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‘Every Racist I Know Voted for Donald Trump’ | The Atlantic

December 17, 2019African American Politics

Daryl Davis believes the method he used to persuade many klansmen to defect from the hate group can help America to bridge its political divides. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] As a hobby, the black musician Daryl Davis persuades members of the Ku Klux Klan to defect from the organization. Over the years, he has spoken with hundreds […]

The Republican Party’s “Racism Problem” (Rebroadcast) | 1A WAMU 88.5

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Michael Steele made history when he became the first African-American chair of the Republican National Convention in 2009. Steele served in that role until 2011 and he likely wasn’t expecting to make headlines while in attendance at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Then, this happened at the event’s annual […]

Freed from prison nine years ago, Brandon Flood is new secretary of Pa.’s pardon board | Will Bunch | The Philadelphia Inquirer

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration

This column will probably come as something of a shock to all the people in Harrisburg who only know Brandon Flood – a bow-tied, bespectacled policy wonk with sartorial flair – as the persona that he laughingly calls “Urkel Brandon,” in a homage to one of TV’s most famous nerds. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Flood, now 36, […]

Afromexicans: The invisible people of Mexico | Matador Network

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019Afro Latina, Afromexican

THE PRESENCE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY might be one of the main reasons millions of tourists flock to Mexico each year. Ancient architecture, food, spiritual rituals, colorful textiles, traditional medicine — these are only some of expressions we can learn about from the Mayas, Zapotecs, Tarahumaras, Nahuas and other indigenous communities who currently reside in Mexican […]

Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important? | History Extra

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019African American History, Black History

Kidnapped, torn from his family as a child, and sold as a slave, Olaudah Equiano’s story would become a bestseller of its time, and a catalyst for the abolition of slavery in Britain. Jonny Wilkes explores his story for BBC History Revealed [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Somewhere on the coast of what is now Nigeria, 11-year-old Olaudah […]

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

Robert Smith, Slayer of Student Debt at Morehouse College | Bloomberg Businessweek

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019African American Philanthropy

In May, he pledged to pay off $34 million of loans for its graduating class. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] His commencement address in May offered the usual inspirational platitudes and advice to serve the common good. But then Smith—whose personal worth is about $6 billion, according to Bloomberg data, which makes him the wealthiest black American—followed up […]

Exclusive: Erika Alexander Talks Black Women In Hollywood & Paving Your Own Way | xoNecole

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019African American Entertainment

There are several iconic black leading ladies many of us grew to love and sought to emulate in the 90s. My favorite femme fatale during that time was a lawyer by trade, called a Brooklyn brownstone home, and had three homegirls standing to her left and her right who held her down through the ups […]

Danny Glover, national activists converge on Evanston as city funds reparations with cannabis tax | Chicago Sun Times

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019Reparations, Slavery

The north suburb, with its historic passage last month of legislation creating a $10 million reparations fund seeded by cannabis sales, drew activists and scholars to a “Reparations Town Hall” Wednesday night, keynoted by actor Danny Glover. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Actor Danny Glover told an Evanston town hall Wednesday night the Chicago suburb will go down […]

The Future Is Female: Meet the Dope Black Women Behind Brooklyn’s Local Creative Space | Refinery 29

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019Black Excellence, KOLUMN Magazine

For Symone Wong, Jarryn Mercer, and Melissa Sutherland, Brooklyn’s sk.ArtSpace is more than a gallery space — it’s a safe space for creatives of color to express themselves in an environment that understands and works to preserve the integrity of their craft. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “As a creative, sharing yourself and your work is very challenging. […]