President Cyril Ramaphosa’s new cabinet comprises 50 percent women, a first for Africa’s second-biggest economy.
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The-Pieces-I-Am | The Philadelphia Sun
An intimate look at the award-winning writer, opening Friday, June 28 at the Ritz 5
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Rory Doyle: Challenging the Cowboy Culture with the Delta Hill Riders | The Phoblographer
Rory Doyle talks about documenting the daily life of the African American cowboys of his hometown for his winning series in this year’s ZEISS Photography Award.
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Southern Culture Foods Founder and Chef Shares Her Recipe for Success with You | Black Enterprise
Lydia Blanco, Black Enterprise Chef Erica Barrett. Featured Image [dropcap]You’ve[/dropcap] probably scrolled past editorial stylized dishes on your favorite food blog or on social media. But it’s not every day that you learn about the business behind culinary entrepreneurship. Yes, it’s an entire industry. And if you’re ready to learn how to take the heat […]
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The Forgotten Tale of How Black Psychiatrists Helped Make ‘Sesame Street’ | The Daily Beast
The children’s television show entranced preschoolers—and helped teach impressionable black kids.
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Inside One Woman’s 7 Year Journey to Photograph Every Native American Tribe | Elle
Matika Wilbur aims to shift public perception of Native America with her Kickstarter-funded Project 562.
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When African Americans are killed by police, these lawyers get a phone call | CNN
Darran Simon, CNN, Edited by Braden Goyette, CNN, CNN Photographs by John Nowak, CNN. Featured Image [dropcap]CNN[/dropcap] Civil rights attorney L. Chris Stewart was sitting in church in Atlanta on an April Sunday in 2015 when he received a Facebook message with a news article and a plea from a friend. A police officer had […]
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Giving Up the Funk: George Clinton says goodbye to the road | Entertainment Weekly
Rodney Carmichael, Entertainment Weekly Martin Schoeller/August. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Funk has left the building. Well, technically, the Funk has only retired to a room adjacent to the stage where his masseuse awaits. “I need my massage,” George Clinton says. At 77, his pre-concert ritual is a lot different than it used to be: No illicit […]
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Smithsonian’s new secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, faces political and financial challenges | The Washington Post
Peggy McGlone, The Washington Post [dropcap]Lonnie[/dropcap] G. Bunch III — the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture — has been appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, becoming the first African American leader in its 173-year history. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Smithsonian’s Board of Regents introduced Bunch as the institution’s […]
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A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR
Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States. In 1904, George Edwin Taylor — often forgotten in the discussion of black American political pioneers — […]
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