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South Sudanese Model Adut Akech Wins Model of the Year at 2019 British Fashion Awards | OkayAfrica

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019African Fashion

The 19-year-old model spoke about the need for increased representation in the fashion world during her acceptance speech.

The Myth Was $150,000 in Fraud. The Real Story Is More Interesting. | The New York Times

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019African American Politics, Racism

The woman behind a pernicious and racist myth didn’t represent anyone or anything but her own striking criminal enterprise.

‘I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People’ | The New York Times

December 9, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Multiple police officers in Brooklyn say they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone.

A 1970 Law Led to the Mass Sterilization of Native American Women. That History Still Matters | Time

December 9, 2019January 15, 2020Native Americans

Marie Sanchez, chief tribal judge on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, arrived in Geneva in 1977 with a clear message to deliver to the United Nations Convention on Indigenous Rights. American Indian women, she argued, were targets of the “modern form” of genocide—sterilization. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Over the six-year period that had followed the passage of the […]

Don’t be fooled by anti-college rhetoric: College is indispensable to black empowerment | USA Today

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Higher education remains the greatest engine for social mobility in American society. Perhaps this is most important for African American students.

Why right-wing commentators distort the history of slavery and emancipation | The Washington Post

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Classmates of five-year-old Michael Clark Jr sat in the courtroom holding paper hearts on sticks in support

House passes voting rights bill to restore protections struck down by Supreme Court | The Washington Post

December 8, 2019December 12, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote

The House passed legislation Friday restoring protections of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that were undone when the Supreme Court struck down federal oversight of elections in states with a history of discriminating against minority communities. The bill passed 228 to 187, with unanimous Democratic support and the vote of one Republican — Rep. […]

Pinterest And The Knot To Stop Promoting Plantations As ‘Romantic’ Wedding Venues | HuffPost

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019African American Commuities

The wedding site giants are changing their policies about plantation venues after advocacy group Colors of Change sent them complaints.

Found: The Oldest-Known Photograph of Enslaved African Americans With Cotton | Atlas Obscura

December 6, 2019January 15, 2020African American History, Black History

The daguerreotype records their faces, but not their names.

The Black Artists You Should Know at Basel | Paper Mag

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019African American Art, Black Art

The art world’s annual December pilgrimage to Miami for Art Basel is currently underway. The glamorous mega fair and the more than two dozen satellite fairs that exist in its orbit draw tens of thousands of attendees each year. Some go to schmooze, some go to buy, and everyone arrives ready to party. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]