How people visualize God can have real consequences to life on Earth, Stanford research has found. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The researchers, led by Stanford psychologist Steven O. Roberts, conducted a series of studies with U.S. Christians and found that when people conceptualize God as a white man, they are more likely to perceive white male job […]
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The enslaved black people of the 1960s who did not know slavery had ended | Face2Face Africa
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which changed the status of over 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the South from slave to free, did not emancipate some hundreds who were slaves through to the 1960s. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] This was revealed by historian and genealogist Antoinette Harrell who unearthed shocking stories of slaves in Southern states […]
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This Ashanti prince became the First Black Mining Engineer in the world in the 1850s | Face2Face Africa
Born on April 24, 1827, Ghana’s Kwasi Boakye is the world’s first black mining engineer. The African-Dutch mining engineer was a prince of the Ashanti Empire and the eldest son of Kwaku Dua II, a king of the Ashanti kingdom. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 1837, along with his cousin Kwame Poku, the prince left to pursue […]
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Marc Lamont Hill is Against Snoop Dogg’s Comments on Gayle King | The Source
“You can have a critique of Gayle King —though folk should actually watch the whole interview— AND hold Snoop accountable for the misogynistic way he engaged her.” – Marc Lamont Hill [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] documentary Snoop Dogg’s Instagram rant, addressing Gayle King’s conversation with Lisa Leslie lifted some eyebrows. During an interview with a good friend […]
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Who Really Killed Malcolm X? | The New York Times
Fifty-five years later, the case may be reopened. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] For more than half a century, scholars have maintained that prosecutors convicted the wrong men in the assassination of Malcolm X. Now, 55 years after that bloody afternoon in February 1965, the Manhattan district attorney’s office is reviewing whether to reinvestigate the murder. Some new […]
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LGBTQ Rights Icon Bayard Rustin Granted Posthumous Pardon In California | HuffPost
Rustin, who co-organized the March on Washington in 1963, was jailed for having gay sex nearly 70 years ago. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor announced Wednesday that he is posthumously pardoning a gay civil rights leader while creating a new pardon process for others convicted under outdated laws punishing homosexual activity. Bayard […]
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Biography of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad | ThoughtCo.
Magical realism meets real life in the acclaimed journalist’s debut novel about American slaves escaping to the north [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] William Still (October 7, 1821–July 14, 1902) was a prominent abolitionist who coined the term Underground Railroad and, as one of the chief “conductors” in Pennsylvania helped thousands of people get free and settled away […]
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Saginaw mother and daughter start public transport business | MLive
Magical realism meets real life in the acclaimed journalist’s debut novel about American slaves escaping to the north [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A former national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates is among the most revered and widely read intellectuals in the US. His bleak but scintillating book about race, We Were Eight Years in Power […]
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How Reginald Hudlin’s creative risk-taking has shaped black—and pop—culture | Fast Company
Digging into Reginald Hudlin’s résumé is like the most inspiring rabbit hole you could possibly tumble down. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Most people know Hudlin as the director of such classic ’90s films as House Party and Boomerang. And while he’s been consistent on the directing front, most recently with his Netflix doc The Black Godfather, about […]
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Rush Limbaugh Seizes a Chance to Violate the N-Word Taboo (2013) | The Atlantic
The talk-radio host exploits the racial anxieties of Americans to be provocative, and reaps the rewards even when criticized. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Over the years, Rush Limbaugh has raised his profile by deliberately violating various taboos. This excites his fans, who process transgressiveness as bravery, especially if it angers the left. It garners attention from Limbaugh’s […]
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