An anti-African, anti-black-immigrant stance is shortsighted. As we celebrate Black History Month, we should not divide the black community. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Should African American/black identity be defined by descendants of slavery, or by African ancestry? This increasingly bitter debate in the black community is undermining the spirit of Black History Month. At the center of […]
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Author of ‘Decolonial Daughter’ discusses motherhood, racism and her letters to her European son | New York Amsterdam News
Brooklyn-born author Lesley-Ann Brown decided to write her book, “Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to Her European Son” to express all of the intricacies of life and Blackness in extremely different geographical settings. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Brown moved to Copenhagen, Denmark 18 years ago, where she had a son. The book is a collection […]
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Oprah loves this N.J.-based after school program so much, she just gave it $5M | NJ.com
Judith Griffin was at a loss for words for about 90 seconds when she got the phone call last September. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Rebecca Sykes, then president of the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, was on the phone with some jarring news. “I was speechless,” Griffin said, recalling the phone call. “Stunned is the word.” – Judith […]
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‘Tidal wave of voter suppression’ washes over states, lawyer says | NBC News
“They can do it electronically, they can do it digitally and in ways we never thought about when I was coming along,” said Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] law will make elections fairer In Texas, officials in mostly white Waller County, citing cost concerns, announced that they would not make an early voting site […]
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There Have Been 10 Black Senators Since Emancipation | The New York Times
Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first. A few days ago, 300 people gathered in the Old State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the election of Hiram Revels as the nation’s first African-American member of Congress. As nearly everyone knows, in the nation’s more than two centuries of […]
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Why I’m sick of “woke” culture | Salon
The more affluent control the narrative so being “woke” will be hot until the rest of black America gets a voice [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Big bruh, I got these #StayWoke shirts for twenty dollars!” said the dude I’ve bought my incense from for over five years now. His shop is just a little ways away from […]
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Ten “Must Watch” Black History Documentaries | PBS
Documentaries can open windows to our past. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Through the lens of talented filmmakers, we can re-live iconic moments in history like the 1963 March on Washington or climb aboard a Greyhound bus to join the Freedom Riders on their journey through the Jim Crow South. Documentaries offer rich insight into our society and […]
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They Came Before Tiger Woods: Wake-Robin Golf Club, Inc | Praise 104.1
For Black History Month, WOL News Talk 1450 AM, WYCB My Spirit 1340 and Praise 104.1 will be taking a look at golfers who came before Tiger Woods and the struggles to play the game in a segregated society. Today we take a look at the Royal Golf Club. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Royals are brother […]
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The Rosewood Massacre: How a lie destroyed a black town | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From the bruises on her body, it was clear Fannie Taylor had been beaten. The story she told to explain them away destroyed an all-black town in Florida and got several of its residents murdered. On New Year’s Day 1923, Taylor, then the 22-year-old wife of a mill worker, said a black man had assaulted […]
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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Niece on Her Uncle’s Legacy and Making Her Modeling Debut | Vogue
Jean-Michel Basquiat had a singular sense of style, and Lisane confirms that he loved fashion. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] This season, Coach creative director Stuart Vevers yet again drew inspiration from the 1980s. While the spring 2020 runway interpreted this theme more broadly, with T-shirts and tank tops featuring famous Richard Bernstein portraits of the likes of […]
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