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Contemporary Artists Contextualize the Work of Black Panther Photographers | Hyperallergic

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019African American Art, African American Photography ...

Vanguard Revisited: Poetic Politics & Black Futures highlights Bay Area artists and artist collectives whose work contextualizes the lasting impact of BPP ideology and activism, and the photographs of Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones.

A French illustrator’s images of black women are controversial in Paris, but adored on Instagram | Quartz Africa

May 23, 2019May 8, 2020African American Art, Black Art ...

A meet-and-greet with illustrator Nicholle Kobi is titled A Parisian Instant, yet at home the French illustrator is overlooked. This, even as her work spreads from Instagram to communities of black women around the world, this week in Johannesburg. Kobi’s work has become something of a cultural phenomenon among women in the African diaspora. The […]

On ‘The Best of Enemies’: Hollywood Must Stop Using Black People as Narrative Devices | Colorlines

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019African American Cinema, African American Film ...

Tambay Obenson writes that the film relegates Black people to “supporting roles in their own fight for freedom and recognition.”

Second Chance Pell Experiment Expands Education Behind Bars | Colorlines

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform ...

The program provides need-based grants to people incarcerated in state and federal prisons so that they can take college courses.

Black, Latino Two-Parent Families Have Half The Wealth Of White Single Parents | NPR

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Adrian Florido, NPR A study by the think tank Demos finds that black and Latino families with two parents still own only half as much as wealth as white single parents. David McNew/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] racial wealth gap has been measured and studied for decades. One fact has remained the same: White families […]

’48 years is enough’: activists and celebrities call for release of ex-Black Panther | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Seventy-five public figures sign letter to New York governor asking for release of Jalil Muntaqim after nearly five decades in prison

Nipsey Hussle: grand jury indicts man in fatal shooting of rapper | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American Music, KINDR'D ...

Eric Ronald Holder Jr pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to the killing of Hussle, a grammy-nominated musician

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Bernie Sanders appears to be the favorite to secure Ocasio-Cortez’s prized endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary

Mati Diop on being the first black female director in Cannes | The Washington Post

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

Jake Coyle | AP, The Washington Post Ms. Rivers founded the Black Bourbon Society in 2017. It now has more than 4,700 members.CreditAaron Borton for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]CANNES[/dropcap], France — Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the first black female filmmaker in the […]

Now the Richest Black American, He’s Also One of America’s Biggest Philanthropists | Inside Philanthropy

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019African American Wealth, Black Wall Street ...

Ade Adeniji, Inside Philanthropy [dropcap]Throughout[/dropcap] most of my (still relatively) young writer’s lifetime, Oprah Winfrey loomed large as the pinnacle of black American financial success. The 64-year-old Oprah recently denied presidential bid rumors on the heels of a rousing speech, and stars in the new Disney film A Wrinkle in Time, opening this week. Oprah […]