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Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

NYC Monument Will Honor African-American Family Displaced to Make Way for Central Park | Smithsonian.com

October 31, 2019December 13, 2019African American History, Black History ...

But the project has drawn criticism, particularly because the monument will stand some 20 blocks north of Seneca Village’s historic location

Watch: The 1619 Project, Live at the Smithsonian | The New York Times Magazine

October 31, 2019December 13, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Please join us online today for a conversation about how history is defined — and redefined — featuring historians, journalists and policymakers.

Who Gave You the Right to Tell That Story? | Vulture

October 31, 2019March 20, 2020African American Literature, Black Literature ...

Ten authors on the most divisive question in fiction, and the times they wrote outside their own identities.

Once homeless, D.C. teacher overcomes odds and wins Teacher of the Year award | WJLA

October 30, 2019December 14, 2019African American Women, KINDR'D ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Lakeisha Brown has overcome many obstacles in life. This year, she was recognized as the D.C. Public Schools Teacher of the Year. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “A girl from a small town who had a really rough upbringing could possibly win too. I didn’t count myself out,” Brown said. “It’s a moment that I […]

The FBI Spends a Lot of Time Spying on Black Americans | The Intercept

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019African American Commuities, American Racism ...

THE FBI HAS come under intense criticism after a 2017 leak exposed that its counterterrorism division had invented a new, unfounded domestic terrorism category it called “black identity extremism.” Since then, legislators have pressured the bureau’s leadership to be more transparent about its investigation of black activists, and a number of civil rights groups have […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates pulls few punches at Raleigh “Color of Education” summit | NC Policy Watch

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019African American Activist, KINDR'D ...

Acclaimed author draws parallels between slavery and sexual violence

This Black Woman Runs The Newest Luxury Yacht Charter Service | Travel Noire

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019African American Entrepreneurs, African American Travel ...

As a young girl growing up on Virginia’s eastern shore, Sheila Ruffin came to love boats at an early age. Her grandfather was an avid boater so she spent a lot of her childhood around the water. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Once she was older, Sheila would go on to attend law school. After learning that she […]

20 Southern Women Changing the World | Garden & Gun

October 29, 2019December 14, 2019African American Entertainment, African American Entrepreneurs ...

These powerhouses from across the region are making a difference

Prince Memoir, ‘The Beautiful Ones,’ Brings To Life A Vision In One’s Mind | NPR WAMU 88.5

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019African American History, African American Music ...

I’m a longtime Prince fan. I would listen to his raunchy songs with the sound turned down low so my parents couldn’t hear, because even before I understood a lot of the double entendre in his lyrics, I sensed they — and he — were naughty. And, of course, my parents confirmed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Once […]

The most important lesson my parents taught me about money as an African American woman | Business Insider

October 28, 2019July 24, 2020African American Culture, African American Economics ...

My experience negotiating restitution for Holocaust survivors has shown me how difficult and divisive a slavery reparations program would be to enact.