underrepesented, but they lead in pushing diversity

September 5, 2023
By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

The fall lineup of movies and TV shows demonstrates that Black women are playing more starring roles in front of and behind the cameras, and in the executive offices. Here, actor Niecy Nash-Betts is seen playing Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy, in the new show "The Rookie: Feds." Nash-Betts also is one of the show's executive producers. Photo credit: Raymond Liu/ABC

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More Black women running the show in fall television, movie lineup

September 12, 2022
By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

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Tyler Perry

Josephine Wright, who resisted development of family’s Gullah land on Hilton Head Island, dies at 94

Report: Black filmmakers may be underrepesented, but they lead in pushing diversity

More Black women running the show in fall television, movie lineup

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