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We need to talk about slavery’s impact on all of us | The Guardian

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019African American History, Reparations

How should we address the longterm trauma that was caused? As professor of the history of slavery, I aim to find out

Jim Crow Compounded the Grief of African American Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed in World War I | Smithsonian Magazine

November 11, 2019January 27, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Smithsonian Books presents ‘We Return Fighting,’ a groundbreaking exploration of African American involvement in World War I

‘We’re Self-Interested’: The Growing Identity Debate in Black America | The New York Times

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019ADOS, American Descendants of Slavery

Why a movement that claims to support the American descendants of slavery is being promoted by conservatives and attacked on the left.

Meet The Black Woman That Is Healing DC With Her Teas and Tonics | Essence

November 7, 2019January 27, 2020African American Entrepreneurs, African American Health

Dr. Sunyatta created Calabash Tea & Tonic to redefine what it means to heal — naturally.

Burkina Faso security crisis grows as convoy ambush kills dozens | The Guardian

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019Burkina Faso

Nearly 40 reported dead after gunmen targeted buses carrying mineworkers employed by Canadian and Australian companies.

The Untold Story Of An African American Family Affected By A Broken Health Care System | Forbes

November 7, 2019November 11, 2019African American Health, Mental Health

In January of 2013, my family was hit with an incredible blow. My partner and the father of my two children took his own life. The week Jamir passed away, I talked to him and noticed changes in his behavior. I asked him if he wanted to talk to a professional, but he was uncomfortable […]

Stop Blaming Black Homophobia for Buttigieg’s Problems! | The New York Times

November 7, 2019November 11, 2019African American Politics, Black Love

Let’s put an end to this racist trope.

Sweetness | The New Yorker

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019African American Author, African American Literature

It’s not my fault. So you can’t blame me. I didn’t do it and have no idea how it happened. It didn’t take more than an hour after they pulled her out from between my legs for me to realize something was wrong. Really wrong. She was so black she scared me. Midnight black, Sudanese […]

Englewood Artist Connects Residents Across Chicago Segregation Lines | WBEZ

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019African American Art, Black Art

Englewood visual artist Tonika Lewis Johnson’s “Folded Map Project” connects Chicagoans with corresponding addresses on the North and South sides through photography and conversation. Reset sits down with Johnson to hear the latest on the project and its current expansion to the West Side. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Bianca Martin, WBEZ Featured Image Full article @ WBEZ

What W. E. B. Du Bois Conveyed in His Captivating Infographics | The New Yorker

November 7, 2019November 19, 2019African American History, African American Photography

In 1893, Ida B. Wells published a pamphlet titled “The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World’s Columbian Exposition.” The expo, which lasted for six months, was held in Chicago and was meant to chart the trajectory of the Americas in the four hundred years since Columbus had arrived. Though a handful […]