Artist Sanford Biggers goes head-to-head on issues like Black Lives Matter, race visibility, and history with poet and friend Saul Williams.
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Field Niggas review – Hallucinatory Portrait of New York Street Life
Both gorgeous and achingly sad, this nocturnal creep into African American disenfranchisement refuses to judge its subjects, many addicted to cannabinoid K2.
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‘Breaking a Monster,’ or How 3 African American Kids from Brooklyn Became Heavy Metal Superstars
When Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins and Alec Atkins were barely old enough stay upright on a bike, they formed a band, calling themselves Unlocking the Truth.
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Simone Leigh’s The Waiting Room: Art That Tries to Heal Black Women’s Pain
The artist’s new exhibition pays tribute to Esmin Elizabeth Green, who died on the floor of a New York City hospital, by presenting an alternative vision of the US healthcare system
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Kip Omolade on His Amazing Afrofuturistic Portraits Inspired by Nigeria’s Ife Bronze Heads
Having come of age in NYC during the formative years of hip-hop in the 80s, even attending the same alternative arts high school Jean-Michel Basquiat graduated from years prior, mixed media artist Kip Omolade’s Diovadiova Chrome paintings and masks are truly something special to behold.
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Why Aren’t There More African-American Boys In Gifted Classes?
Darius Brown, 18, graduated from Lancaster High School recently and is the first from the campus to receive the Gates Millennium Scholars award, which will pay for college through a doctorate degree. He will attend Texas A&M University in the fall.
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A Seattle Dad’s Dying Gift: That his Little Daughter Knows Her African-American Heritage
[three_fourth padding=”0 15px 0 0px”]A Seattle Dad’s Dying Gift: That his Little Daughter Knows Her African-American Heritage CHRISTINE CLARRIDGE | THE SEATTLE TIMES A dying father is given a lifetime membership to the Northwest African American Museum for his 3-year-old daughter and her “beautiful” white foster family in Bellevue. He hopes they will adopt her […]
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Unstacking the Deck For African-American Entrepreneurs
America consistently hails the iconic entrepreneur: We perpetuate a lofty, myopic, unrealistic standard of entrepreneurial success defined by trendy inventions, fast-paced growth and billion dollar profits.
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Why Summer Matters More for Black Kids
Being black in the summer (or anytime, really) is not easy. The challenge black families face is navigating an educational context that requires excelling in mainstream school settings, while buffering against the very same education systems that deny one’s humanity.
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A New Movie About Bob Kaufman, a Jewish African-American Street Poet Shrouded in Myth
“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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