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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Meet the Young Black Entrepreneurs Taking on Tinder | Time
The creators of black dating app Bae are calling out biased investors.
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Note to Media: Black Lives Matter Is Not a ‘Get Out the Vote’ Campaign
Last week The Washington Post published a piece about black millennials and voting, the headline of which boldly declared: “Despite Black Lives Matter, young black Americans aren’t voting in higher numbers.”
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Urban League and Griot Museum Join Forces to Keep African-American History Alive in St. Louis
The Urban League of St. Louis and the Griot Museum of Black History are forming an alliance that the museum’s founder hopes will keep the museum going for generations.
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Portland’s Black Residents Putting Faith in ‘Soul District’ To Counter Gentrification
Portland’s north-east Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard is a four-lane thoroughfare peppered with general conveniences but little foot traffic.
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Illinois Has The Nation’s Highest African-American Jobless Rate For Second Straight Quarter
For the second quarter in a row, Illinois has earned the troubling distinction of having the nation’s highest African-American unemployment rate, shows a new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
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Doctors Twice as Likely to Diagnose Black Patients with Schizophrenia, Less Likely to Treat Them – What’s the Solution?
African-Americans are nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than whites and less likely to receive medication to treat the condition, according to a new study published in the Psychiatric Services journal.
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New York 5th Graders Launch Petition for 1st Black NFL Player to be Inducted in HOF: ‘We Were Thinking It Wasn’t Fair’
After learning about a little-known Black football player who integrated the NFL, a New York fifth grade class started a petition demanding that Kenny Washington be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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A Crumbling, Dangerous South Side Creates Exodus of Black Chicagoans
With its big old homes and apartments, four grocery stores and doctors’ offices, South Shore had all kinds of residents — laborers, city workers, artists, businessmen and executives — raising their families side by side.
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Brooklyn Panel To Discuss ‘The African-American Inheritance Crisis’
When her grandmother was hospitalized with a stroke, relatives became divided over her care and estate, partly due to planning discussions they failed to have, she said.
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