Chicago’s City Council officially renamed Congress Parkway to Ida B. Wells Drive Wednesday, making the prominent east-west artery the first downtown street named for a woman of color and honoring one of the city’s great activists.
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Can the ‘immortal cells’ of Henrietta Lacks sue for their own rights? | The Washington Post
A lawyer representing the eldest son and two grandsons of Henrietta Lacks, whose “immortal cells” have been the subject of a best-selling book, a TV movie, a family feud, cutting-edge medical research and a multibillion-dollar biotech industry, announced last week that she plans to file a petition seeking “guardianship” of the cells.
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Growing up with Nelson Mandela | Deutsche Welle
On his 100th birthday, people all over the world are celebrating Nelson Mandela’s legacy: as South Africa’s first black president and a giant of the anti-apartheid struggle. But Mandela was also a family man.
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Why Frederick Douglass’s struggle for justice is relevant in the Trump era | The Guardian
Douglass fought against the horrors of President Andrew Johnson who, like Donald Trump, represents the same force of racist progress, of white male nationalism, of racial walls.
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Obama makes first visit to Kenya since leaving office in support of sister’s foundation | The Independent
Mr Obama helped promote the launch of his half-sister’s new sports, training and vocational centre in Kenya.
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Emmett Till’s Cousin On Reopening Of Case: ‘An Opportunity For The Truth To Be Told’ | NPR
“It’s unfortunate that people have moved through their age and have had the ability to live their lives fully without coming forward or being held accountable.”
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Black men got the right to vote in 1870. This ex-slave’s son was the 1st to cast a ballot. | NJ.Com
The election was a vote on whether to revise the existing charter of the town or to abandon it in favor of creating a new township. Peterson voted to revise the charter, which won 230 votes to 63.
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The Second City of Black America | Los Angeles Review of Books
Most of the greatest black American artists, intellectuals, and businesspeople of the midcentury came from places like the Hill, Watts in Los Angeles, Bronzeville in Chicago, and, above all, New York City’s Harlem.
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Pharrell Williams Joins Spotify’s ‘Black History Is Happening Now’ Campaign | Muse by Clio
Plus, a new initiative to support up-and-coming black female creators
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An Education: Today Marks 150th Anniversary of 14th Amendment | Colorlines
As President Donald Trump prepares to announce his Supreme Court nominee, here’s why the amendment’s promise of “equal protection of the laws” still matters.
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