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This Is What It’s Like to Be a Mom at 10 and Married at 11 in Florida | Global Citizen

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Johnson was forced to marry her rapist to help him evade punishment.

Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S. | NBC News

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The revelations come as U.S. intelligence agencies have warned of probable Russian meddling in the 2020 election.

Valerie Cunningham to receive Inspiration Award for creating change | Sea Coast Online

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Anne Richter Arnold, Sea Coast Online Valerie Cunningham, founder of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, left, and JerriAnne Boggis, director of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, with one of the plaques to be placed at the Cooper Home at 171 Washington St. in Portsmouth during the trail’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2015. [File photo by […]

Michigan to Pay $860,000 in Lawsuit Over Prison Guards Who Bet on a Woman Inmate’s Suicide | The Root

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

Anne Branigin, The Root Michigan inmate Janika Edmond killed herself in 2015. (Photo: Michigan Department of Corrections). Featured Image [dropcap]How[/dropcap] much is an incarcerated person’s life worth? At one Michigan jail, about the cost of a Subway sandwich. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] That’s what corrections officers wagered in response to a suicidal inmate, 25-year-old Janika Edmond, who […]

The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity | The Guardian

May 28, 2019January 27, 2020KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship

Dear Black Man: God Loves You! | My Muddy Walk With Christ

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019African American Faith, KINDR'D ...

Carmen Byrd, My Muddy Walk With Christ [dropcap]During[/dropcap] a late-night conversation a few years ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could do one thing for the black community what would it be. My response was I would wrap my arms around the world and give every person of color a hug. I […]

Contemporary Artists Contextualize the Work of Black Panther Photographers | Hyperallergic

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019African American Art, African American Photography ...

Vanguard Revisited: Poetic Politics & Black Futures highlights Bay Area artists and artist collectives whose work contextualizes the lasting impact of BPP ideology and activism, and the photographs of Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones.

A French illustrator’s images of black women are controversial in Paris, but adored on Instagram | Quartz Africa

May 23, 2019May 8, 2020African American Art, Black Art ...

A meet-and-greet with illustrator Nicholle Kobi is titled A Parisian Instant, yet at home the French illustrator is overlooked. This, even as her work spreads from Instagram to communities of black women around the world, this week in Johannesburg. Kobi’s work has become something of a cultural phenomenon among women in the African diaspora. The […]