Adrian Florido, NPR A study by the think tank Demos finds that black and Latino families with two parents still own only half as much as wealth as white single parents. David McNew/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] racial wealth gap has been measured and studied for decades. One fact has remained the same: White families […]
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A Heritage Center for Black History in Brooklyn Struggles to Remain Open | Hyperallergic
The museum, which preserves the history of one of the first free Black communities in New York, says that if a new crowdfunding campaign does not yield $200,000 before July, it will be forced to shut its doors for lack of resources.
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’48 years is enough’: activists and celebrities call for release of ex-Black Panther | The Guardian
Seventy-five public figures sign letter to New York governor asking for release of Jalil Muntaqim after nearly five decades in prison
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Nipsey Hussle: grand jury indicts man in fatal shooting of rapper | The Guardian
Eric Ronald Holder Jr pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to the killing of Hussle, a grammy-nominated musician
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian
Bernie Sanders appears to be the favorite to secure Ocasio-Cortez’s prized endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary
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Mati Diop on being the first black female director in Cannes | The Washington Post
Jake Coyle | AP, The Washington Post Ms. Rivers founded the Black Bourbon Society in 2017. It now has more than 4,700 members.CreditAaron Borton for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]CANNES[/dropcap], France — Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the first black female filmmaker in the […]
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Now the Richest Black American, He’s Also One of America’s Biggest Philanthropists | Inside Philanthropy
Ade Adeniji, Inside Philanthropy [dropcap]Throughout[/dropcap] most of my (still relatively) young writer’s lifetime, Oprah Winfrey loomed large as the pinnacle of black American financial success. The 64-year-old Oprah recently denied presidential bid rumors on the heels of a rousing speech, and stars in the new Disney film A Wrinkle in Time, opening this week. Oprah […]
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Yes, African-Americans Drink Bourbon. You’d Never Know It From the Marketing. | The New York Times
Groups like the Black Bourbon Society have formed to share an appreciation of the whiskey, and distillers are finally starting to pay attention.
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The ‘Brown Babies’ who were left behind | BBC
When Babs Gibson-Ward was born in 1944, her mother’s navy officer husband did not question whether he was her father. “He honestly believed I was his child, I think because my complexion at that time was very fair. It took six months for it to change,” she said. She was one of 2,000 mixed race […]
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A powerful moment for the Archibald prize: could a portrait of a black woman win? | The Guardian
Only 15 paintings of women and three of non-white Australians have been Archibald winners in 97 years
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