Aries Brown, BBC News Illustration by Debie Loizou. [Reuters], Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] article was written by Aries Brown, an 18-year-old African-American student at an international school in eastern Europe. It was originally written for her school newspaper, and has been reprinted with her permission, and that of her school. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Coming here for my […]
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Should Ethiopia stick with ethnic federalism? | Al Jazeera
And is the current federal system encouraging ethnic violence?
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The government has failed to learn the lessons of Windrush | New Stateman
Ministers don’t appear to understand what racial discrimination is, argues the Runnymede Trust.
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How prison pulls them back in: The story of Kerry Lathan and Nipsey Hussle is a window onto a parole system that re-incarcerates far too many people for technical violations | New York Daily News
MARA SCHIAVOCAMPO and TOPEKA K. SAM, New York Daily News [dropcap]When[/dropcap] Kerry Lathan was released on parole after serving 25 years for murder, he went to rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle’s Marathon store for some free clothes, so he could look good while reuniting with family and friends. That trip would trigger a disastrous chain […]
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Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November | The Root
Jay Connor, The Root Image: iStock, Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned their daily news programming. And with TV One’s decision to can Roland Martin’s News One Now in 2017, those of us eager for network news have had […]
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EyeSeeMe bookstore teaches children the value of African-American history | USA Today
As African American parents, Pamela and Jeffrey Blair of St. Louis, Missouri, always taught their four children about their history and helped them to develop a positive self-image. They told stories about their lives, their grandparent’s lives and their families’ migration from the Caribbean. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When the Blairs started homeschooling the children in grade […]
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A Play About Maya Angelou is Being Developed for Broadway | Colorlines
“Phenomenal Woman: An Evening with Maya Angelou” will debut in 2021.
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The Ultimate List of Black Owned Farms & Food Gardens | Shoppe Black
Phenomenal Black owned farms make up less than 2 percent of all farms in the United States. According to a recent report, Black farmers lost 80 percent of their farmland from 1910 to 2007, often because they lacked access to loans or insurance needed to sustain their businesses. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The report mentions the “long […]
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Jemele Hill Launches New Podcast With Spotify | Colorlines
“Jemele Hill is Unbothered” will feature interviews and unapologetic commentary on sports, politics and culture.
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James Baldwin: ‘I Can’t Accept Western Values Because They Don’t Accept Me’ | LitHub
In a 1964 Interview with Robert Penn Warren
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