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Debbie Allen: Atlanta Needed What I Have To Offer – WABE 90.1

May 14, 2017April 22, 2018African American Culture, African American Entertainment

From acting in “Fame” to executive producing “Grey’s Anatomy,” dance has remained the bedrock of Debbie Allen’s prolific career onstage and in television.

50 Other Black Owned Hair & Beauty Brands to Support – Shoppe Black

April 25, 2017July 1, 2017#BuyBlack, African American Culture ...

Hair care is a multibillion-dollar industry fueled primarily by Black women. We spend A LOT of money – an estimated $2.5 billion on hair care products in 2016 – nine times more than the general market.

Questioning the Role of Contemporary Black Fraternities and Sororities in the Black Community – Atlanta Black Star

April 13, 2017April 13, 2017African American Culture, African American Education ...

They have existed among us for more than a century. They emerged at a time when there was a particular need for unity, affirmation and self-determination given the dominant society’s denial of the inherent value of our community.

A New Card Game Asks, ‘Who’s Blacker?’ – NPR

March 28, 2017African American Culture, KOLUMN ...

If you had to rank Harriet Tubman and Kanye West in order of blackness, who would be first? Who’s blacker, Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr.?

The ‘We Love You’ Project Embraces Black Men – The Root

March 22, 2017African American Art, African American Commuities ...

Frustrated by the recent deaths of black men at the hands of the police, Washington, D.C.-based photographer Bryon Summers felt the need to do something to change the image of black men.

The Good, Racist People – The New York Times

March 16, 2017African American Commuities, African American Culture ...

Last month the actor Forest Whitaker was stopped in a Manhattan delicatessen by an employee.

How Umar Johnson Cured Me of Being a Hidden Hotep – The Root

March 9, 2017July 6, 2017African American Culture, Black Nationalism ...

I am a recovering hidden Hotep. Mind you, not the ankh-wearing, incense-selling, lecture-women-about-their menstrual-cycles kind of Hotep.

Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street – The New York Times

January 27, 2017African American Culture, African American Families ...

A discarded photo album reveals a rich history of black lives, from the segregated South to Harlem dance halls to a pretty block in Crown Heights.

The Smithsonian’s African American Museum Tells the Myriad Stories of Black Heroism – Hyperallergic

January 6, 2017January 9, 2017African American Art, African American Culture ...

Being among such a dizzying selection of uplifting stories, you cannot avoid the conclusion that America would not be what it is without all the people represented here.

Kwanzaa creator celebrates holiday’s anniversary in Phila. – The Philadelphia Tribune

January 3, 2017African American Commuities, African American Culture ...

The Kwanzaa holiday is celebrated each year on December 26 through January 1 by African Americans as a way to reaffirm their heritage that is rooted in African culture and reflected in the best practices of African-American people.