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The First Airline Founded By A Black Woman Is Going International This Month

September 3, 2016September 4, 2016African Women, KOLUMN ...

Last year, Air Zimbabwe and Ethiopian Airlines made major strides towards the inclusion of women in the aviation world with the launch of their all-women flight crews.

7 Times South African Women Have Made History This Century

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016African Women, KOLUMN ...

Throughout August, South Africa celebrated 60 years since Charlotte Maxeke, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and many other fierce activists led a march of over 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in protest against the use of passes by women.

272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?

September 2, 2016September 3, 2016African American History, KOLUMN ...

In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country’s top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends.

We Will No Longer Be Silenced in the War on Women’s Bodies

September 2, 2016September 3, 2016African Education, African Female Abuse ...

[two_fifth padding=”0 25px 0 10px”]BY Mamello Sejake | PUB OkayAfrica In the op-ed below, Mamello Sejake discusses the war on women’s bodies in South Africa and taking part in yesterday’s silent protest at Wits University in Johannesburg.[/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”]Most days, before I get dressed, I have to ask myself how much I can take. […]

The Children of Civil Rights Leaders Are Keeping Their Eyes on the Prize

September 2, 2016September 3, 2016African American Commuities, Civil Rights ...

The next generation is following in the footsteps of its forebears.

The not-so-simple comeback story of pioneering artist Sam Gilliam

September 2, 2016December 4, 2016African American Art, KOLUMN ...

“I am outlandishly famous,” Sam Gilliam says on a recent afternoon as he walks across his sunlit studio in the District’s Brightwood Park.

[VIDEO] In Ferguson, city increases African-American representation

September 1, 2016September 3, 2016African American Commuities, KOLUMN ...

In the first year after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer, Ferguson voters elected two African-Americans to the City Council, giving black residents almost equal representation in the city for the first time in history.

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