Black History
Witness a history of racial injustice at two new museums in Alabama and Mississippi
Shirah Dedman burst into tears when she saw her great-grandfather’s name on a coffin-sized box and a jar of soil.<p>Since childhood, the Los Angeles native had heard about a relative who had been lynched. Eventually, she learned that he had been arrested in 1912 in Shreveport, La., for passing a …
Black CultureAlabama 12-year-old's lynching documentary acclaimed
Lily Hoyle is 12. She's a sweet, smart little girl from Mobile, with blonde hair and braces.<p>She's also the director, producer and star of a powerful …
Black CultureThe complicated mix of racism and envy behind blackface
In the last few months, the seemingly antique practice of blackface minstrelsy has burst back into the headlines. In a conversation with Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post, the great jazz musician and music historian Wynton Marsalis equated the use of commercialized vulgarity in hip-hop and …
African-American NewsAtlanta's Paper Boi on race and rap stardom in the USA
<b>Brian Tyree Henry is still getting used to being famous.</b><p>"I've lived in the same neighbourhood in Harlem for eight years, I love it.<p>"But recently people have started screaming 'Paper Boi' as I go in the building. I'm like, 'Guys, I'm still the same person'."<p>As the rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles, …
Civil RightsEmpathy Is the Kryptonite We Need to Vanquish Trump
A growing stack of new books warns us against the toxic predations of Trump and his spineless GOP minions. But a time-honored remedy already …
EmpathyEpisode 176: Daina Ramey Berry, The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave - Ben Franklin's World
What did it mean to be a person and to also be a commodity in early America?<p>Daina Ramey Berry, an Associate Professor of History at the University of …
Black CultureBrave Hearts: Remembering the Little Rock Nine
Arkansas National Guardsmen prevent African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School, September 1<p>... VIEW MORE<p>Francis …
Brown v. Board of EducationAl Sharpton: Cohen is 'sending a signal' to Trump
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.<p>Donald Trump is definitely my enemy, and he’s got billions more enemies on this planet.<p>Good God, I’ve never felt …
Donald TrumpAs Seattle gentrifies, blacks no longer feel welcome
Seattle's black community reflects on the legacy of the Black Panther movement on the city<p>By Gregory Scruggs<p>SEATTLE, July 22 (Thomson Reuters …
Black PantherUnlearn
Dear friend,<p>A recognition: to seek true happiness, wisdom, and self actualization; focus on unlearning in life, not “learning”.<p>Via negativa …
Eric KimMeet Greenville's first African-American Circuit Court judge
CLOSE<p>Greenville's Alex Kinlaw hopes to make an impact as the first African-American 13th Circuit Court Judge<p>Judge Alex Kinlaw Jr. is one reason that …
Family CourtDemocrats need to #VoteLikeBlackWomen
x<p>Black women delivered for Dems in the commonwealth of Virginia. Yet again another cycle and the white women vote was split. #ElectionDay …
Liberal ViewA Chance For Her to Learn
We were at the Detroit Historical Museum. It’s nestled between the DIA, the Michigan Science Center, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American …
Underground RailroadHidden Figures: Black Women Have Always Been On The Frontline Of American Activism
When Maxine Waters stepped forward last month to encourage holding this administration accountable for the unconscionable policy of separating …
African-American NewsWilliam Faulkner conference focuses on slavery as theme
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A conference at the University of Mississippi is focusing on what slavery meant in the life, imagination and writing of William …
Ole MissThe disappearing story of black homesteaders who pioneered the West
Ever heard of Blackdom in New Mexico? Dearfield in Colorado? What about DeWitty in Nebraska? Didn't think so. Neither had I several years ago. But …
Civil RightsBlack Excellence: Two African Americans Receive Prestigious Harvard Business School Award
It may be the first time that two African Americans received this award in the same year. Carla A. Harris, vice chairman at Morgan Stanley; and …
Harvard Business SchoolCity of Birmingham hires Denise Gilmore as director of cultural preservation - Birmingham Business Journal
By Tyler Patchen <br>– Health and Technology Reporter, Birmingham Business Journal<p>Jul 17, 2018, 9:11am CDT<b><br>Updated</b> Jul 17, 2018, 12:01pm CDT<p>Mayor Randall …
Civil RightsOlympians’ Contributions Featured Prominently In National Museum Of African American History And Culture
<i>A statue at the National Museum of African American History and Culture depicts Tommie Smith (C), John Carlos (R) and Peter Norman of Australia (L)</i> …
Black CultureLI veterans look back on Truman's executive order to desegregate the military
In 1944, Glen Cove native William Johnson took a train to Alabama for flight training at Tuskegee Army Airfield.
Civil RightsSondra Perry's first major U.S. museum exhibition opens at ICA Miami
<b>MIAMI, FLA</b><b>.-</b> The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami is presenting the country’s first solo exhibition by rising American artist Sondra Perry. …
ArtTrump Replaces Black History Month With Confederate History Month
July 21, 2018 by Andrew Hall<p><b>Washington DC –</b> The White House announced President Trump’s plans to officially replace Black History Month with …
Black CultureJeanine Pirro Reportedly Called Whoopi and Other View Hosts ‘C*cksuckers’ in Front of the Audience Before Storming Out
Fox News entertainer "Judge" Jeanine Pirro left some important details out of her story when she sobbed on her colleague Sean Hannity's shoulders …
Liberal ViewCivil rights legend James Meredith says he is on a new mission from God
JACKSON, Miss. — James Meredith is a civil rights legend who resists neatly defined narratives.<p>He integrated the University of Mississippi while braving mob violence in 1962 — yet he worked in the late 1980s for archconservative Sen. Jesse Helms, considered a foe by many in the civil rights …
Black CultureHow the Right Wing Convinces Itself That Liberals Are Evil
Since the 1950s, the conservative movement has justified bad behavior—including supporting Donald Trump—by persuading itself that the left is …
Political ScienceWhy Emmett Till still matters
The Associated Press reported this month that the FBI has reopened the Emmett Till case.<p>Till was a 14-year-old Chicago boy who went to Mississippi in the summer of 1955 to visit family. In the tiny Delta town of Money, he allegedly whistled at a white woman or made suggestive remarks to her or …
Black CultureNina Simone
As with so many other jazz greats, gospel music and the church would shape Nina Simone’s musical direction. She was difficult to work with at times, …
Vinyl RecordsShonda Rhimes revealed what her eight Netflix shows will be about
We finally know what Shonda has in store for fans of her big Netflix deal.<p>Shonda Rhimes's Shondaland slate of TV, including <i>Scandal</i>, <i>How To Get Away</i> …
Shonda RhimesThese 15 Women Rejected 19th-Century Victorian Ideals. See How They Rocked Their Age
Victoria Claflin Woodhull was many things: a stockbroker, a traveling medical clairvoyant and a suffragette. In April 1870, she added United States …
Women's News15 Reasons You Should Drive To, Not Through, This Georgia City
It’s on the way to cool places, but you should stop right here sometime.
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