DeAnna Taylor, Travel Noire [dropcap]Meet[/dropcap] Jazz (25) and Marc (33). Jazz is Jamaican-American and Marc is German with roots in Mauritius. The couple randomly met at a bar in Bali and 10 days after their initial encounter, decided to travel the world while sharing their art forms as they go. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Marc is a […]
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‘We have a long way to go:’ Descendants of first black Americans on race relations | Reuters
— Angela Moore, Reuters HAMPTON, Va. (Reuters) – Four hundred years after the first ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived on the coast of Virginia, the descendants of one of the first black American families say race relations in the United States still have “a long way to go.” The Tucker family, who trace their ancestry to […]
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America Has a Digital Skills Gap. Libraries Can Help Fix It. | The Atlantic
As branches across the country invest in new technologies and digital services, patrons are increasingly seeing them as go-to hubs for personal and professional development.
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“It Wasn’t a Golden Age”: Cornel West Says Democrats Have to Reckon with Mixed Obama Legacy | Democracy Now!
Harvard professor Cornel West joins us from Detroit, where he attended both nights of the Democratic debate. He talks about the troubling legacy of the Obama administration and why he is supporting Bernie Sanders again for president. AMY GOODMAN: Let’s go back to last night’s debate. This is Senator Kamala Harris. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Sen. Kamala […]
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How a Black Farming Community Found Justice | YES Magazine
Black families in the South are doing important work to continue the legacy of Black farming communities.
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Overlooked No More: Georgia Gilmore, Who Fed and Funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott | The New York Times
Gilmore started the Club From Nowhere, a clandestine group that prepared and sold meals to raise money for the 381-day resistance action.
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The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings | The New York Times
America’s nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.
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Trump Fuels Racial Disharmony. Will It Motivate or Discourage Black Voters? | The New York Times
Reid J. Epstein, Jonathan Martin, The New York Times President Trump’s re-election campaign is spending money on social media to push his message to black voters like Mark Greer, a Detroit native. Credit Erin Kirkland for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]DETROIT[/dropcap] — Mark Greer is a black Detroiter so outraged by President Trump’s […]
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Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on | Reuters
By Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters ADIDWAN, Ghana (Reuters) – Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his uncle, remembering the man he loved but also a past that has haunted his family for generations. His uncle was called Kwame Badu, a name that has been passed on through the family in remembrance of an ancestor with that […]
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City erects its first statue of an African American girl in South Philly | Curbed: Philadelphia
Anna Merriman, Curbed: Philadelphia Smith Playground Summer Camp participants, and Boys and Girls Club members take the first photos in from of the “MVP” Ora Washington statue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY). Featured Image [dropcap]Philly’s[/dropcap] first-ever statue of a freestanding African American girl was unveiled this week in West Passyunk’s Smith Playground. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The statue, which is […]
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