Rodney Carmichael, Entertainment Weekly Martin Schoeller/August. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Funk has left the building. Well, technically, the Funk has only retired to a room adjacent to the stage where his masseuse awaits. “I need my massage,” George Clinton says. At 77, his pre-concert ritual is a lot different than it used to be: No illicit […]
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Smithsonian’s new secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, faces political and financial challenges | The Washington Post
Peggy McGlone, The Washington Post [dropcap]Lonnie[/dropcap] G. Bunch III — the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture — has been appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, becoming the first African American leader in its 173-year history. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Smithsonian’s Board of Regents introduced Bunch as the institution’s […]
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A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR
Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States. In 1904, George Edwin Taylor — often forgotten in the discussion of black American political pioneers — […]
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This Is What It’s Like to Be a Mom at 10 and Married at 11 in Florida | Global Citizen
Johnson was forced to marry her rapist to help him evade punishment.
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Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S. | NBC News
The revelations come as U.S. intelligence agencies have warned of probable Russian meddling in the 2020 election.
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Valerie Cunningham to receive Inspiration Award for creating change | Sea Coast Online
Anne Richter Arnold, Sea Coast Online Valerie Cunningham, founder of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, left, and JerriAnne Boggis, director of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, with one of the plaques to be placed at the Cooper Home at 171 Washington St. in Portsmouth during the trail’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2015. [File photo by […]
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Michigan to Pay $860,000 in Lawsuit Over Prison Guards Who Bet on a Woman Inmate’s Suicide | The Root
Anne Branigin, The Root Michigan inmate Janika Edmond killed herself in 2015. (Photo: Michigan Department of Corrections). Featured Image [dropcap]How[/dropcap] much is an incarcerated person’s life worth? At one Michigan jail, about the cost of a Subway sandwich. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] That’s what corrections officers wagered in response to a suicidal inmate, 25-year-old Janika Edmond, who […]
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The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity | The Guardian
Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship
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We Did It, They Hid It: How Memorial Day Was Stripped Of Its African American Roots | Black Then
What we now know as Memorial Day began as “Decoration Day” in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a tradition initiated by former slaves to celebrate emancipationand commemorate those who died for that cause. These days, Memorial Day is arranged as a day “without politics”—a general patriotic celebration of all soldiers […]
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Dear Black Man: God Loves You! | My Muddy Walk With Christ
Carmen Byrd, My Muddy Walk With Christ [dropcap]During[/dropcap] a late-night conversation a few years ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could do one thing for the black community what would it be. My response was I would wrap my arms around the world and give every person of color a hug. I […]
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