D.L. Chandler, Black America Web The U.S. National Archives. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] National Black Network became the first coast-to-coast radio network fully owned by Black Americans on July 2, 1973. The NBN was the brainchild of white media executive Robert Pauley, who eventually handed over the idea to a trio of Black executives. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]
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Segregated By Design: An Animated Look at How African-American Enclaves in U.S. Cities Is Hardly an Accident | Aeon
Black ghettos are no accident – how state-sponsored racism shaped US cities
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Sankofa bookstore on track for tax relief as it fights to stay alive | WUSA9
Sankofa bookstore near Howard University has been a cultural hub through decades of DC history — now it’s struggling to survive the rising tide of property values.
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Cori Gauff, 15, Seizes Her Moment, Upsetting Venus Williams at Wimbledon | The New York Times
Gauff, the youngest player in the draw, beat the oldest, her 39-year-old idol, in a changing-of-the-guard match.
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Dr. Saint Elmo Brady, 1st African American to Earn Ph.D. in Chemistry, Honored With a National Historic Chemical Landmark | JBHE – The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
JBHE Staff, JBHE – The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education UNITED STATES – CIRCA 1939: African American Evicted sharecropper, New Madrid County, Missouri (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images). Featured Image [dropcap]Saint[/dropcap] Elmo Brady, the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry, has been honored by the American Chemical Society with a National Historical Chemical […]
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Tina Turner Says She Gets’ Emotional’ Talking About Abusive Ex-Husband Ike Turner: He ‘Was Very Good To Me’ Initially | Essence
In a recent interview with Gayle King, the iconic singer opened up about her marriage to Turner and losing her son to suicide.
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Biden plummets, Harris vaults to second in major poll | Politico
The California senator slid into second place in a new national poll from CNN, with Joe Biden still leading.
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‘Your Heritage Is Taken Away’: The Closing of 3 Historically Black Colleges | The New York Times
Wadzanai Mhute, The New York Times Sonya Perdue Bolton, far left, who was in the marching band at Saint Paul’s College, in 1983. Featured Image [dropcap]Since[/dropcap] the 1930s, the women of Bennett College, one of the nation’s two historically black colleges for women, have dressed in white and sung their “Preference Song” over an annual […]
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Mexico Returns 81 Migrants to Haiti Amid US Pressure | VOA News
Associated Press, VOA News Mainly Haitian along with some African migrants wait in men’s and women’s lines to request documents giving them temporary legal status in Mexico, outside the Siglo XXI detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, June 12, 2019. AP. Featured Image [dropcap]MEXICO[/dropcap] CITY – Mexican immigration officials say they have returned 81 migrants to […]
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The Legacy of Denver’s Forced School Busing Era | 5280
Forty-five years ago, DPS was ordered to desegregate schools. Did it work?
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