John Campbell, Council of Foreign Relations Zainabu Mala, mother of Kabu, one of the abducted girls, holds a picture of her daughter on April 12, 2019, in Chibok. Audu Ali Marte/AFP via Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female students gathered in Chibok to sit for high school examinations. The […]
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Marcus Samuelsson Is Fighting For A More Diverse, Creative Food Scene | Uproxx
Marcus Samuelsson is a lion of the modern food scene. This doesn’t simply come from his incredible string of successes in the kitchen (Aquavit, Red Rooster, Streetbird Rotisserie), his high-visibility TV projects (he’s a judge on Chopped and hosts No Passport Required on PBS), or even his Beard-Award winning writing (he’s authored New American Table, […]
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Ernie Barnes: the overlooked legacy of the athlete turned celebrity artist | The Guardian
The work of the football player who became a painter is finally being celebrated, from his Olympics artwork to his Marvin Gaye album cover
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Bank of America Launches $5 Billion Home Loan Assistance Program | BlackPressUSA
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, BlackPressUSA [dropcap]NNPA[/dropcap] NEWSWIRE — The new Bank of America program includes down payment and closing cost assistance; innovative low down payment mortgages; grants that can be applied to non-recurring closing costs; a national network of lending professionals; easy-to-understand financial education tools; strategic partnerships with real estate professionals; and a […]
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The Leah Chase You Didn’t Know | Garden & Gun
The Queen of Creole Cuisine had another passion—collecting and heralding the work of African American artists
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Rihanna cheered for using body positive curvy mannequins at Fenty pop-up shop | theGrio
Kia Morgan Smith, theGrio [dropcap]Rihanna[/dropcap] is here for the curvy girls as evidenced by her body positive mannequins displayed at a Fenty clothing pop-up shop at The Webster in NYC. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The 31-year-old singer and beauty mogul is used to breaking boundaries. Now she’s made sure her designs are not only inclusive for women […]
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6 famous people you didn’t know are from Mozambique | Face2face Africa
The African nation of Mozambique endured a brutal, nine-year war to gain its independence from Portugal. The war ended on this day in 1975, with the European colonizers ruling for 477 years prior. The seeds for the independence war were planted as a result of anti-colonial rhetoric and communist ideals beginning to take hold in […]
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Building a pipeline of black male teachers | The St. Louis American
The Academy for Men of Color in Education Summer Awareness Camp at Lincoln University
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The Woman Who Recorded Decades of TV News on 70,000 VHS Tapes | Hyperallergic
The documentary Recorder explores the life and work of Marion Stokes, who amassed the world’s largest independent TV archive without anyone noticing.
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2nd gang member sentenced for firebombings in Boyle Heights that targeted black families | Los Angeles Times
Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times Gilles Mingasson/Getty. Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap] second gang member has been sentenced to prison for his role in the 2014 firebombings of black residents at a Boyle Heights housing project. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Edwin “Boogie” Felix, 27, is one of eight gang members of the Big Hazard street gang who prosecutors say […]
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