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Remembering, Learning and Loving What Pan-African Activist Walter Rodney Did for Black People | Atlanta Black Star

October 23, 2017October 25, 2017African American Education, African American History ...

Walter Anthony Rodney was an intellectual, a teacher, and an activist during the 1960s and 1970s; his life and work hold major importance for those of us who care about social justice and Black liberation today.

Watch: This African American folk legend won her first Grammy at age 90 | Timeline

October 19, 2017February 20, 2018African American Entertainment, African American History ...

Elizabeth Cotten played her guitar upside down

Lionel Richie to Produce Biopic About Curtis Mayfield’s Extraordinary Life | The Root

October 18, 2017African American Culture, African American History ...

Lionel Richie just secured the rights to bring Curtis Mayfield’s life to the big screen.

Baltimore artist Amy Sherald to paint Michelle Obama’s official portrait | The Baltimore Sun

October 16, 2017African American Art, African American History ...

Baltimore artist Amy Sherald, who graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004 and just joined the faculty there, has been commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to paint the official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee taken off Mississippi school reading list | The Guardian

October 16, 2017African American Families, African American Film ...

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s classic novel about racism and the American south, has been removed from a junior-high reading list in a Mississippi school district because the language in the book “makes people uncomfortable”.

Angela Davis: An Interview on the Futures of Black Radicalism | Verso

October 13, 2017October 14, 2017African American History, African American Literature ...

“The concept associated with Black Marxism that I find most productive and most potentially transformative is the concept of racial capitalism…. Global capitalism cannot be adequately comprehended if the racial dimension of capitalism is ignored.”

A Museum Goes Beyond Its Walls to Teach Prince George’s County’s Rich History | Washington City Paper

October 13, 2017African American Education, African American History ...

Through its education efforts and programming, the Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center strives to be a pillar in its community.