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#Culture360: The Emmys, 'Empire,' Serena Williams And More

WUNC | By Charlie Shelton-Ormond,
Frank Stasio
Published September 22, 2015 at 12:11 PM EDT
Serena Williams won the first three Grand Slams of the tennis season and is considered one of the top female tennis players ever but is often scrutinized for her demeanor.
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Serena Williams won the first three Grand Slams of the tennis season and is considered one of the top female tennis players ever but is often scrutinized for her demeanor.
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Viola Davis recently became the first woman of color to win 'Best Lead Actress in a Drama' at the Emmy's thanks to her role in 'How To Get Away With Murder.'
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Viola Davis recently became the first woman of color to win 'Best Lead Actress in a Drama' at the Emmy's thanks to her role in 'How To Get Away With Murder.'
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A new season of television launches this week with hit shows Empire and Black-ish. The shows are breaking records and barriers with audiences, showcasing narratives of black life in America. 

Meanwhile, Viola Davis won an Emmy this weekend for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series," becoming the first woman of color to win the award. 

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Natalie Bullock Brown (left) and Mark Anthony Neal (right)

Host Frank Stasio talks with pop culture experts Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African & African American Studies, and Natalie Bullock Brown, professor of film and multimedia at St. Augustine University's about the Emmys, Empire, and the media's depiction of tennis star Serena Williams.
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Arts & Culture The State of Things#Culture360Mark Anthony NealNatalie Bullock BrownThe Emmy'sEmpireSerena WilliamsBlack-ishViola DavisBlack CultureDuke UniversitySt. Augustine's UniversityMediaPop Culture
Charlie Shelton-Ormond
Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for WUNC.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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