With a major promised gift of 91 works of Native American art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will now include indigenous art in its galleries on American art.
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Frida Kahlo: through the lens of Nickolas Muray – In Pictures – The Guardian
Classic images of Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray, her longtime friend and lover, form a new exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, set to open on 30 April. His unique perspective created a series of intimate pictures that document her interest in her Mexican heritage, and her relationships with friends and family
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Black historian wins coveted Philadelphia Award – The Philadelphia Tribune
Long before Charles L. Blockson became a prominent historian, scholar and author, he was boy with a budding passion for the history of his people that could be found bound between the pages of books.
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Afropreneurs: This Startup Is Helping Millennials Find Hassle-Free Apartment Rentals – Okay Africa
For most students and young professionals, first apartments are a painful rite of passage. The lessons often start after the first week: a sputtering air conditioner or the sinking realization that mice are noisy roommates.
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Ferguson, Missouri, Declines to Elect First Black Mayor – NBC News
Voters in Ferguson, Missouri, re-elected Mayor James Knowles III on Tuesday in the first election since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.
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These 4 African Writers Are Killing It This Week In the Literary World – Okay Africa
Today, four more writers have landed on our radar, who’ve either won or been shortlisted for major literary awards this week alone.
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I Quit My Job Because I Didn’t Belong There – Okay Africa
It’s easy to cite issues at work, office politics, and other personal/professional situations as reasons to leave one’s job. The hardest thing to do is to admit to yourself that you’ve had a role to play in all of it – simply because your life is a reflection of the choices you make.
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11-Year-Old Turns His Love of Reading Into a Book Club to Inspire Other Black Boys to Love It, Too – Atlanta Black Star
Avid reader Sidney Keys III was excited to find a St. Louis bookstore filled with positive stories about Black youths, but he didn’t have anyone his age to discuss them with, so he decided to create Books N Bros book club.
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Free Police Body Cameras Come With a Price – Slate
On Wednesday, Taser International announced it is changing its name to Axon—and that it is offering every police department in the United States free body cameras, plus free software and data storage for one year. This announcement is a big deal, but not because it’s a great boon to policing. It isn’t.
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12-Year-Old Jamaican Sprinter Hailed As Next Usain Bolt After Record Setting 200M Race – Atlanta Black Star
Jamaica may finally have found a successor to sprint legend Usain Bolt, after 12-year-old Brianna Lyston produced an astonishing display of sprinting at the 2017 Boys and Girls Championships.
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