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How black mothers talk to their daughters about skin tone | The Guardian

April 10, 2019May 5, 2020African American Commuities, KINDR'D ...

Photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis captures the variety – and pride – in skin tone across all black women, and also between mothers and daughters.

This Could Be the First Slavery Reparations Policy in America | Politico

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019African American History, Black History ...

As Democratic presidential candidates tackle the fraught issue, undergraduates at Georgetown University have proposed a fund to benefit descendants of 272 slaves sold by the school nearly two centuries ago.

Why we asked 27 black women to speak out on taboo of colorism | The Guardian

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019African American Commuities, Colorism ...

Guardian US’s new series will explore the discrimination based on skin complexion that exists within the black community

These Harrowing Pictures Capture The Reality Of “Bloody Sunday” In 1965 | Buzzfeed

March 28, 2019March 31, 2019African American History, Black History ...

“There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. But we must keep going.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

The Impact of Structural Racism in Employment and Wages on Minority Women’s Health | American Bar Association

March 12, 2019March 23, 2019African American Economics, African American Employment ...

Ruqaiijah Yearby, American Bar Association [dropcap]In[/dropcap] 2010, at the end of the great recession that disproportionately harmed racial minorities and women, the federal government recognized that health disparities are caused by the social determinants of health (SDOH) (Figure 1), which are outside an individual’s control. In fact, research shows that SDOH account for 80 to […]

How a black man says he ‘outsmarted’ a neo-Nazi group and became their new leader | The Washington Post

March 5, 2019March 23, 2019KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine ...

Katie Mettler, The Washington Post One of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi groups in the United States appears to have an unlikely new leader: James Stern, a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP), Featured Image [dropcap]Without[/dropcap] notifying his followers or even his inner circle, the longtime president of a legacy […]

If you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you’d NEVER use it | The Undefeated

February 18, 2019January 23, 2020African American History, African American Lives ...

It was used and still can be used to make us hate ourselves

Cornel West to Teach Intro to African American Studies After 18-Year Break | The Crimson

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019African American History, African American Intellectual ...

Sophia S. Armenakas, The Crimson Cornel R. West ’74 spoke with Danielle S. Allen, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, as a part of the center’s Diversity, Justice, and Democracy lecture series in 2016. Photo: Sidni M. Frederick. Featured Image [dropcap]Professor[/dropcap] of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel R. West ’74 will […]

Black History Month: Gloria Hayes Richardson led a movement | Daily Kos

February 11, 2019March 5, 2019African American Activist, African American History ...

Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg Gallery. Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] have never forgotten the first time I saw a photograph of a black woman dismissively pushing a National Guard soldier’s bayonet out of her face, and another image of that […]

Man Sees $1 Baseball Bat at Garage Sale and Discovers Its Jackie Robinson’s | The Epoch Times

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019African American Athletes, African American History ...

One never knows what he or she might find at a garage sale, and one man in Iowa can definitely attest to this statement.