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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Studio Portraits of African-American People in the Second Half of the 19th Century | Vintage Everyday
In documenting the history and experience of African-Americans, the Simpson collection also records and depicts acts of racism, oppression, and violence; though they are sometimes unpleasant and even shocking, such materials represent significant aspects America’s complicated history.
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The Long History of Black Officers Reforming Policing From Within | The Atlantic
Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump’s agenda are inspiring some police to more vocal advocacy. But their project—ending racial bias in the profession—is a decades-old one.
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Rep. John Conyers, most senior member of House, resigns amid accusations of sexual harassment | Los Angeles Times
Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, resigned Tuesday after his support among fellow Democrats collapsed amid accusations of sexual harassment by several female employees.
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Carmen de Lavallade is 86 and still the best dancer in the room | The Washington Post
De Lavallade’s ability to express psychological meaning through her body, to disappear inside the choreography and mold herself to wildly different artistic styles, has been her life’s work.
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Watch: Eartha Kitt spoke truth at a White House luncheon, and got blacklisted | Timeline
Her simple, brutal words about the Vietnam war had the first lady in tears
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‘Father of Black Psychology’ Joseph L. White dies at 84 | AFRO
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Joseph L. White, a psychologist, social activist and teacher who helped pioneer the field of Black psychology to counter what he saw as rampant ignorance and prejudice in the profession, has died. He was 84.
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