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#BlackGirlMagic: Georgia Teen Goes Viral After Sharing Photo Showing Dozens Of College Acceptances | Essence

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019African American Education, HBCU ...

Breanna Edwards, Essence [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not every day one gets accepted into 31 colleges and is offered more than $900,000 in scholarships to boot. It’s definitely something worth sharing, but Kayla Willis, a senior at Westlake High School in South Fulton, Georgia still hesitated, first asking her dad if it was appropriate. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “He was […]

On Black Difficulty | Slate

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019African American Activist, African American Author ...

Toni Morrison and the thrill of imperiousness.

Look Back at the Original Broadway Production as A Raisin in the Sun Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary | Playbill

March 28, 2019April 1, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Lorraine Hansberry’s seminal drama about the experiences of a black family in Chicago opened on Broadway on March 11, 1959.

65 Boundary-Breaking Black Women Who Have Paved The Way | Essence

March 28, 2019February 6, 2020African American History, African American Politics ...

It’s International Women’s Day, and we’re taking a look back at some African-American women who haved paved the way for both us and future generations. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] From legendary icons like Madame C.J. Walker and Nina Simone to 21st century trailblazers like Michelle Obama and Ava DuVernay, here are 65 dynamic women who have inspired […]

These Harrowing Pictures Capture The Reality Of “Bloody Sunday” In 1965 | Buzzfeed

March 28, 2019March 31, 2019African American History, Black History ...

“There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. But we must keep going.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

Reparations Are a Moral Imperative and Political Disaster | Bloomberg

March 28, 2019February 4, 2020African American History, Black History ...

How Democrats can lead the discussion on racial inequality.

How Alicia Graf Mack became Juilliard’s first black director of dance | The Undefeated

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019Ballet, KINDR'D ...

William C. Rhoden, The Undefeated [dropcap]Alicia[/dropcap] Graf Mack knew since she could utter her name that she was born to become a ballerina. But as her dreams came within reach, she faced obstacle after obstacle that made her consider walking away from dance for good. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] For Women’s History Month, The Undefeated highlights the […]

Meet The First Black Woman To Earn A Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. From Nation’s Top Program | HuffPost

March 28, 2019February 14, 2020African American Education, KINDR'D ...

Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Sivels, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, is the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan, the top program in the country. “It was […]

Black is Beautiful: celebrating the significance of Kwame Brathwaite | The Guardian

March 28, 2019February 2, 2020African American Fashion, African Fashion ...

The Brooklyn-born photographer spent his career working to elevate natural black beauty during a time when the fashion industry was resistant

In Detroit, a push to use African-American history and culture to help students succeed | Chalkbeat

March 28, 2019February 2, 2020African American Education, KINDR'D ...

There are African words on the wall. Books by African-American authors in the cabinet. Posters of notable African-American scholars on the walls. But much of what makes this an African-centered classroom is what happens when teacher Welia Dawson and her students are breaking down a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] This […]