Amy Gardner, The Washington Post Stacey Abrams at an event at the Carter Center in Atlanta on April 23, 2019. (Elijah Nouvelage/For The Washington Post), Featured Image [dropcap]DECATUR[/dropcap], Ga. — In a quiet suite of offices above a bank in this eastern Atlanta suburb, Democrat Stacey Abrams’s newest venture is quickly taking shape. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]
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Restoration of Nina Simone’s Childhood Home To Begin This Spring | Shoppe Black
Shoppe Black Staff, Shoppe Black [dropcap]The[/dropcap] proposed rehabilitation of Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, N.C., is moving forward, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The group has completed an official assessment of the house’s structural conditions and chosen a path of initial action alongside the four New York-based artist-owners, Adam Pendleton, Rashid […]
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How Black Artists Mobilized in 1970s Los Angeles | Hyperallergic
In a panel discussion, some of these artists look back on how African American arts professionals and Black-owned galleries exhibited their work and promoted their careers.
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Regina King Inks First-Look, Multi-Year Deal With Netflix And Fans Love It | Huff Post
The “If Beale Street Could Talk” Academy Award winner has partnered with the streaming service to produce films and television series.
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How a Wave of Honest History Museums Is Changing Black Tourism | Slate
On a walking tour of the New Orleans Garden District, my husband and I exchanged meaningful glances after the fourth or fifth time our guide delicately referred to the slaves who once worked in those elegant old homes as “servants.” To our ears, the reference was absurdly, offensively inapt, as if those enslaved people had […]
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World’s Largest Museum dedicated to Black Civilizations opens in Senegal | Shoppe Black
After 52 years of waiting, Senegal is finally opening what has been described as the largest museum of Black civilization in the capital, Dakar. With close to 14,000 square metres of floor space and capacity for 18,000 exhibits, the new Museums of Black Civilizations is already capable of competing with the National Museum of African […]
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Viola Davis on Being Diagnosed With Prediabetes: ‘I Was Shocked’ | Self.com
The actress tells us about life after her diagnosis.
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West Point gets 1st black superintendent in 216-year history | Army Times
The Associated Press, Army Times [dropcap]WEST[/dropcap] POINT, N.Y. — Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking Army posts in Europe and Asia, will become the first black officer to command West Point in its 216-year history, academy officials announced Friday. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Williams will assume command as […]
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The Critique That Inspired John Singleton to Make Poetic Justice | The Atlantic
After Boyz n the Hood was challenged on its portrayal of African American women, the late director created a character meant to better reflect their myriad experiences.
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Building Wakandas: African Union Ambassador on How the AU Is Helping All Blacks Overcome ‘The Seed of Divide and Conquer’ | Atlanta Black Star
Kim Dankoor, Atlanta Black Star [dropcap]The[/dropcap] African Union is a continental body that consists of all of the 55 African nations, and its mission can be described as overcoming the greatest weapon that colonial powers have used against Black people: the strategy of divide and conquer. The AU’s ambassador to the United States and the […]
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