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Ayanna Pressley Will Get The Old Office Of Shirley Chisholm, First Black Congresswoman | Huffpost

December 21, 2018African American History, African American Politics ...

Massachusetts’ first black woman elected to Congress said Shirley Chisholm is her “shero.”

Anthony Browder Makes History as the First African American to Lead and Fund an Archeological Excavation Project in Egypt | Los Angeles Sentinel

December 21, 2018Africa, African History ...

Sentinel News Service , Los Angeles Sentinel [dropcap]Washington[/dropcap] DC’s own, Anthony “Tony” Browder makes history as the first African American to lead and fund an archeological excavation project in Egypt. In May 2018, Mr. Browder, his daughter Atlantis Tye Browder, and the ASA Restoration Project excavation team discovered 2700-year-old Kushite artifacts that were recently installed […]

26-Year-Old Photographer Nadine Ijewere On Her Historic Vogue Cover | Vogue

December 21, 2018African American Photography, African American Professionals ...

Hayley Maitland , Vogue [dropcap]When[/dropcap] Nadine Ijewere photographed Dua Lipa, Binx Walton, and Letitia Wright on the Kentish coast for this issue’s cover story, she became the first woman of colour to shoot the cover of any Vogue in the magazine’s 125-year global history. Here, the one-to-watch shares the details of her remarkable career to […]

Inside Afrochella, Ghana’s Answer To Coachella | Travel Noire

December 20, 2018Africa, Africa Fashion ...

Last year over 4,000 people from around the world gathered at the Afrochella Festival in Accra, Ghana to celebrate diversity among African cultures.

Latent Prejudice Stirs When a Black Man Tries to Join a Charleston Club | The New York Times

December 20, 2018KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Richard Fausset , The New York Times Dr. W. Melvin Brown III at his home in Charleston, S.C. At the encouragement of white friends in the Charleston Rifle Club, he applied for membership, but was rejected.CreditCreditHunter McRae for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]CHARLESTON[/dropcap], S.C. — Though the Charleston Rifle Club was founded in […]

Senate passes anti-lynching bill after nearly 200 failed attempts | The Washington Times

December 20, 2018African American History, Black History ...

The Senate unanimously approved legislation Wednesday making mob lynching a federal civil rights crime, after a century of attempts.

Powerful Photos From One of Texas’ Most Historic Black Communities

December 20, 2018African American History, Black History ...

“The land represents the blood, heart, and soul of our African American heritage.”

Virginia GOPs Appeal Decision for New Legislative Map That Won’t Pack Black Voters Into Certain Districts | Atlanta Black Star

December 20, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Associated Press , Atlanta Black Star Photo illustration by Tracy Ma. Source photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, via Library of Congress. Featured Image [dropcap]WASHINGTON (AP)[/dropcap] — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that have been struck down by a lower court […]

The First Female Black Pilot in Texas Turns 105: Azellia White’s Will to Fly | Texas Hill Country

December 19, 2018African American History, Black History ...

Azellia White may be 105 years old, but she clearly remembers becoming the first African-American woman in Texas to receive her pilot’s license!

Nights at the Museum: Good for Cultivating an Art Habit and Romance | The New York Times

December 19, 2018African American Art, African American Museum ...

Hilarie M. Sheets , The New York Times Monique and Ronald Ollie in front of Ed Clark’s “Untitled” (1975).CreditCreditSam Gilliam/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Daniel Dorsa for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]Ronald[/dropcap] Ollie was an engineering student at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in the early 1970s, he would take […]