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Chicago artist Adedayo Laoye keeps African traditions alive through his work | Rolling Out

October 2, 2019July 18, 2020African Art, Black Art ...

By Tony Binns, Rolling Out Adedayo Laoye was born into the royal family of Oba Adetoyese Laoye, in Ede, Nigeria. Laoye was raised in the Yoruba tradition. He studied at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos and Howard University in Washington, D.C. These two institutions molded him toward his professional career. At Yaba, he was […]

Jessye Norman, Regal American Soprano, Is Dead at 74 | The New York Times

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

A multiple Grammy Award winner, she was a towering figure on the operatic, concert and recital stages.

Black broadcast pioneer WGPR honored in history exhibit | Detroit Free Press

October 1, 2019July 18, 2020African American History, Black History ...

By Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press The timing of a new Detroit Historical Museum exhibit devoted to WGPR-TV (Channel 62), the country’s first African-American-owned television station, could not be better. At a time when Hollywood is debating the lack of diversity among this year’s crop of Academy Award nominations, the exhibit tells the story of […]

Illinois is expunging marijuana convictions from nearly 800,000 criminal records | CNN

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

Ryan Prior, CNN Yarygin, serazetdinov/iStock. Featured Image [dropcap]C[/dropcap]NN If you’ve been arrested for weed in Illinois, you can breathe a sigh of relief. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker just signed HB 1438 this week, which makes cannabis legal in the state for individuals 21 and over, along with sweeping criminal criminal justice reforms designed […]

Milestone For FDNY As First African American In 30 Years Promoted To Deputy Chief | CBS New York

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Dave Quinn, CBS New York CBS New York. Featured Image [dropcap]N[/dropcap]EW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There was a milestone for the FDNY Wednesday. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It promoted 80 members of the department, including the first African American to make deputy chief in 30 years. Malcolm Moore is one of 12 battalion chiefs promoted to deputy chief […]

The Cowgirls of Color: The First and Only All-Black Female Rodeo Team | Makers

September 30, 2019July 26, 2020African American History, Culture

By Makers Team, Makers Like most equestrian sports, white men dominate rodeo, but black cowboys have been able to compete in rodeos since the 1940s, although not without facing a lot of discrimination like corrupt scoring. Over the years, seeing an all-black rodeo team was rare, but to see an all-black female rodeo team was unheard […]

Too Many Black Students Aren’t Learning Their History in Schools | Education Post

September 30, 2019July 26, 2020African American Education, HBCU ...

By ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson, Education Post When I was in school, I was starved for information about who I really am. I ached to hear stories about people who look like me, or see the names of Black scholars in math or science, or even to talk about Africa, without talking about poverty and slavery. Today, […]

Florida Lynched More Black People Per Capita Than Any Other State, According to Report | Broward Palm Beach New Times

September 30, 2019December 12, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Reuben Stacy, a 37-year-old black man, hangs from a tree on Old Davie Road in Fort Lauderdale, blood trickling down his body and dripping off his toes. Behind him, a white girl, about 7 years old, looks on, a strange smile on her face as she takes in the sight of the “strange fruit” her […]

The Changing Image of the Black in Children’s Literature | The Horn Book, Inc.

September 30, 2019July 26, 2020African American Literature, Black Books ...

By Augusta Baker, The Horn Book, Inc. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, children’s books seemed to foster prejudice by planting false images in the minds of children. Most authors were white, with little knowledge about black life, and yet they wrote as if they were authorities. No wonder it was an accepted fact in children’s […]

Five African Americans named ‘genius’ grant winners by MacArthur Foundation In their own way, each is working toward increasing understanding of black histories and communities | The Undefeated

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019Black Excellence, KINDR'D ...

Kevin Parrish Jr., The Undefeated This Aug. 30 photo shows MacArthur Foundation fellow Emmanuel Pratt, an urban designer with the Sweet Water Foundation in Chicago. Pratt is co-founder and executive director of the foundation, a nonprofit organization based on Chicago’s South Side that engages residents in the cultivation and regeneration of social, environmental and economic […]