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‘My Babies’: A Serial Killer’s Chilling Portraits of His Victims | Daily Beast

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019African American Commuities, KINDR'D ...

Samuel Little says he killed women in 16 portraits with the very hand that later sketched their throats.

Afropean: Capturing The Experience Of Black Women In Europe | Refinery29

June 11, 2019May 15, 2020African American Travel, KINDR'D ...

Johny Pitts was born into a working class home in Sheffield at the same time Maggie Thatcher was in Number 10. He is the son of an African American father and a white English mother. As he writes in the prologue of Afropean: Notes from Black Europe, it was a time when “the older generation […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations | The New Yorker

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019African American Economics, African American Wealth ...

By The New Yorker, The New Yorker YOUTH & FAMILIES DETERMINED TO SUCCEED. Featured Image [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not often that an article comes along that changes the world, but that’s exactly what happened with Ta-Nehisi Coates, five years ago, when he wrote “The Case for Reparations,” in The Atlantic. Reparations have been discussed since the end […]

How An Innovative Gym Is Changing Lives In This Poor Minneapolis Neighborhood | HuffPost

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019African American Health, KINDR'D ...

A wellness program in north Minneapolis could become a model for the nation — delivering affordable, accessible fitness and nutrition where it’s needed most.

André De Shields just won his first Tony at 73. Here are 5 facts on his epic career | Los Angeles Times

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019African American Entertainment, African American Theater ...

Makeda Easter, Los Angeles Times ANDRE DE SHIELDS. Photo by Lia Chang. Featured Image [dropcap]Mr.[/dropcap] André De Shields capped a 50-year acting career by scoring his first Tony Award on Sunday, winning best featured actor in a musical for his role as Hermes in “Hadestown.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It’s been a long time coming. The 73-year-old […]

Report: Wrongful convictions have stolen at least 20,000 years from innocent defendants | The Washington Post

June 10, 2019May 17, 2020Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

The National Registry of Exonerations (NRE) will soon publish the second part of a study it commissioned of its database of all known false convictions in the United States since 1989. The NRE was kind enough to send me an advance copy. Among the highlights: * The 2,265 exonerees in the NRE database served a […]

Sanaa Lathan Admits She Was ‘Miserable’ While Filming ‘Love & Basketball’ | Essence

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

“I can laugh about it now,” the actress added in a recent interview.

The Man They Called ‘Trane’, Remembering A Jazz Giant | uDiscoverMusic

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019African American Music, Jazz Music ...

Richard Havers, uDiscoverMusic [dropcap]John[/dropcap] Coltrane died on 17 July 1967 having given more to jazz in his 40 years than many who live a much longer life. His music has been an inspiration to many rock musicians as well as younger jazz musicians and his album, A Love Supreme, is one of the acknowledged masterpieces […]