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READ: The revealing last letter written by Patrice Lumumba to the UN before his assassination | Face2Face Africa

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019African History, Congo

Born on July 2, 1925, Patrice Emery Lumumba was only 36 when he was brutally assassinated on January 17, 1961. After being executed by firing squad, his body was exhumed and dissolved in acid. He was the first legally elected prime minister of the Republic of Congo after he helped the country gain its independence […]

Black History Legacy: Mary Eliza Mahoney, The First Black Nurse | Essence

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019African American History

Mary Eliza Mahoney was one of only four students to complete the rigorous graduate nursing program at the New England Hospital for Women and Children, making her the first Black licensed nurse.

We need to talk about slavery’s impact on all of us | The Guardian

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019African American History, Reparations

How should we address the longterm trauma that was caused? As professor of the history of slavery, I aim to find out

Jim Crow Compounded the Grief of African American Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed in World War I | Smithsonian Magazine

November 11, 2019January 27, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Smithsonian Books presents ‘We Return Fighting,’ a groundbreaking exploration of African American involvement in World War I

What W. E. B. Du Bois Conveyed in His Captivating Infographics | The New Yorker

November 7, 2019November 19, 2019African American History, African American Photography

In 1893, Ida B. Wells published a pamphlet titled “The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World’s Columbian Exposition.” The expo, which lasted for six months, was held in Chicago and was meant to chart the trajectory of the Americas in the four hundred years since Columbus had arrived. Though a handful […]

Telling The Story Of The Apollo Theater | Essence

November 7, 2019November 11, 2019African American Entertainment, African American History

Director Roger Ross Williams spoke to ESSENCE about bringing the story of The Apollo—the “nucleus” of Black culture, music and art—to life.

Will America’s Universities Point The Way Towards Reparations For Slavery? | Forbes

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019African American History, Reparations

Georgetown University recently announced that it plans to raise around $400,000 a year to pay for reparations. They would go to the descendants of enslaved people who were exploited by Jesuit plantations and who were eventually sold to bring revenue to the university. A number of other universities, including Princeton Theological Seminary, have also announced […]

Why the Democrats Will Debate at Atlanta’s Tyler Perry Studios This Month | New York Magazine, Intelligencer

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019African American Politics, Black Vote

arly speculation about the location of the November 20 Democratic presidential candidate debate had focused on some site in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, the newly competitive area where the Democrats picked up one U.S. House seat in 2018 and nearly nabbed another. There is, in fact, a spanking new 1,070-seat event venue called City […]

Huntsville native named Estée Lauder’s top lawyer | AL.com

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019African American Professionals

At a young age, it was apparent to her family that Deirdre Stanley would make something of herself. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “Deirdre was always a hard worker, dedicated to whatever task she set out to accomplish,” her mother, Mary Stanley said. “She would stay up late at night, after all family members were long in bed, […]

Serena Williams Raises Awareness About Financial Abuse | Black Enterprise

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019African American Economics, African American Wealth

Serena Williams is always taking a positive stance when she is not playing tennis. According to CBS News, Williams is now the national ambassador for the Allstate Foundation Purple Purse program. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “A really close friend of mine was going through a situation that wasn’t really healthy for her, wasn’t healthy for her friends, […]