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Halima Aden Is First Black Woman In Hijab To Grace Cover Of Essence Magazine | HuffPost

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019African American Activist, African American Athletes

The model, who is Muslim, has broken multiple barriers in the fashion industry. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Model Halima Aden shattered yet another barrier in the fashion industry this week, becoming the first Black woman in a hijab to grace the cover of Essence magazine. Halima, who is Muslim, is featured on the front of Essence’s January […]

Unita Blackwell Risked It All So Black Mississippians Could Vote | The New York Times Magazine

December 28, 2019African American Activist, African American History ...

She was arrested dozens of times, and Klan members threw Molotov cocktails into her yard — but that didn’t stop her fight for civil rights. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] On an afternoon thick with Mississippi heat, Unita Blackwell sat on the front porch of her shotgun house with her friend Coreen, drinking homemade beer, waiting for something […]

He Photographed Ferguson. Now Adrian Walker is in The National Portrait Gallery | Riverfront Times

December 28, 2019African American Activist, African American Art ...

The exhibition has deep roots for Adrian, yet the idea was first inspired by a series of coincidences. A friend recommended that Adrian shoot product photos for OJI Royale in Los Angeles, which makes designer and luxury durags. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “That’s what I was set to do, but I try to tell stories within all […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick | The New York Times

December 3, 2019December 8, 2019African American Activist, African American Athletes

“Cancel culture” has always existed — for the powerful, at least. Now, social media has democratized it.

Remembering James Baldwin: Here are Five Works by the American Author | News18

December 2, 2019January 8, 2020African American Activist, African American Literature

On the author’s death anniversary, here’s looking at 5 works by him one must read.

Nike’s Value Up $26 Billion Since Colin Kaepernick Endorsement | Black Enterprise

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019African American Activist, African American Athletes

Colin Kaepernick is helping Nike rake in big bucks. According to Yahoo, ever since the athlete-turned-activist endorsed the corporate sneaker giant, their company value has skyrocketed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Nike’s stock reportedly rose over 18% since the announcement of the Kaepernick deal, adding a spectacular $26.2 billion to the Nike coffers and increasing its value at […]

In the 2010s, White America Was Finally Shown Itself Ta-Nehisi Coates on “Obama’s decade,” reparations, and Kaepernick. | The Intelligencer

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019African American Activist, African American Author

If the racial politics of the 2010s has a definitive chronicler, it is Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose magisterial 2014 Atlantic essay “The Case for Reparations” forced Americans to reckon with slavery, Jim Crow, and redlining in ways that many of them never had. Since the essay’s publication — which eventually prompted a congressional hearing on the […]

James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V Mullen review – a smart, concise introduction | The Guardian

November 15, 2019November 26, 2019African American Activist, African American Author

A brisk account of the African American writer’s insights on race, class and sexuality, which are more relevant than ever

Ta-Nehisi Coates pulls few punches at Raleigh “Color of Education” summit | NC Policy Watch

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019African American Activist, KINDR'D ...

Acclaimed author draws parallels between slavery and sexual violence

Body of US Rep. Cummings will lie in state at Capitol | PBS

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019African American Activist, African American History ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The body of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will lie in state in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol next week. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office said in a news release that a formal ceremony open to members of Congress, the Cummings family and invited guests will […]