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Prince Memoir, ‘The Beautiful Ones,’ Brings To Life A Vision In One’s Mind | NPR WAMU 88.5

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019African American History, African American Music ...

I’m a longtime Prince fan. I would listen to his raunchy songs with the sound turned down low so my parents couldn’t hear, because even before I understood a lot of the double entendre in his lyrics, I sensed they — and he — were naughty. And, of course, my parents confirmed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Once […]

The most important lesson my parents taught me about money as an African American woman | Business Insider

October 28, 2019July 24, 2020African American Culture, African American Economics ...

My experience negotiating restitution for Holocaust survivors has shown me how difficult and divisive a slavery reparations program would be to enact.

A Forgotten Lynching In Atlanta | WABE 90.1

October 28, 2019July 24, 2020African American History, Black History ...

By Stephannie Stokes, WABE 90.1 The first country-wide memorial to African-American victims of lynching opened last year in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. While it’s called the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the site is not government funded. It was built by the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal nonprofit that defends against wrongful convictions and racial discrimination. […]

Weekend At Bernie’s: Sanders Tell Black Student to ‘Respect’ Police to Avoid Getting ‘Shot in the Back of the Head’ | The Root

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Bernie Sanders has all the answers. The almost Octogenarian presidential hopeful showed up and showed out during a question-and-answer session at a forum held at Benedict College on Saturday. owned by a black woman [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When a black male student asked Sanders how he should handle getting pulled over by a police officer, Sanders […]

Washington, DC’s Newest Black-Woman-Owned Ice Cream Shop Is All About Community | HuffPost

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

Karin Sellers wants Here’s The Scoop to be more than just an ice cream shop — she wants it to be an incubator for black talent.

The Greatest White Privilege Is Life Itself | The Atlantic

October 24, 2019July 24, 2020KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Like so many other black men in America, Elijah Cummings died too young.

Cancel The World Series, Simone Biles’s First Pitch Just Won Everything | ELLE

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019African American Athletes, KINDR'D ...

Mere weeks after becoming the most decorated gymnast in all of history ever—male or female—Simone Biles was not content to lie low and revel in her success. Instead she stopped by Game 2 of the World Series in Houston on October 23 to throw out a groundbreaking first pitch. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In the clip, Biles […]

He’s the First African American to Receive a Face Transplant. His Story Could Change Health Care | Time

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Robert Chelsea turned down the first face he was offered. It was a fine face, one that could have taken him off the transplant waiting list after just a couple months. But Chelsea—severely disfigured after a catastrophic car accident five years earlier—was in no hurry. He’d gotten used to tilting his head back so food […]