Two weeks ago, an emergency-room doctor in Detroit was arrested for allegedly removing parts of two 7-year-old girls’ genitals. The federal criminal complaint alleges that Jumana Nagarwala, who has denied the charges, committed the crimes at a medical clinic in Livonia and may have victimized multiple other girls at the request of their parents.
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7 African Documentaries On Netflix That You Must Watch Right Now – Okay Africa
Documentaries are cool and all, but sometimes it’s hard to choose them over the mindless engagement of a 22-episode series that you could easily lose entire portions of your weekend (and life) to.
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50 Other Black Owned Hair & Beauty Brands to Support – Shoppe Black
Hair care is a multibillion-dollar industry fueled primarily by Black women. We spend A LOT of money – an estimated $2.5 billion on hair care products in 2016 – nine times more than the general market.
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States Are Attempting to Modify Their Definitions of Rape and Sex: The Week In Women’s Rights – Slate
Earlier this month, Maryland seemed poised to finally pass a law, as most states have, that would keep men from claiming parental rights to the babies of the women they raped.
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Fla. Apologizes to ‘Groveland Four,’ Men Wrongly Convicted of Rape in 1949 – The Root
In 1949 in Groveland, Fla., four men—Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Greenlee and Ernest Thomas—were wrongly convicted of raping 17-year-old Norma Padgett in Groveland. Three of the men were imprisoned and another was shot and killed by a group of white men. They became known as the Groveland Four.
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Breaking ‘the curse’ of disabled children in South Africa – Al Jazeera
The government estimates as many as 600,000 children with disabilities are not getting an education.
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For the Henrietta Lacks Family, It’s a Matter of Who Gets to Tell Their Story – The Root
Who can tell your family’s story? That’s one of the key issues the book and now HBO film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, raises. It’s one that Henrietta Lacks’ son Lawrence and his son, Ron, have been asking for some time now.
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Contact High: Jamel Shabazz On Shooting The Subway – Mass Appeal
“Every squeeze of the shutter release had to be on point.”
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New Voices in Black Cinema at BAM April 26-30 – New York Amsterdam News
Wake up New York City. It’s film festival time and the power of the African and African-American creative voice is alive and well and just a MetroCard swipe away.
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Here’s Why The ‘Bronzeville’ Podcast Series Is A Must-Listen – Global Grind
The all-star cast and historic setting make the audio drama a one-of-a-kind experience.
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