“Whether it was TV or magazines, the world got changed one image at a time,” says Maurice Berger, curator of a new exhibit at American History
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Black D.C. Org. Honors Public Relations Guru Ofield Dukes | AFRO
“My father taught me that we are Black first and foremost. As Black people, he understood that it is our obligation to pursue excellence in every endeavor,…”
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‘The Black Cowboy’ Will Shine Light On History Hidden In Plain Sight | The Undefeated
Documentary in production lends insight into African-American cowboys and rodeo
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Leola White dies, her home was 1st stop for many on ‘Great Migration’ | Chicago Sun Times
For many relatives, friends and friends of friends who left the South’s cotton fields and farms for factories in Chicago, Leola White’s home was the first stop on the way to a better life.
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Harry Belafonte tells crowd at likely last public appearance: ‘We shall overcome’ | The Guardian
Singer and civil rights activist, 90, holds Pittsburgh audience spellbound with tales of his life and denunciation of Trump as a national ‘mistake’
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NAACP Elects New President, Will Assume More Political Non-Profit Tax Status | NPR
The organization announced its new president and CEO and its intention to alter its tax status to a non-profit category that permits more aggressive political lobbying.
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Remembering, Learning and Loving What Pan-African Activist Walter Rodney Did for Black People | Atlanta Black Star
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.
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Report: How D.C. Can Help Its Black Population Stay In The City | DCist
“The city needs to enact policies and better support programs that will ensure that African American residents, who provide invaluable contributions to life in the nation’s capital, have equal economic and educational opportunities and incentives to stay in the District,”
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Lionel Richie to Produce Biopic About Curtis Mayfield’s Extraordinary Life | The Root
Lionel Richie just secured the rights to bring Curtis Mayfield’s life to the big screen.
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Angela Davis: An Interview on the Futures of Black Radicalism | Verso
“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.”
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