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Southern Culture Foods Founder and Chef Shares Her Recipe for Success with You | Black Enterprise

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019African American Cuisine, KINDR'D ...

Lydia Blanco, Black Enterprise Chef Erica Barrett. Featured Image [dropcap]You’ve[/dropcap] probably scrolled past editorial stylized dishes on your favorite food blog or on social media. But it’s not every day that you learn about the business behind culinary entrepreneurship. Yes, it’s an entire industry. And if you’re ready to learn how to take the heat […]

Going Beyond Music, Nipsey Hussle Promoted Job Skills and Investments | The Wall Street Journal

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019African American Music, Hip Hop ...

Los Angeles recording artist worked to revive his neighborhood and link the inner city with Silicon Valley

Nipsey Hussle’s Eritrean American Dream | The Atlantic

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019African American Art, African American Culture ...

The slain rapper, who was known for his investment in his Los Angeles community, also inspired fans and fellow musicians who share his East African heritage.

U.S. Circuit Court rules it is legal to refuse jobs to people with dreadlocks | TheGrio

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019African American Culture, KINDR'D ...

After Alabama business reneges on job offer, woman takes them to court and loses.

Nipsey Hussle’s dreams were bigger than hip-hop | Los Angeles Times

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019African American Culture, African American Music ...

Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Ermias Davidson Asghedom aka Nipsey Hussle, December 2018 (Prince Williams/Wireimage), Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap] banner of Nipsey Hussle is stretched across an exterior of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. It has been there for most of the year and is easy to spot if you’re cruising down the uneven stretch […]

Washington University’s Rafia Zafar pieces together African-Americans’ contribution to cuisine in ‘Recipes for Respect’ | STL Mag

March 28, 2019February 14, 2020African American Chef, African American Cuisine ...

Early on, black butlers and cooks taught white people how to eat and drink well. Harder lessons had to wait a century.

Candice Payne Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People in Chicago During Severe Cold Snap | The New York Times

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019African American Commuities, African American Lives ...

As temperatures plunged to life-threatening lows this week, more than 100 homeless people in Chicago unexpectedly found themselves with food, fresh clothes and a place to stay after a local real estate broker intervened.

One Lawyer, One Day, 194 Felony Cases | The New York Times

January 31, 2019March 23, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

Right now, courts allow an individual to claim, after they lose, that they received an ineffective defense. But the bar is high.

Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences | The New York Times

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019African American Culture, KOLUMN ...

The larger implication is that people are not being afforded a sense of fairness and justice because the system is not responding to their language

I’m Not African American… I’m Black | Ebony

December 13, 2018African American Culture, KINDR'D ...

Shahida Muhammad , Ebony [dropcap]What[/dropcap] does it mean to be African American? This is a question that is quietly resurfacing in Black discourse, due to the fact that many of our people are rejecting the term as a means of identification. While African American still manages to be socially accepted, it seems many privately take […]