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Collector Ronald Ollie to discuss major gift to SLAM and related exhibition | The St. Louis American

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019African American Art

“We have five generations of abstract artists represented in this exhibition,” said Alexis Assam, 2018-2019 Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellow and co-curator of “The Shape of Abstraction: Selections from the Ollie Collection” just ahead of the exhibition’s opening at Saint Louis Art Museum back in September. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A tour led by Assam and exhibition […]

I was called the N-word during my playing career. I was lucky someone else heard it | The Guardian

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019African American Athletes

Myles Garrett’s claim that a racial slur prompted his outburst brings back an ugly memory from my career. But as I learned, his fate is out of his hands unless someone backs him up

Will Hurd Picks a Side | The Atlantic

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

If Democrats can’t persuade a moderate Republican like him to vote to impeach President Trump, they’re unlikely to win over any Republicans at all.

Azellia White, trailblazer for African American women in aviation, dies at 106 | The Washington Post

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019African American History

Azellia White, who said she found freedom in the skies, becoming one of the first African American women to earn a pilot’s license in the United States, died Sept. 14 at a nursing home in Sugar Land, Tex. She was 106. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Her death was reported Nov. 18 in the London Daily Telegraph but […]

‘Soul of a Nation’ Gives Black Artists Long-Overdue Visibility | SF Weekly

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019African American Art, Black Art

A new exhibit at the de Young on loan from the Tate Modern showcases decades of Black American art.

Diddy releases statement regarding Comcast, and Byron Allen’s discrimination lawsuit against the media company | Revolt

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

REVOLT Media & TV’s chairman speaks out.

Nas Becomes ‘The Voice of Hennessy’ to Empower HBCU Students | Black Enterprise

November 22, 2019March 30, 2020HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Legendary hip-hop artist Nasir “Nas” Jones has teamed up with Hennessy and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to uplift graduate students of color attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Queens-born rapper can be heard narrating a video promoting the Hennessy Fellows Program, a $10 million graduate scholarship initiative launched earlier this year […]

What’s Lost When Black Children Are Socialized Into a White World | The Atlantic

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

I interviewed dozens of black mothers about how they help their kids navigate schools where they might be perceived as threats or made to feel unwelcome.

History and African American studies faculty receive three-year UC-HBCU Pathways Grant | UCI News

November 20, 2019November 23, 2019African American Education, HBCU

Jessica Millward, UCI associate professor of history, and Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, UCI associate professor of African American studies, have received a three-year, $271,902 UC-HBCU Pathways Grant to partner with Morgan State University, a public and historically black research university in Baltimore. Administered by the UC Office of the President, the grants encourage UC faculty to actively […]

‘The Wire’ actor to attend Harrisburg’s first African-American film festival | Penn Live

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019African American Cinema, Black Hollywood

Sankofa African American Theater Company will host a special guest as they prepare for the region’s first African-American film festival. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The 2019 Sankofa Film Festival will be held on Dec. 27 at the State Museum in Harrisburg. Actor Michael K. Williams, famous for his role as Omar Little in the hit HBO series […]