Nylah Burton, Bustle Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix. Featured Image [dropcap]Ava[/dropcap] DuVernay’s new Netflix docuseries When They See Us depicts the heartbreaking story of the 1990 Central Park Five case in which a group of young Black and Latinx boys were convicted of a crime that they did not commit. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, […]
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The FBI Admits Black Lives Matter Was Never a Threat. It’s White People You Should Be Worried About | The Root
Michael Harriot, The Root [dropcap]Last[/dropcap] week, as Donald Trump curtsied before the Queen; as Congressional Democrats continued to cower from their constitutional obligations; while we took our horses down to Old Town Road, mounted Megan Thee Stallion’s bandwagon and watched what happens When They See Us, the Federal Bureau of Investigation admitted that prejudiced assumptions […]
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New York City will be home to three new monuments honoring black women | NBC News
Shirley Chisholm, Billie Holiday and Elizabeth Jennings Graham will get statues in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.
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COMMENTARY: U.S. Attempt to Erase Harriet Tubman | The Afro-American
A. Scott Bolden, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, The Afro-American A photograph of Harriet Tubman is seen at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park’s Visitor Center in Church Creek, Maryland. (State Dept./Astrid Riecken). Featured Image [dropcap]With[/dropcap] uniquely American hypocrisy, the Trump Treasury Department has pushed back the 2016 plan to put escaped slave and Underground Railroad […]
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In diverse metro Atlanta, why are less than a quarter of homes black-owned? | Curbed
Only six U.S. cities have lower percentages of black homeowners, analysis finds
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‘My Babies’: A Serial Killer’s Chilling Portraits of His Victims | Daily Beast
Samuel Little says he killed women in 16 portraits with the very hand that later sketched their throats.
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Afropean: Capturing The Experience Of Black Women In Europe | Refinery29
Johny Pitts was born into a working class home in Sheffield at the same time Maggie Thatcher was in Number 10. He is the son of an African American father and a white English mother. As he writes in the prologue of Afropean: Notes from Black Europe, it was a time when “the older generation […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations | The New Yorker
By The New Yorker, The New Yorker YOUTH & FAMILIES DETERMINED TO SUCCEED. Featured Image [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not often that an article comes along that changes the world, but that’s exactly what happened with Ta-Nehisi Coates, five years ago, when he wrote “The Case for Reparations,” in The Atlantic. Reparations have been discussed since the end […]
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How An Innovative Gym Is Changing Lives In This Poor Minneapolis Neighborhood | HuffPost
A wellness program in north Minneapolis could become a model for the nation — delivering affordable, accessible fitness and nutrition where it’s needed most.
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André De Shields just won his first Tony at 73. Here are 5 facts on his epic career | Los Angeles Times
Makeda Easter, Los Angeles Times ANDRE DE SHIELDS. Photo by Lia Chang. Featured Image [dropcap]Mr.[/dropcap] André De Shields capped a 50-year acting career by scoring his first Tony Award on Sunday, winning best featured actor in a musical for his role as Hermes in “Hadestown.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It’s been a long time coming. The 73-year-old […]
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