Jackson’s new Civil Rights Museum and its neighbour, the Museum of Mississippi History, have a joint launch on 9 December, in advance of a year of events across the south marking 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination.
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Dig, If You Will, Some Never-Before-Seen Pictures Of Prince In ‘A Private View’ | NPR
Afshin Shahidi misses Prince. “Nothing seemed impossible, everything was possible for him,” he says. “And that’s just the way he lived his life and the way he communicated and wanted us to live our life.”
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Watch: Unbought and Unbossed: Shirley Chisholm’s fearless presidential run | Timeline
In 1972, America wasn’t ready for her, but she didn’t think that way.
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African American Museum To Digitize Vintage Photos, Videos For Black Families | Huffington Post
“We recognize the importance of these vernacular, homemade images, this folk cinema, as an alternate history to the kinds of history that the mass media tells.”
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The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades | Smithsonian
In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives.
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Remembering Dolores Kendrick, D.C.’s Poet Laureate, 1927–2017 | Washington City Paper
The “first lady of poetry” leaves behind a rich legacy of promoting poetry throughout the District.
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Baltimore Rising: HBO Documentary Chronicles A City Trying To Heal After Freddie Gray’s Death | Essence
When Freddie Gray died in police custody in April 2015, Baltimore was thrust into the glare of a harsh spotlight.
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Della Reese, Music Icon And ‘Touched By An Angel’ Star, Dead At 86 | Huffington Post
“I know heaven has a brand new angel this day,” costar Roma Downey said.
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Dread Scott Reenacts a Slave Revolt to Radically Reconsider Freedom | Hyperallergic
Scott’s project reenacts the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in North American history.
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Why Do So Many Indian Children Go Missing? | The New York Times
According to the country’s Ministry of Women and Child Development, 242,938 children disappeared between 2012 and 2017. But according to TrackChild, a government database, nearly that many children — 237,040 — went missing between 2012 and 2014 alone.
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