Faced with a rising national wave of opioid addiction and its consequences, families, law enforcement and political leaders around the nation are linking arms to save souls. But 30 years ago, it was a different story.
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9 Reasons to Check Out John Singleton’s BET Series, Rebel – The Root
OK, those Rebel commercials on BET haven’t exactly moved you, even if this show is intended to fill the void left by the midseason finale of Being Mary Jane.
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This 23-Year-Old Nigerian Author’s Afrofuturist Novel Has Been Picked Up By Fox Studios – Okay Africa
We’ve been celebrating African women all month at OkayAfrica, and today we get to add yet another to our list!
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Was the Desegregation of Schools Really the Best Thing for ‘Underserved’ Black Children? – Atlanta Black Star
For more than 60 years, the advertised solution to apartheid academics is to place Black and white pupils in the same school. The pursuit of diverse classrooms accepts that entirely Black schools are inherently and irreversibly defective.
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Chronicling Black Women’s Activist Work at the Hammer Museum – Hyperallergic
A series of talks and events between March 28 and 30, co-presented by the African-American Policy Forum, examines the role of black women and girls in the struggle for civil rights.
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A New Card Game Asks, ‘Who’s Blacker?’ – NPR
If you had to rank Harriet Tubman and Kanye West in order of blackness, who would be first? Who’s blacker, Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr.?
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Orchestra Noir Conductor Puts Black Kids First: ‘You Have Classical Music As a Career Choice’ – Atlanta Black Star
Orchestra Noir is likely the kind of ensemble you’ve never seen or heard before.
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A Film About Japan’s First Black Samurai Is Currently In Development – Okay Africa
A fascinating story about the first black samurai is being adapted into a feature-length action drama by Lionsgate Entertainment.
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“What Does It Mean to Be Black and Look at This?” A Scholar Reflects on the Dana Schutz Controversy – Hyperallergic
Christina Sharpe says the issue at the heart of the dispute over the Emmett Till painting is not representation so much as intimacy and our relationship to violence.
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Black Lives Matter groups joining forces with wage activists – The Philadelphia Tribune
A cluster of Black Lives Matter groups and the organization leading the push for a $15-an-hour wage are joining forces to combine the struggle for racial justice with the fight for economic equality, just as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to do in the last year of his life.
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