“I am outlandishly famous,” Sam Gilliam says on a recent afternoon as he walks across his sunlit studio in the District’s Brightwood Park.
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[VIDEO] In Ferguson, city increases African-American representation
In the first year after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer, Ferguson voters elected two African-Americans to the City Council, giving black residents almost equal representation in the city for the first time in history.
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Mark Burns, Trump’s Favorite Black Pastor: Hillary Wants ‘Genocide’ for Blacks
Meet Mark Burns, Trump’s most prominent surrogate to black voters, who’s tweeted a cartoon of Clinton in blackface and says she would kill Christianity.
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What’s Behind Ethiopia’s Unrest?
The marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa brought Ethiopia’s tension to the world’s attention when, upon passing the Olympic finish line, he crossed his wrists above his head.
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[Video] From Panamanian Gang Members to City Tour Guides
The proprietors of Fortaleza Tours have a fragile truce within the “red zone” of Panama City.
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Black Dragons: The Black Punk Gang Who Fought Racism & Skinheads in 1980s France
In a new short series, Okayafrica contributor Aude Konan will be highlighting little known black punk communities around the world, and how they work to gain more visibility within their local punk scenes.
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Will D.C.’s Housing Ever Be Affordable Again?
Over the next decade, the city’s demographics will change dramatically, and housing policy will largely determine who gets to stay.
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Don’t Read the Comments … Especially if You’re a Black Woman
Two weeks ago I wrote an article in the form of an open letter to Nate Parker, confessing my conflicted feelings about the recently resurfaced revelations about his 17-year-old rape trial.
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Childbirth in the Shadow of the American Dream
The voices of African American women are key to resolving gaping maternal health disparities in the United States. Their voices are at the center of a new documentary by Italian filmmaker Paolo Patruno.
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The Rise of Civil Rights Tourism in America’s Deep South
Over the past three years, new and newly revamped civil rights museums have appeared across the Deep South, proving to be popular tourist attractions and economic engines.
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