Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times A rendering from the Destination Crenshaw project shows the upper-level viewing deck of the proposed Sankofa Park, located where Crenshaw and Leimert boulevards split. (Perkins+Will). Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Randy’s Donut is bright yellow as the Rams head to the Super Bowl. And as the Lunar New Year approaches, I’m […]
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Sam Cooke’s Murder, Alleged Cover-Up Gets Re-Examined by Netflix Series | Rolling Stone
Upcoming ‘ReMastered’ episode set to premiere February 8th
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“Abortion as black genocide”: inside the black anti-abortion movement | Vox
A new documentary examines how fears of “black genocide” became part of mainstream anti-abortion activism.
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Will Anyone Save Black Colleges? | The Atlantic
Bennett College in North Carolina needed to raise $5 million to try to save its accreditation. Meanwhile, transformational donations are going to other schools.
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How One Woman Is Shattering The Glass Ceiling In Wall Street | Forbes
Janice Gassam, Forbes Lauren Simmons made history as the youngest and only full-time female trader at the New York Stock Exchange. IDA JOHN. Featured Image [dropcap]Despite[/dropcap] progress made in making our workplaces more diverse, there are still several industries where the glass and concrete ceilings are more prevalent. One such industry is the financial industry. […]
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Philly native writes first biography of collagist Romare Bearden, 30 years after his death | WHYY
Peter Crimmins, WHYY Winokur Photography. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] African American Museum in Philadelphia on Thursday is hosting the author of a new biography of Romare Bearden, a major black artist best known for his collage work in the 1960s and 70s. He died in 1988. “An American Odyssey: the Life and Work of Romare Bearden” […]
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Charles Henry Turner, Pioneer Animal Behaviorist | ThoughtCo
First to Demonstrate Color Vision in Honey Bees
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University of Glasgow Commits to Pay Reparations for Profiting From African Enslavement, Providing A Model for Others to Follow | Atlanta Black Star
David Love, Atlanta Black Star The University of Glasgow has announced it made £200 million ($255 million) from the transatlantic slave trade according to a comprehensive report, and because of that, will make reparations through a “reparative justice program” and by establishing ties with the University of the West Indies. (Photo: National Library of Jamaica.). […]
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Migrations the theme of Black History Month kickoff | Pittsburg Post-Gazette
Rich Lord, Pittsburg Post-Gazette Ronald Saunders, president of the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, sits in his Penn Hills home on Thursday. “The foundation of this country was built by African Americans. The roads, the bridges, everything that you can see. They even […]
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Searing New Documentary Reveals Lynching is “Always In Season” | Daily Kos
WB Reeves, Daily Kos Winokur Photography. Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] year’s Sundance Film Festival saw the premier of an important, emotionally wrenching documentary that exposes the raw and bleeding but unrecognized wound of lynching in the US past and present. Always In Season. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It’s been one the supreme privileges of my life to have […]
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