Now that Barack Obama is out of the White House, he’s making a statement on support for Black businesses with a huge deal for the Obama Presidential Center.
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Netflix Releases Trailer For ‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Biopic On Legendary Rapper, Roxanne Shanté | Essence
Netflix has released the trailer for Roxanne Roxanne, which follows the career of Queens-born rapper Roxanne Shanté.
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Examining the ‘Jim Crow Experience in Baltimore’ | AFRO
“Maryland is very much in the South. It’s just Up South.”
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W. E. B. Du Bois and the Representation of Black Higher Education | Black Perspectives
The 150th anniversary of his birth offers another opportunity to reflect upon his life and legacy.
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Proof That Black Politicians Helped Freedpeople During Reconstruction | Slate
A new economic analysis shows that black officeholders raised literacy rates, among other boons, for the newly freed.
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The FBI’s War on Black-Owned Bookstores | The Atlantic
At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.
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I Took 7th Graders to See ‘Black Panther.’ Here’s What They Said. | New York Times
The film makes me want to start my own tribe and make my own inventions to help the world. It also makes me want to make my own Panther outfit. — Gabriela Myles
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Fighting extreme discrimination, they became America’s first black millionaires | The Washington Post
“They remind us that African Americans do not lack the desire or ability to work or build businesses and wealth…”
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Billion-Dollar Legacy: Reginald F. Lewis’ Incredible Life Story Comes to Film | The Root
“I think his legacy is that he opened doors and he created hope where it didn’t necessarily exist…”
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Nurse-midwife Maude Callen brought healthcare to thousands in the rural south | Timeline
The 400-square-mile area she served was one of the poorest in South Carolina.
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