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Simplistic Beauty with Kenya Meon | CRWN

November 29, 2019December 26, 2019African American Culture, Natural Hair

For this CRWN Muse, muted tones, grounding natural life and brown skin are the cornerstone of her work. Kenya Meon, a Macon, Georgia-born photography fell in love with photography for the freedom, and in 2010, moved to Atlanta to pursue the arts. Throughout the course of her timeline takeover she shared poetic captions celebrating the […]

Not Yesterday’s Cocaine: Death Toll Rising From Tainted Drug | U.S. News & World Report

November 29, 2019December 30, 2019African American Commuities, Drug War

The powerful opioid fentanyl is often mixed into cocaine, turning the stimulant into a much bigger killer than the drug of the past.

After Misty Comes Marie. Breaking Barriers in ‘The Nutcracker.’ | The New York Times

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019African American Art

This year, for the first time, New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ has a black Marie, the young heroine whose life is charged with magic.

Starbucks hires Nzinga Shaw as global Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer | Face2Face Africa

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019African American Economics, African American Professionals

American coffee company and coffeehouse chain, Starbucks has hired Nzinga Shaw as global chief inclusion and diversity officer. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] After five years, Shaw exits the Atlanta Hawks and Philips Arena where she has been chief diversity and inclusion officer. “I am overly grateful to the Hawks ownership, CEO Steve Koonin and NBA organization for […]

Meet the activists bringing urban farms to one of America’s most deprived cities | The Guardian

November 28, 2019December 26, 2019Urban Farms

One in three people in Cleveland and surrounds live in a food desert. But the desperation for healthy food has kicked off one of the biggest urban farming movements in the US

War Reporters: Thomas Morris Chester | Military History Matters

November 28, 2019May 25, 2020African American Media, Black Media ...

Thomas Morris Chester is a name little-known in most households. But Chester was a remarkable pioneer. The son of abolitionists George and Jane Marie Chester, he fought passionately – in the civil rights movement and in the Civil War – against slavery, and later became the first African American war correspondent to write for a […]

Ethel Johnson, Early Black Wrestling Star, Is Dead at 83 | The New York Times

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019African American Athletes, African American Sports

Beginning in the 1950s, she and her two athletic sisters helped expand the demographics of the ring.

Nike’s Value Up $26 Billion Since Colin Kaepernick Endorsement | Black Enterprise

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019African American Activist, African American Athletes

Colin Kaepernick is helping Nike rake in big bucks. According to Yahoo, ever since the athlete-turned-activist endorsed the corporate sneaker giant, their company value has skyrocketed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Nike’s stock reportedly rose over 18% since the announcement of the Kaepernick deal, adding a spectacular $26.2 billion to the Nike coffers and increasing its value at […]

Hawaii, 1890: This Is the First Known Photograph Ever Taken of a Surfer! | Vintage Everyday

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019Hawaii

Dating back to 1890 this is perhaps the first photo ever taken of a surfer. The muscled Hawaiian beach man is photographed wearing a traditional loin cloth and shown standing in the shallows holding his rudimentary board. The original owner and the photographer are not known. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Surfing rituals and the sport itself continued […]

Ghana granted citizenship to over 100 African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans as part of Year of Return |Quartz Africa

November 28, 2019December 26, 2019Ghana

As Osibisa’s “Welcome Home” played in the background, 126 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans, dressed in colorful traditional costumes, became Ghana’s newest citizens. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The oath of allegiance was administered by a judge in a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of government. The ceremony is the biggest highlight as Ghana marks 2019 as the Year […]