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Track legend Harrison Dillard, four-time Olympic champion, dies at 96 | Cleveland.Com

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019African American Athletes

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Harrison Dillard was a huge underdog when he lined up for the 100-meter dash at the Olympic Games of 1948 in London’s Wembley Stadium. A capacity crowd of 83,000, including the king and queen of England, assumed he had little chance to win against an unequalled array of speedsters. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Fans […]

Lakeith Stanfield Calls Out Several Prominent Black Media Outlets, Asserts They’re ‘Anti-Black’ | Blavity

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019African American Entertainment, Black Hollywood

The superstar actor went after the media blogs and shows on his Instagram page.

Intersectionality Matters Podcast Exposes Attacks on Black Motherhood | Colorlines

November 16, 2019November 16, 2019Black Motherhood, Violence Against Women

Host Kimberlé Crenshaw: “It wasn’t the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution nor the Stars and Stripes that gave birth to America; it was the Black vagina that laid the golden egg.”

Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed in Texas After Outcry | The New York Times

November 16, 2019November 16, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform

Mr. Reed had been scheduled to die on Wednesday. Celebrities, politicians and the state’s parole board had all argued for a reprieve.

The Mysterious Death of Boxing’s Most Fearsome Fighter | Daily Beast

November 15, 2019November 18, 2019African American Athletes, African American History

The new documentary “Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston” explores the life and curious death of the boxing legend, including his deep mob ties and dubious losses to Ali.

N.J. sending teachers to visit trans-Atlantic slave sites to teach black history in public schools | The Philadelphia Inquirer

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019African American History, Black History

New Jersey public school teachers will get to travel to trans-Atlantic sites associated with the slave trade to learn how to better teach black history — not just in February but year-round — to comply with a decades-old state mandate. The initiative was announced Friday as a new program under the state’s Amistad law, which […]

Hue Jackson to lead Colin Kaepernick workout; 13 NFL teams have committed to attend | ESPN

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019African American Athletes

Former NFL head coach Hue Jackson will lead the drills during quarterback Colin Kaepernick‘s scheduled workout in Atlanta on Saturday, and former NFL head coach Joe Philbin will be in attendance to assist, the league announced Thursday. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The NFL said 11 teams have committed to attend: the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, […]

James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V Mullen review – a smart, concise introduction | The Guardian

November 15, 2019November 26, 2019African American Activist, African American Author

A brisk account of the African American writer’s insights on race, class and sexuality, which are more relevant than ever

Supreme Court seems interested in limited ruling in civil rights case | The Washington Post

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019African American Entrepreneurs, Civil Rights

In the buildup to the Supreme Court’s examination of whether cable giant Comcast refused to sign a deal with a black entertainer’s TV network, some advocates argued that the case threatened to hollow out a Reconstruction-era civil rights statute assuring equal contract rights for African Americans. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] But during hour of oral arguments Wednesday, […]

These Black Women Are Fighting For Justice In A World Of Biased Algorithms | Essence

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

In the latest #BlackWomenIn… we speak with some of the Black women engineers, professors and government experts who are on the front lines of the civil rights movement of our time.