Our critic visits a museum whose story is still unfolding, from 1960s Jackson, to Ferguson and Charlottesville. It leaves us upset —and that’s good.
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Woman of the Year: Tamika Mallory | New York Amsterdam News
“This year was full of power struggle and we’ve been extremely committed and victorious in so many ways…”
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The Volunteer Vigilantes of New York City | The Atlantic
A Q&A with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, who insists his 40-year-old squad is still relevant in a safer-than-ever city.
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She’s loved the Army-Navy game for years. At this year’s, she will make history. | The Washington Post
Pam Askew wanted her daughter to have an example of healthy, strong male leadership at an early age. The single mother turned to military academy football.
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The Story of Cudjo Lewis — The Last Living Slave Brought To America | All That Is Interesting
As a slave, he went by the name “Cudjo,” a day-name given to boys born on a Monday, as the slavers could not pronounce the name “Kossola.”
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How Josephine Baker Went From Homeless Street Performer to International Superstar, French Resistance Fighter & Civil Rights Hero | Open Culture
Born Freda Josephine McDonald in 1906 to parents who worked as entertainers in St. Louis, Baker’s early years were marked by extreme poverty.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: ‘Trump is where he is because of his appeal to racism’ | The Guardian
The basketball legend and social activist who counted Ali and King among his contemporaries discusses Colin Kaepernick, LaVar Ball and Trump’s America.
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1st Black astronaut honored on 50th anniversary of death | The Philadelphia Tribune
With a doctoral degree in physical chemistry — a rarity among test pilots — Lawrence was “definitely on the fast track,” Crippen said. He graduated from high school at age 16 and college at 20.
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New Jimi Hendrix Album with Unreleased Songs Coming in March | AFRO
NEW YORK (AP) — Unreleased songs recorded by Jimi Hendrix between 1968 and 1970 will be released next year.
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The police beating that opened America’s eyes to Jim Crow’s brutality | The Conversation
On the evening of February 12, 1946, Isaac Woodard, a 26-year-old black Army veteran, boarded a bus in Augusta, Georgia. Earlier that day, he’d been honorably discharged, and he was heading to Winnsboro, South Carolina to reunite with his wife.
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