How did Barack Obama symbolise a change for the African-American communities of Washington DC?
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Searching for Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia (The Site of His Insurrection) – VIDEO
Nat Turner, a slave and preacher prone to visions, masterminded one of the most violent and impactful slave rebellions in American history. On the evening of August 21, 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia, Turner led over 70 slaves from plantation to plantation, killing every slave owning white family, including women and children.
View MoreBlack Women in traditional Korean ‘Hanbok’ graffiti art works are absolutely beautiful
Korean graffiti artist Chris Chanyang Shim has received a lot of attention and praise for his graffiti art featuring an African-American women wearing Korean traditional hanbok.
View More21 of the Missing Chibok Schoolgirls Have Been Released
21 of the missing Chibok schoolgirls have reportedly been freed. The news comes 30 months after 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
View MoreOh, the humanity: Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Migration Series,’ reunited
Jacob Lawrence’s “Migration Series,” unfolding across 60 painted panels each less than a foot square, is often compared to a film.
View MoreAn artist refashions the past: Whitfield Lovell’s ‘Kin’
Whitfield Lovell’s work is not about the African American experience; it is about his own.
View MoreMaking art fun to learn
Photographer and printmaker Michael B. Platt adopted an informal approach to teaching art.
View MoreAmerica Is Having Another Anita Hill Moment
Only this time, the outrage at a powerful, predatory man is swifter and more universal.
View MoreOur 5 Favorite Highlights of 1:54 Contemporary African Fair London 2016
The fourth edition of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair brings together over 40 exhibitors from 18 countries to showcase a diverse range of contemporary work by leading artists from the continent and diaspora.
View MoreBlack retailer put heart, soul into top-shelf shoe store
As the owner of the Center City’s destination men’s shoe store, Steve Jamison could easily marvel about the path he took before opening Blue Sole Shoes. The North Philly native recalled a childhood eating government-issued cheese and patching up holes in the bottom of his sneakers.
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