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I was called the N-word during my playing career. I was lucky someone else heard it | The Guardian

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019African American Athletes

Myles Garrett’s claim that a racial slur prompted his outburst brings back an ugly memory from my career. But as I learned, his fate is out of his hands unless someone backs him up

Will Hurd Picks a Side | The Atlantic

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

If Democrats can’t persuade a moderate Republican like him to vote to impeach President Trump, they’re unlikely to win over any Republicans at all.

Azellia White, trailblazer for African American women in aviation, dies at 106 | The Washington Post

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019African American History

Azellia White, who said she found freedom in the skies, becoming one of the first African American women to earn a pilot’s license in the United States, died Sept. 14 at a nursing home in Sugar Land, Tex. She was 106. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Her death was reported Nov. 18 in the London Daily Telegraph but […]

‘Soul of a Nation’ Gives Black Artists Long-Overdue Visibility | SF Weekly

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019African American Art, Black Art

A new exhibit at the de Young on loan from the Tate Modern showcases decades of Black American art.

Diddy releases statement regarding Comcast, and Byron Allen’s discrimination lawsuit against the media company | Revolt

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

REVOLT Media & TV’s chairman speaks out.

Nas Becomes ‘The Voice of Hennessy’ to Empower HBCU Students | Black Enterprise

November 22, 2019March 30, 2020HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Legendary hip-hop artist Nasir “Nas” Jones has teamed up with Hennessy and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to uplift graduate students of color attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Queens-born rapper can be heard narrating a video promoting the Hennessy Fellows Program, a $10 million graduate scholarship initiative launched earlier this year […]

What’s Lost When Black Children Are Socialized Into a White World | The Atlantic

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

I interviewed dozens of black mothers about how they help their kids navigate schools where they might be perceived as threats or made to feel unwelcome.

History and African American studies faculty receive three-year UC-HBCU Pathways Grant | UCI News

November 20, 2019November 23, 2019African American Education, HBCU

Jessica Millward, UCI associate professor of history, and Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, UCI associate professor of African American studies, have received a three-year, $271,902 UC-HBCU Pathways Grant to partner with Morgan State University, a public and historically black research university in Baltimore. Administered by the UC Office of the President, the grants encourage UC faculty to actively […]

Success Comes from Affirming Your Potential | Harvard Business Review

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019African American Economics, African American Professionals ...

When you see how underrepresented African-Americans are in current leadership roles, it can be easy to get discouraged about their prospects for leadership advancement. Despite a rise in the number of black college and university graduates, just 8% of managers and under 4% of CEOs are black. In the Fortune 500 companies there are currently […]

Black Women Entrepreneurs to Purchase Fashion Fair Beauty Line From Johnson Publishing For $1.85 Million | Black News

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

New Orleans, LA — According to published reports, New Orleans native Desirée Glapion Rogers and her business partner, Cheryl Mayberry McKissack will purchase the iconic Fashion Fair beauty line from Johnson Publishing Company; the former publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines for $1.85 million. On Thursday, November 7, 2019, a bankruptcy judge approved the sale […]