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This Young Man Is a Change Agent | Black Enterprise

November 27, 2017African American Commuities, African American Lives ...

Former high school student flips the rules by developing school-wide We Dine Together program.

Zinzi Clemmons: ‘It’s Time For Women of Color…to Divest From Lena Dunham’ | Jezebel

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017African American Literature, African American Lives ...

Writer Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, has announced that she will no longer be writing for Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s online feminist weekly newsletter Lenny Letter because, she says, of Dunham and her friends’ racism which was “well-known” prior to their fame. “She cannot have our words if she cannot respect us,” she writes.

Baroque-Inspired Portraits Of Black Girls Highlight Their Amazing Natural Hair So Other Girls Would Stop Hiding It | Bored Panda

November 20, 2017African American Families, African American Lives ...

We are all full of natural beauty, we just need to bring it out. Regis and Kahran, a husband and wife team behind CreativeSoul did just that, only for young black ladies. Focusing on their hair, the duo created Afro Art, a series of gorgeous portraits that has cast a spell on everyone’s eyes.

Remembering Cornelia Walker Bailey, A Giant Of Gullah Geechee Culture | NPR

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017African American History, African American Lives ...

The Gullah Geechee’s unofficial historian and vocal advocate for the preservation of the community, Cornelia Walker Bailey, has died. She was 72.

Roxane Gay to edit anthology of ‘dispatches from rape culture’ | The Guardian

November 8, 2017November 8, 2017African American Lives, KOLUMN ...

Not That Bad, which will include contributions from actors Ally Sheedy and Gabrielle Union, aims to address the routine levels of abuse faced by women

How it became a crime to be poor in America | The Guardian

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017African American Economics, African American Families ...

In the United States, a system of modern peonage – essentially, a government-run loan shark operation – has been going on for years

Detroit: From Motor City to Housing Incubator | The New York Times

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017African American Families, African American Lives ...

The 2008 financial crisis and 2013 city bankruptcy gutted Detroit’s housing market. Now, Detroit is experimenting with unorthodox ways to get people to buy homes and renovate houses that would be vacant otherwise.

Raising a black son in the US: ‘He had never taken a breath, and I was already mourning him’ | The Guardian

November 1, 2017November 1, 2017African American Families, African American Literature ...

Even before her son was born, Jesmyn Ward was preoccupied with one thing – how she would prepare him for survival

Baton Rouge reaches cash settlement with 69 protesters | The Philadelphia Tribune

November 1, 2017November 1, 2017African American Lives, African American Politics ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge approved a class-action settlement Friday that awards up to $1,000 in cash to dozens of protesters who claim police violated their civil rights and used excessive force in arresting them after a deadly police shooting.

Brittany Packnett: If You’re Not as Outraged About R. Kelly as You Are About Harvey Weinstein, Then You’re Part of the Problem | Elle UK

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017African American Lives, African American Music ...

At the Women’s Convention, the activist shared her thoughts on Hillary Clinton, the backlash against Bernie Sanders, and the #MeToo campaign.