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James ‘Radio’ Kennedy, football fixture who inspired a Hollywood movie, dies at 73 | CNN

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

(CNN)James “Radio” Kennedy, the mentally disabled man whose importance to a South Carolina football team inspired the Hollywood movie “Radio,” died early Sunday at the age of 73, T.L. Hanna High School confirmed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Eric Levenson,CNN Associated Press Sports Editors Full article @ CNN

Who were the Moors? | National Geographic

December 13, 2019December 14, 2019African History, KOLUMN Magazine ...

IF THE TERM “Moor” seems familiar but confusing, there’s a reason: Though the term can be found throughout literature, art, and history books, it does not actually describe a specific ethnicity or race. Instead, the concept of Moors has been used to describe alternatively the reign of Muslims in Spain, Europeans of African descent, and […]

Honoring the ‘Green Book’: A life-saving travel guide for African Americans during segregation | WMCAction News 5

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019African American History, Black History

‘If you wandered into a place where African Americans are not welcome…you could end up actually being killed’

‘I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People’ | The New York Times

December 9, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Multiple police officers in Brooklyn say they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone.

Found: The Oldest-Known Photograph of Enslaved African Americans With Cotton | Atlas Obscura

December 6, 2019January 15, 2020African American History, Black History

The daguerreotype records their faces, but not their names.

Harry and Sidney: Soul Brothers | The New York Times

December 4, 2019December 16, 2019African American Entertainment, African American History

Please allow me to divert my gaze for one day away from our national political darkness and toward two national rays of light. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Monday is Sidney Poitier’s 90th birthday. His best friend of 70 years, Harry Belafonte, turns 90 on March 1. This is an ode to and appreciation of the friendship — […]

Sen. Kamala D. Harris is ending presidential bid | The Washington Post

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019African American Politics

Sen. Kamala D. Harris of California announced that she is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In a note to supporters, Harris wrote that “my campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue.”“It is with deep regret — but also with deep gratitude— that I am […]

Alabama unveils statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks | AP News

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019African American History, Black History

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey pulled back a cloth to […]

The Deacons; the black armed Christians who protected MLK, civil rights supporters before Black Panther | Face2Face Africa

December 2, 2019December 23, 2019African American History, Black History

Given that African-Americans were an easy target in the 1950s and 1960s, the Ku Klux Klan – the white supremacist group – had a free reign, terrorizing and even murdering civil rights supporters. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The incessant attacks were so frequent that many civil rights workers armed themselves for self-protection. Even the home of Dr. […]

Maj Christina Hopper Conquered Race, Gender, And The F-16 | Task & Purpose

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019African American Veterans

Maj. Christina Hopper’s family is about as military as it gets. The legacy of service in her family made being a military brat a key part of her identity. Born in Norway while both her parents were stationed there with the Air Force, Hopper didn’t move to the United States until she was 4 years […]