Peter Crimmins, WHYY Winokur Photography. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] African American Museum in Philadelphia on Thursday is hosting the author of a new biography of Romare Bearden, a major black artist best known for his collage work in the 1960s and 70s. He died in 1988. “An American Odyssey: the Life and Work of Romare Bearden” […]
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Charles Henry Turner, Pioneer Animal Behaviorist | ThoughtCo
First to Demonstrate Color Vision in Honey Bees
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University of Glasgow Commits to Pay Reparations for Profiting From African Enslavement, Providing A Model for Others to Follow | Atlanta Black Star
David Love, Atlanta Black Star The University of Glasgow has announced it made £200 million ($255 million) from the transatlantic slave trade according to a comprehensive report, and because of that, will make reparations through a “reparative justice program” and by establishing ties with the University of the West Indies. (Photo: National Library of Jamaica.). […]
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Migrations the theme of Black History Month kickoff | Pittsburg Post-Gazette
Rich Lord, Pittsburg Post-Gazette Ronald Saunders, president of the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, sits in his Penn Hills home on Thursday. “The foundation of this country was built by African Americans. The roads, the bridges, everything that you can see. They even […]
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Searing New Documentary Reveals Lynching is “Always In Season” | Daily Kos
WB Reeves, Daily Kos Winokur Photography. Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] year’s Sundance Film Festival saw the premier of an important, emotionally wrenching documentary that exposes the raw and bleeding but unrecognized wound of lynching in the US past and present. Always In Season. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It’s been one the supreme privileges of my life to have […]
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10 Alternative/Goth Styled Women of Color who are killin the game | Punk Black
Punk Black Staff, Punk Black [dropcap]It[/dropcap] can be challenging to put together your own unique style, and even more challenging to do it well. These women not only kick ass at putting together their own unique style, they do it courageously in spite of the societal norm. Take a look a these 10 Alternative/Goth Styled […]
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James Baldwin: Pessimist, Optimist, Hero | The New York Times
The literary figure is the glowing subject of a group exhibition, curated by the New Yorker critic Hilton Als, that is part personal narrative, part study of his influence on contemporary artists.
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California’s First Surgeon General is a Black Woman | Because of Them We Can
BOTWC Staff, Because of Them We Can Winokur Photography. Featured Image [dropcap]Dr.[/dropcap] Nadine Burke Harris has just been appointed as California’s first-ever Surgeon General. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the news on Monday. According to NBC News, Newsom said in a news release that Harris “will focus on combating the root causes of serious health conditions […]
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Candice Payne Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People in Chicago During Severe Cold Snap | The New York Times
As temperatures plunged to life-threatening lows this week, more than 100 homeless people in Chicago unexpectedly found themselves with food, fresh clothes and a place to stay after a local real estate broker intervened.
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The White Flight From Football | The Atlantic
Parents know that football comes with a risk of brain damage. But many black families feel that the sport is still the best option for their kids.
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