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Facebook Removes Popular Black Lives Matter Page for Being a Fake | The New York Times

April 12, 2018African American Activist, African American Commuities ...

A Facebook page that claimed a connection to the Black Lives Matter movement and had more than twice as many followers as the movement’s official page has been removed for being inauthentic, the company said.

A Portrait of Black Life in Florida, One Neighborhood at a Time | Hyperallergic

April 6, 2018African American Commuities, African American Lives ...

“The histories of Black communities in the United States have been undervalued, suppressed, erased throughout time.”

Jennings Junior High leads 2.8-mile trek to raise money for a well in Kenya | The St. Louis American

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018African American Commuities, African American Youth ...

“We’re walking for water!” a Jennings Junior School student shouted while waving a sign at passing cars. Many honked in solidarity.

FBI Tracked an Activist Involved With Black Lives Matter as They Travelled Across the U.S., Documents Show | The Intercept

March 29, 2018African American Activist, African American Commuities ...

AT THE HEIGHT of 2014’s Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson, Missouri, FBI agents tracked the movements of an activist flying in from New York, and appear to have surveilled the homes and cars of individuals somehow tied to the protests, according to recently released documents provided to The Intercept.

How a Historically Black Virginia Community is Taking On a Pipeline and Rebuking the Gospel of Fossil Fuels | Atlanta Black Star

March 26, 2018African American Commuities, African American History ...

“They anticipated choosing us here in a predominantly Black area because they anticipated the least resistance. But they have received more resistance than they had anticipated.”

Black Love Experience Promises a Passport to Wakanda in Southeast | AFRO

March 23, 2018African American Art, African American Commuities ...

In a small corner of Anacostia where the vestiges of D.C.’s Chocolate City remain, lovers of everything black, beautiful and wondrous gathered to dance, mingle and heal.

New Website Uplifts Black Grandmothers | The Washington Informer

March 22, 2018December 25, 2019African American Commuities, African American Families ...

An assistant professor of American ethnic studies at the University of Washington has created a website dedicated to the role African-American grandmothers play in their communities and the lives of their grandchildren.