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She’s Creating An All-Female Superhero Comic Book Universe | Black Enterprise
Samara Lynn, Black Enterprise Courtesy Aza Comics, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] Now that the movie Black Panther has turned out to be a cultural and money-making phenomenon—interest in comic books and how to create them is bound to spike. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] There are several well-established black comic books writers and artists who have worked on major […]
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Google has opened its first Africa Artificial Intelligence lab in Ghana | CNN
Aanu Adeoye, CNN, CNN Farmers in Tanzania are using the Nuru app to better manage their cassava crops. CNN, Featured Image [dropcap]CNN[/dropcap] A rural farmer in Tanzania hovers over a wilting cassava plant with her phone. In seconds she gets a diagnosis of the disease affecting her plant and how best to manage it to […]
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Donald Glover’s ‘Guava Island’ Debuts After Coachella Set as Childish Gambino | The New York Times
Joe Coscarelli, The New York Times Donald Glover and Rihanna in “Guava Island,” streaming on Amazon., Featured Image [dropcap]CNN[/dropcap] “Guava Island,” a new 55-minute film starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, was released as a limited-time free stream on Amazon overnight Saturday, during Glover’s headlining set as Childish Gambino at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts […]
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Six Historically Black Beaches to Visit This Summer | Medium
When we think of black history often times vacation destinations are left out of our dialogue. Our past is well documented with stories of slavery, plantations, and oppressive reality yet little do we hear about how some of our ancestors and those who came before us got to celebrate their lives. As I decided to […]
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Study finds that landlords exploit the poor | Big Think
Landlords aren’t the ones getting rich off of renting properties; slumlords are.
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Paul Coates | HuffPost
Wil S. Hylton, HuffPost Illustration by Neal Fox, Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] a just world, Paul Coates would not be famous primarily for the work of his son. As the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose analysis of American history has transformed the public discourse on race, the 72-year-old Coates is immortalized in his son’s writing as […]
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9 Young Adult Books Every Kid (And Grown Up) Should Read | HuffPost
No matter your age, there’s a YA book out there for you.
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American Exceptionalism (White Exceptionalism by a nicer name) | Medium
William Spivey, Medium Illustration by Matthieu Bourel, photograph by Edu Bayer for The New York Times, Featured Image [dropcap]American[/dropcap] Exceptionalism has been described by historians since the mid-1800s. Definitions fall basically into three camps. 1. Because of its unique origins, born from revolution, America is unique from all other nations. Never having Kings and Queens […]
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Fast Food Mogul, Serial Entrepreneur La-Van Hawkins Dies at 61 | Black Enterprise
Samara Lynn, Black Enterprise Illustration by Neal Fox, Featured Image [dropcap]La-Van[/dropcap] Hawkins, a black entrepreneur in the food industry, just died at the age of 61, reports Crain’s. Hawkins was featured several times in BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine. In 1995, his business, La-Van Hawkins Inner City Foods, ranked No. 45 on the BE 100s listing of […]
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