“And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead” does little to dispel the mystery surrounding the artist, which is why it works.
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12,000 Incarcerated Students to Enroll in Postsecondary Educational and Training Programs Through Education Department’s New Second Chance Pell Pilot Program
Partnerships between postsecondary and penal institutions allow incarcerated individuals to access Pell grants for correctional education
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This Chicago Artist’s Photo Series of Haute Coiffure Is on View at Brooklyn’s MoCADA
If you find yourself in the NYC area, then there’s still time left to view Chicago-based artist Shani Crowe’s exquisite photo series BRAIDS currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art (MoCADA) Museum until July 10.
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When Black Power Set Racist America On Fire: A Fifty-Year Retrospective
Fifty years ago, the term “Black power” fired into the American vocabulary. In celebration of the fifty-year anniversary of the call for Black power this week, I present this exclusive excerpt from my new book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
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‘Mississippi Burning’ Civil Rights Case Closed After 52 Years
Attorney general says investigation into killings of three civil rights workers is over and no more prosecutions are expected.
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Banneker-Douglass Exhibit Highlights African-American Love Stories
Banneker-Douglass museum’s newest exhibit highlights nine African American love stories in Annapolis.
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Texas HBCU Launches Think Tank to Groom Next Generation of Black Leaders
One of the oldest HBCUs in the nation is working to cultivate the next generation of Black leaders through a new Black think tank.
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How Social Activism is Evolving in African-American Churches
Marla Frederick once wanted to be a lawyer. But in college, she fell in love with discussing religion, reveling in opportunities to debate with her closest friends about how Christianity applied to their lives and whether Islam was the true religion.
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A Sculptor of Black Heroes Leaves a Legacy
Because the artist Inge Hardison created towering statues and small busts of schoolchildren, families and heroes like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she was often described as the lady who builds giants.
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Deconstructing African American Identity into Axioms, Photos, and Colors
Two things are true: Martine Syms likes both purple and words. As with her website and her publishing imprint Dominica, Syms’ exhibition Fact &Trouble at the Institute of Contemporary Arts is awash in the color purple: Royal purple C-stands, royal purple television monitors, and royal purple exhibition text.
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