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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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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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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Being Black at America’s Elite Public High Schools
Martin Luther King Day in January—a day set aside to honor a man who fought against racial injustice—two black students at Boston Latin School (BLS) launched a social-media campaign to expose the racially hostile school climate they say exists at America’s first and oldest existing public school.
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Chicago Celebrates Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Life
Born on Thursday, May 19 in Chicago she is most known for writing ‘A Raisin in Sun’ which opened on Broadway garnishing great success and later becoming a feature film.
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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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Reclaiming the Photographic Narrative of African-Americans
Sitting for a portrait by Lyle Ashton Harris was a daunting yet revelatory experience for Sarah Lewis as she waited, alone, in the cavernous Polaroid 20 by 24 studio in Manhattan.
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