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Help combat racism. This holiday season, give the gift of a black children’s or young adult book | Daily Kos

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019African American Literature, Black Author ...

In a time fraught with Trump- and Republican-fomented racial hate and vituperation, we move into a holiday season celebrated by 90% of the people in this divided nation. Over the years, many readers have asked for my thoughts on what can be done to change and eliminate the racial hate exhibited by a large, and […]

Fifty Years of Worship at the Church of John Coltrane | The New Yorker

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019Jazz Music, John Coltrane

Franzo and Marina King had recently moved from the Midwest to San Francisco when they decided to celebrate their first wedding anniversary by going to hear John Coltrane play at the Jazz Workshop. It was 1965, and the saxophonist was in the midst of a radical transformation, infatuated with a style of playing that was […]

A Massive New Database Will Connect Billions of Historic Records to Tell the Full Story of American Slavery | Smithsonian Magazine

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019African American History, Black History

The online resource will offer vital details about the toll wrought on the enslaved. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 1834, a 22-year-old Yoruba man who would come to be known as Manuel Vidau was captured as a prisoner of war and sold to slave traders in Lagos, today the largest city in Nigeria. A Spanish ship transported […]

Meet the Real Estate Investor Who Owns 18 Properties at 26-Years-Old | Black Enterprise

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019African American Entrepreneurs

Homeownership is a secure way to build wealth. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] For many Americans, homeownership is an instrumental way of creating generational wealth for their families. For Jamisa McIvor-Bennett, founder and CEO of Rosebud’s Investments, her introduction to ownership began with a conversation with her grandmother, which ultimately led her to become a real estate investor […]

The Hip-Hop Museum Is A Reality Thanks To $3.5 Million From New York | Ambrosia for Heads

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019African American Art, African American Museum

For years, there has been a drive to make the Universal Hip-Hop Museum a reality. New, the Empire State is providing some significant seven-figure funding to give the Bronx, New York a place where Hip-Hop Heads can celebrate the culture’s origins and heritage. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] On Thursday (December 19), New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced […]

Atlanta’s ‘Real Black Santa’ Says It’s Good For Kids To See A Santa That ‘Looks Like Them’ | Moms

December 22, 2019December 8, 2020African American Culture

— Lilee Williams, Moms.com Kids come in all shapes and sizes, and so do Santas. Of course, only the elves and Mrs. Claus know what the big guy who lives in the North Pole really looks like, so it’s great to see that mall across America are branching out and hiring a diverse slate of […]

Ruth Carter and Cynthia Erivo on Clothes, Culture and Self-Expression | The New York Times Style Magazine

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019African American Entertainment, Black Excellence ...

Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “This has been a long time coming!” said Ruth Carter, 59, in her Academy Award acceptance speech for best costume design for her work on the film “Black Panther” (2018). Carter, who was born in Springfield, Mass., and lives in Los Angeles, […]

Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson indicted on murder charge | NBC News

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019African American Commuities, Criminal Justice ...

The case against Aaron Dean, 35, led to a rare murder charge against a police officer when he was initially arrested just days after the October shooting. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A Texas grand jury on Friday indicted a former Fort Worth police officer for murder after he fatally shot a woman who had been babysitting her […]

This App Matches People of Color with a Therapist Who Shares a Similar Background | Black Enterprise

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019African American Commuities, Mental Health

Former investment banker Eric Coly decided to launch a startup after a close friend confided to him that she needed counseling. She was struggling to find a therapist, not because there weren’t any available, her issue was finding a black therapist. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Coly, a native of Senegal, understood her situation all too well. He […]

Christine Chambers, 39, Dies; Her Photos Empowered Actors of Color | The New York Times

December 21, 2019December 21, 2019African American Art, African American Photography

As a photographer and a playwright, she helped document the rise of a generation of theater artists who wanted to tell their own stories their own way. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Christine Chambers, a photographer whose pictures of actors of color helped document the rise of a newly energized black theater movement that emerged in New York […]