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Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

BlackPast.org unlocks a treasure trove of African American history, aided by passionate volunteer editors

October 19, 2016November 21, 2016African American History, KOLUMN ...

You may be surprised to learn that BlackPast.org, the most comprehensive African American and African history website in the nation — and perhaps the world — is based in Seattle.

A Revealing Look at How Blacks Use Technology

October 19, 2016November 21, 2016African American Lives, African American Technology ...

A new report sheds light on the African American community’s enthusiasm for technology, especially mobile.

Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora

October 19, 2016November 21, 2016Africa, African Art ...

Sheena Wagstaff, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s modern and contemporary art department, was relatively new on the job in 2013 when Pamela J. Joyner, a prolific art collector and supporter of artists of African descent, invited her on a trip to Washington to visit the studio of the Color Field painter Sam Gilliam. They looked at Mr. Gilliam’s in-progress pieces, a series of striking works with a thin stream of paint poured on board.

A Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew

October 19, 2016November 21, 2016#PrayForHaiti, Haiti ...

Hurricane Matthew killed more than 500 people in Haiti when it struck two weeks ago, leaving more than 175,000 without homes, and more than a million more struggling to survive in what United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called “absolute devastation.”

In Ferguson, the Seeds of Trump’s Defeat

October 19, 2016November 21, 2016African American Commuities, Black Crime ...

Trump may have risen on the wings of white backlash. But black Americans’ fierce resistance to a candidate they see as racist could spell his defeat.

Race: Generation Change [Video]

October 18, 2016November 21, 2016African American History, KOLUMN ...

How did Barack Obama symbolise a change for the African-American communities of Washington DC?

Searching for Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia (The Site of His Insurrection) – VIDEO

October 18, 2016November 21, 2016African American History, KOLUMN ...

Nat Turner, a slave and preacher prone to visions, masterminded one of the most violent and impactful slave rebellions in American history. On the evening of August 21, 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia, Turner led over 70 slaves from plantation to plantation, killing every slave owning white family, including women and children.

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