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Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

The Supreme Court Confronts Racism in the Jury Room – The Atlantic

March 20, 2017Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

Is racism in deliberations any less toxic than racism in open court?

[In My Lifetime] On Life With Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis – Ebony

March 20, 2017May 23, 2018African American Entertainment, African American Families ...

Nora Day Davis and Hasna Muhammad remember what it was like to grow up in their household and the special times they shared.

Remembering Chuck Berry – The Atlantic

March 20, 2017African American Entertainment, African American Music ...

The rock ‘n’ roll legend—who died at the age of 90—was a fierce guitarist and unparalleled raconteur.

HBCUs maintain funding they already had in Trump’s proposed budget – The Philadelphia Tribune

March 20, 2017African American Education, HBCU ...

President Donald Trump released his 2018 budget for America on Thursday, and HBCUs will maintain the level of funding they have been given before — in the amount of $492 million.

The Same Yet Different: The Breakdown of our hair – Urban Bush Babes

March 16, 2017African American Fashion, Black Fashion ...

Cipriana Quann and TK Wonder are identical twin sisters that are known to stop traffic. People are not only paying attention to these ladies because they are beautiful but there are other reasons why these twins are making heads turn.

The Enduring Struggle – The Nation

March 16, 2017African American History, Black History ...

For Frederick Douglass, the work of democratic politics was never-ending.

Nike Hijab Faces Backlash on Social Media – Teen Vogue

March 16, 2017KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine

“I will never buy another Nike product again.”

The Good, Racist People – The New York Times

March 16, 2017African American Commuities, African American Culture ...

Last month the actor Forest Whitaker was stopped in a Manhattan delicatessen by an employee.

This Ghanaian Art Historian is Creating a 54-Volume Encyclopedia on African Culture – Okay Africa

March 16, 2017Africa, Ghana ...

Ghanaian writer and art historian, Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, was a PhD student back in 2009, when she first conceived the idea of creating a comprehensive archive of African art and culture.

A Sibling’s Documentary About His Brother’s Mysterious Murder – Hyperallergic

March 16, 2017January 23, 2018African American Cinema, KOLUMN ...

In Strong Island, Yance Ford lays out the peculiar circumstances that surrounded his brother’s murder in 1992, and the void left in its wake.