By Stephannie Stokes, WABE 90.1 The first country-wide memorial to African-American victims of lynching opened last year in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. While it’s called the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the site is not government funded. It was built by the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal nonprofit that defends against wrongful convictions and racial discrimination. […]
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Weekend At Bernie’s: Sanders Tell Black Student to ‘Respect’ Police to Avoid Getting ‘Shot in the Back of the Head’ | The Root
Bernie Sanders has all the answers. The almost Octogenarian presidential hopeful showed up and showed out during a question-and-answer session at a forum held at Benedict College on Saturday. owned by a black woman [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When a black male student asked Sanders how he should handle getting pulled over by a police officer, Sanders […]
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Washington, DC’s Newest Black-Woman-Owned Ice Cream Shop Is All About Community | HuffPost
Karin Sellers wants Here’s The Scoop to be more than just an ice cream shop — she wants it to be an incubator for black talent.
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The Greatest White Privilege Is Life Itself | The Atlantic
Like so many other black men in America, Elijah Cummings died too young.
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Cancel The World Series, Simone Biles’s First Pitch Just Won Everything | ELLE
Mere weeks after becoming the most decorated gymnast in all of history ever—male or female—Simone Biles was not content to lie low and revel in her success. Instead she stopped by Game 2 of the World Series in Houston on October 23 to throw out a groundbreaking first pitch. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In the clip, Biles […]
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He’s the First African American to Receive a Face Transplant. His Story Could Change Health Care | Time
Robert Chelsea turned down the first face he was offered. It was a fine face, one that could have taken him off the transplant waiting list after just a couple months. But Chelsea—severely disfigured after a catastrophic car accident five years earlier—was in no hurry. He’d gotten used to tilting his head back so food […]
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12 Times Influencer Asiyami Gold Had Us Ready To See Some World | Essence
These stunning photos will inspire you to take your global adventures to a whole new level.
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Wendell Pierce: ‘I Still Have Fear, But Now I Have Courage’ | The New York Times
Starring as Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” in London has whetted Wendell Pierce’s appetite to take on all the big roles.
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NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill memorialized with USPS Forever stamp | PBS
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring the late PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill with a commemorative Forever stamp. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The stamp, which was unveiled Tuesday, features a 2008 photo of Ifill with the words “BLACK HERITAGE” at the top and Ifill’s name at the bottom. It is the 43rd stamp in the Black Heritage […]
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Atlanta pays tribute to the legendary rap duo OutKast with a huge mural | CNN
(CNN) – The South has something to say — or show, rather. Finally, the city at the heart of southern hip-hop has been given what it deserves — the benevolent gaze of André 3000 and Big Boi watching over it in full photorealism. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The mural, painted by an artist who goes by JEKS, […]
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