HARLEM – Newcomers say gentrification is about wealth, not race. But that’s a distinction without a difference.
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After the Rediscovery of a 19th-century Novel, a View of Black Female Writers is Transformed – KOLUMN
Two years ago, I was in the United Kingdom working on a follow-up project for my books “Black London” and “Black Victorians/Black Victoriana.” While looking through old British newspapers, I was astonished to read an 1893 announcement in The Daily Telegraph proclaiming Sarah E. Farro to be “the first negro novelist” with the publication of her novel “True Love.”
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The 2016 Spoleto Festival USA Boldly Explores the African-American Experience
It’s kind of a joke around here at the City Paper offices that when it comes time to pinpoint the theme for each new Spoleto Festival USA, the go-to answer is death.
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African American Museum Exhibition Explores ‘Crisis’ of Incarceration
In one of Theodore Harris’ collages, now on view at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, bursts of red bleed over a printed ballot form, stickers and images layer the surface: U.S. Out of Iraq Now, Does Praying Do Any Good?, Stop Executions, the Death Penalty Is a Hate Crime.
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May 30 Is Founders Day: African American Milestone Little Known Observance – KOLUMN
On May 30, America will observe Memorial Day, to remember persons who died in service to the nation. But the day is also called Founders Day, says Dr. E. Curtis Alexander of Chesapeake, a noted author, educator and historian of Afro-Union military history during the Civil War.
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Honoring the Legacy of African-American Women
Even as a little girl Ayana Jackson was entranced by the formal portraits of generations of relatives that held a place of honor in her grandparents’ living room in East Orange, N.J.
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Jewish Writer to Release Second Edition of Racial ‘Breeding’ Book on Interracial Superiority, Backlash Follows
Alon Ziv’s 2006 book, Breeding Between The Lines, has been republished, which drew sharp criticism online.
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Surviving Freedom Riders Recall Violence Faced 55 Years Ago
In 1961, the Freedom Riders embarked on a journey to change America as they resolved to ride buses from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans while testing how integrated Southern bus stations actually were.
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9 Things You Need to Know About the National Mall’s Newest Museum
When it finally opens its doors, the National Museum of African American History and Culture will be one of the most contradictory institutions on the National Mall.
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African-American Woman Named as Head of Teen Vogue
Elaine Welteroth, who made headlines when she became Teen Vogue’s first African-American beauty director, has been made the title’s new editor-in-chief.
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