Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg was snubbed Sunday by numerous congregants at a historically black church in Selma, Alabama. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] According to a report in the New York Daily News, several members of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church stood up and turned their back on Mr. Bloomberg as he was was speaking. […]
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‘Self Made’ Trailer: Octavia Spencer Radiates Strength as C.J. Walker in Netflix Series | IndieWire
Blair Underwood and Tiffany Haddish join the Oscar winner in a lively period piece about a black woman succeeding. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] After the debacle that was the Oscars all but ignoring black talent this year, audiences are long overdue to see black characters thriving and succeeding onscreen. Like most progressive change in Hollywood these days, […]
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11 charts that track the progress America has made in racial equality — and all the visceral ways we still have left to go | Business Insider
February is Black History Month, when Americans celebrate the achievements of well-known black figures and the progress that has been made so far for the US black population. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] There have been improvements in different areas of living (such as black employment and earnings) since the 1960s, when many of the government tools tracking […]
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Lash Nolen Is Harvard Medical School’s First Black Woman Class President | Teen Vogue
Lash Nolen is “hungry for justice” and “hungry to see my people win.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Most people call her “Lash,” but LaShyra Nolen’s name is hardly the only unique thing about her. Last year, she became the first black woman ever elected as class president of Harvard Medical School (HMS). Born in Compton, California, and […]
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Bartender Shannon Mustipher Upgrades Instant Ramen “I hooked it up with mint and basil and fresh scallions.” | Grub Street
Earlier this year, the relentlessly energetic Shannon Mustipher released Tiki, a beautiful book of modern cocktails that’s the first by a working African-American bartender in over a century. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A rum evangelist, Mustipher is also the beverage director at Glady’s, where you’ll find her excellent painkiller; works with spirit brands (currently Bertoux brandy); and […]
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‘It sounded like the future’: behind Miles Davis’s greatest album | The Guardian
On the 50th anniversary of Bitches Brew, one of the contributing musicians and the director of a new documentary share their thoughts on the record [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Guitarist John McLaughlin, who helped electrify Miles Davis’s music, describes Bitches Brew as “Picasso in sound”. Stanley Nelson, who directed a new documentary on Davis, calls it “an […]
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Robert F. Smith on becoming the richest black man in America, what companies get wrong about diversity, and what he’s doing to help mint more black billionaires | Business Insider
Robert F. Smith is the richest black man in America, and one of only four to currently have a net worth of more than one billion dollars. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The son of two Denver-based school teachers, he earned degrees from Cornell University and Columbia Business School before founding Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm […]
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Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space | The Guardian
The film Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier dives into the under-reported history of efforts to include people of color in the space race [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Most children who rise through the American education system are familiar with the US space program – or at least the story of the program’s achievements: John Glenn’s […]
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A Curriculum for Black Youth Activism | AAUP
What is the source of black youth activism? What nurtures it, and how has it evolved over time? Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism By Jelani M. Favors. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. What is the source of black youth activism? What nurtures […]
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6 myths about the history of Black people in America | Vox
Six historians weigh in on the biggest misconceptions about black history, including the Tuskegee experiment and enslaved people’s finances. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] To study American history is often an exercise in learning partial truths and patriotic fables. Textbooks and curricula throughout the country continue to center the white experience, with Black people often quarantined to a […]
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