Du Bois Couldn’t Have Had That Last Important Phase Of His Life Without The Partnership He Had With Shirley [Graham Du Bois].
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121 Years Ago, Ethiopia Repelled Italian Troops; This Year, They Celebrate That Historic Victory – Atlanta Black Star
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Ethiopia’s victory over Italian troops 121 years ago in the famous battle of Akwa was a victory for the “African spirit, a spirit that echoed a common voice and determination by Africans to stand up and defeat external forces.”
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The Racist History of Dr. Seuss & What it Means in Today’s Social, Political & Educational Context – The Real African
The problem with attempting to defend, rationalize, or sweep the racism Dr. Seuss espoused under the rug — is that it condones the very real implications those kind of narratives had (and continue to have) on oppressed groups.
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Syd’s Quiet Storm – The Nation
No longer in the background of Odd Future, the Los Angeles singer is finding her voice.
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Nervous system birth defects 20 times likelier for Zika-hit mothers, study finds – The Guardian
The Centers for Disease Control has found central nervous system issues, such as microcephaly, occur in 60 per 1,000 pregnancies for virus-infected mothers.
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Once Time’s ‘Person of the Year,’ an Ebola fighter dies in childbirth due to stigma of virus – The Washington Post
As the chaos and tragedy of the Ebola outbreak engulfed parts of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in 2014, a more insidious ill took root: distrust of all who had come into contact with the disease.
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Obama Officials Reportedly Worked to Preserve Trump-Russia Intelligence for Future Investigation – Slate
The New York Times published a staggering report Wednesday evening on the Obama administration’s extraordinary and extensive effort in the waning days of the Obama presidency to preserve and distribute intelligence it had uncovered on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
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Dear Nigeria, we really need to do better for the Girl Child – She Leads Africa
It was the International day of the girl child only a few days ago but the truth is that we have such a long way to go in according the right value to girls and women.
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Pittsburgh’s Underground Railroad, Preserved and Not – The New York Times
The Heinz History Center and the F. Julius LeMoyne House document Pittsburgh’s role in the Underground Railroad, but some sites, sadly, are gone.
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Black News Channel to Launch in 2018, Organizers say – Tallahassee Democrat
The Black Television News Channel is scheduled to be launched next February in its home inside the Florida A&M University School of Journalism & Graphic Communication.
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