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A Heritage Center for Black History in Brooklyn Struggles to Remain Open | Hyperallergic

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American History, Black History ...

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.

’48 years is enough’: activists and celebrities call for release of ex-Black Panther | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Seventy-five public figures sign letter to New York governor asking for release of Jalil Muntaqim after nearly five decades in prison

Nipsey Hussle: grand jury indicts man in fatal shooting of rapper | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American Music, KINDR'D ...

Eric Ronald Holder Jr pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to the killing of Hussle, a grammy-nominated musician

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Bernie Sanders appears to be the favorite to secure Ocasio-Cortez’s prized endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary

Mati Diop on being the first black female director in Cannes | The Washington Post

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

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 […]

Now the Richest Black American, He’s Also One of America’s Biggest Philanthropists | Inside Philanthropy

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019African American Wealth, Black Wall Street ...

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 […]

Yes, African-Americans Drink Bourbon. You’d Never Know It From the Marketing. | The New York Times

May 21, 2019May 8, 2020African American Culture, KINDR'D ...

Groups like the Black Bourbon Society have formed to share an appreciation of the whiskey, and distillers are finally starting to pay attention.

The ‘Brown Babies’ who were left behind | BBC

May 21, 2019May 8, 2020Black History, KINDR'D ...

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 […]