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How Many Black Male Teachers Did You Have Growing Up? | Black Enterprise

December 31, 2019December 31, 2019African American Education, Black Fathers

Vincent Cobb II and Rashiid Coleman are the founders behind The Black Male Educators Convening, an organization on a mission to triple the number of highly-effective black male teachers in Philadelphia public schools to 1,000 by 2025. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Through a series of programs including a yearly conference, purpose career fair, two-year paid summer program, […]

The Magnolia House used to be a decades-old passion project for one man. Now, someone else shares that dream — his daughter. | Greensboro.com

December 31, 2019December 31, 2019African American History, Black History

GREENSBORO — Natalie Pass Miller loved her life in Atlanta working for the corporate sector. While on a visit back home in 2018, a casual conversation with her dad changed everything. Sam Pass, at one time a fire and safety specialist at Duke University, had spent the past two decades of his off time meticulously […]

‘The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst’: The Grim History of January 1 | Time

December 31, 2019December 31, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Americans are likely to think of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as a time to celebrate the fresh start that a new year represents, but there is also a troubling side to the holiday’s history. In the years before the Civil War, the first day of the new year was often a heartbreaking […]

The Norfolk 17 face a hostile reception as schools reopen | The Virginian-Pilot

December 31, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Three weeks later than originally scheduled, Norfolk schools were finally ready to open. Well, most of them. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] On Sept. 29, 1958, 48 of Norfolk’s schools welcomed students – but the doors of six were padlocked and under police guard. Maury, Norview and Granby high schools and Northside, Norview and Blair junior highs remained […]

U.N. Peacekeepers in Haiti Said to Have Fathered Hundreds of Children | The New York Times

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019Haiti

Women and girls were left behind to face poverty, social stigma and single motherhood in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti fathered and left behind hundreds of children, researchers found in a newly released academic study, leaving mothers struggling with stigma, poverty and single parenthood after the men departed […]

Halima Aden Is First Black Woman In Hijab To Grace Cover Of Essence Magazine | HuffPost

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019African American Activist, African American Athletes

The model, who is Muslim, has broken multiple barriers in the fashion industry. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Model Halima Aden shattered yet another barrier in the fashion industry this week, becoming the first Black woman in a hijab to grace the cover of Essence magazine. Halima, who is Muslim, is featured on the front of Essence’s January […]

After the Eviction Notice | The New York Times

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019African American Commuities, African American Families ...

In North Charleston, S.C., a struggling family pulls together for the bitter experience of moving out. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Shanatea Turner’s landlord filed eviction papers against her in mid-November. By early December, the pile of belongings she had no choice but to throw out was starting to grow on the curb. And the family she had […]

The quiet brilliance of Kenan Thompson | The Washington Post

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019African American Entertainment

How SNL’s longest-tenured cast member went from child star to the sketch show’s indispensable steady hand. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] NEW YORK — Kenan Thompson is a sketch-comedy savant. He’s seen how the tiniest diversion — uttering an errant word, glancing in the wrong direction, taking a half-second too long to rip off tearaway clothes — can […]

She was on stage during MLK’s ‘I’ve a Dream Speech’ but little is said of the first black woman federal judge | Face2Face Africa

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019African American History, Black History

At a time when segregation against Blacks was highly prevalent, Constance Baker Motley, a civil rights lawyer and trailblazer, made history as the first Black woman to become a federal judge in the US. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 1966, Motley was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to become the first black woman to hold the […]

At 67 Years Old, JoAni Johnson Is Not Your Typical Model | HYPEBAE

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019African American Fashion

The Harlem native and FENTY model shares her fashion and life wisdom with us. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] JoAni Johnson has been an avid fashion lover since as long as she can remember, but modeling is quite an unexpected career that she only started pursuing in her mid-60s. After appearing in a viral 2016 Allure video dispelling […]