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Review: A Brother and Sister Triumph Together at Carnegie Hall | The New York Times

December 18, 2019December 22, 2019African American Music, KOLUMN Magazine

The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason gave a superb New York recital debut alongside the pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Mexican territory and who are recognized by the Mexican state as groups with the right of free determination. This ‘right of free determination’ includes the right to decide the internal forms of social, economic, political, and cultural […]

Justice for Curtis Flowers | The New York Times

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019Criminal Justice Reform

Delayed and incomplete, but still a triumph. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] First, a quick note about impeachment: More than 600 protests will be taking place around the country this evening. The goal is to voice outrage at President Trump’s behavior and show support for impeaching him. My colleague Michelle Goldberg writes about the planned events in her […]

Meet 7 Black Women Entrepreneurs Who Run Successful Businesses You Need To Know About | Essence

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs ...

From assistance with collecting child support payments to jewelry that relieves hot flashes, these Black-owned brands provide invaluable services. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Day 2 of the ESSENCE + New Voices Entrepreneur Summit and Target Holiday Market featured a dynamic panel discussion moderated by ESSENCE UnBossed ESSENCE Podcast host Marquita Harris, who spoke with several successful women […]

Don’t Try This at Home | The New York Times

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019African American Entertainment, African American History

How the Nicholas Brothers became America’s foremost tap-dancers. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Most jazz tap-dancers stand up and dance. The Nicholas Brothers did that — and then they flew, catapulting themselves over each other’s heads, step by step down a staircase, or running up a wall and uncoiling backward into thin air. Perhaps you’ve seen them on […]

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Finally Recognizes Woman Who Practically Invented Rock and Roll | Jezebel

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019African American Music, KOLUMN Magazine

This year’s inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and they have finally gotten around to adding Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who’s got a pretty good claim to having invented that shit. She got her credit the same year as Dire Straits and Bon Jovi. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Wall Street Journal […]

Possible mass grave from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre found by researchers | NBC News

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019African American History

Experts in Oklahoma believe they found a mass grave site from the deadly race riots, recently recreated in HBO’s “Watchmen.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Experts at the University of Oklahoma believe they have found a possible mass grave site from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at a city cemetery, although they are unsure how many bodies are […]

‘Every Racist I Know Voted for Donald Trump’ | The Atlantic

December 17, 2019African American Politics

Daryl Davis believes the method he used to persuade many klansmen to defect from the hate group can help America to bridge its political divides. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] As a hobby, the black musician Daryl Davis persuades members of the Ku Klux Klan to defect from the organization. Over the years, he has spoken with hundreds […]

The Republican Party’s “Racism Problem” (Rebroadcast) | 1A WAMU 88.5

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Michael Steele made history when he became the first African-American chair of the Republican National Convention in 2009. Steele served in that role until 2011 and he likely wasn’t expecting to make headlines while in attendance at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Then, this happened at the event’s annual […]

Freed from prison nine years ago, Brandon Flood is new secretary of Pa.’s pardon board | Will Bunch | The Philadelphia Inquirer

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration

This column will probably come as something of a shock to all the people in Harrisburg who only know Brandon Flood – a bow-tied, bespectacled policy wonk with sartorial flair – as the persona that he laughingly calls “Urkel Brandon,” in a homage to one of TV’s most famous nerds. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Flood, now 36, […]

Afromexicans: The invisible people of Mexico | Matador Network

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019Afro Latina, Afromexican

THE PRESENCE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY might be one of the main reasons millions of tourists flock to Mexico each year. Ancient architecture, food, spiritual rituals, colorful textiles, traditional medicine — these are only some of expressions we can learn about from the Mayas, Zapotecs, Tarahumaras, Nahuas and other indigenous communities who currently reside in Mexican […]