In the 1930s, the federal government sent (mostly white) interviewers to learn about slavery from former slaves. Can we trust the stories they brought back?
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Pillars of Black Media, Once Vibrant, Now Fighting for Survival
For the black community in Chicago and elsewhere, Johnson Publishing Company represented a certain kind of hope.
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New York Times Failed to Capture Problems Facing Black Press
Sunday’s front-page story on the Black Press failed to accurately portray the accomplishments of and the depth of the problems facing Black-owned media, according to scholars, Black media owners and editors.
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Louisiana’s Historic Black Colleges Making A Comeback
After years of decline, brought on by tougher admission standards and stringent requirements for student loans, enrollment at most historically black colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in Louisiana, has risen modestly.
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Hidden in Plain View: Researchers Offer Startling Glimpse of Atlanta’s Black Pre-Teen Girls Lured into $32B Sex Trafficking Industry
Eleven years ago, the FBI issued a status report that shook much of the country out of its blissful slumber.
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Why Did It Take So Long for Class-Based School Integration to Take Hold?
Half a century ago, the Coleman Report revealed that socioeconomic diversity is key to removing racial inequalities in education.
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Detroit’s First Black Tattoo Art & Music Expo Comes to Eastern Market
Tattoo art is a cultural practice that can be traced back through human history for thousands of years.
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Art That Lifts The Lid on Today’s Black America
Artist Sanford Biggers goes head-to-head on issues like Black Lives Matter, race visibility, and history with poet and friend Saul Williams.
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Field Niggas review – Hallucinatory Portrait of New York Street Life
Both gorgeous and achingly sad, this nocturnal creep into African American disenfranchisement refuses to judge its subjects, many addicted to cannabinoid K2.
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‘Breaking a Monster,’ or How 3 African American Kids from Brooklyn Became Heavy Metal Superstars
When Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins and Alec Atkins were barely old enough stay upright on a bike, they formed a band, calling themselves Unlocking the Truth.
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