New Sojourner Truth Painting Covers The New Yorker
Said artist Grace Lynne Haynes: Truth was “one of the first Black women to win a case against a white man.” By N. Jamiyla Chisholm, Colorlines Visual artist Grace Lynne…
Black Borrowers In St. Louis Face Lending Discrimination, High Mortgage Rejection Rates
By Shahla Farzan Of St. Louis Public Radio, The St. Louis American (St. Louis Public Radio) — Patricia Dees is losing patience. Over the past two years, Dees and her…
Predominantly black congressional districts got fewer PPP loans: study
Black-owned small businesses are expected to shutter at twice the rate of small businesses overall. By Reuters, NBC News Congressional districts with the highest black populations received up to $13…
The images of ordinary Soweto that captured apartheid’s injustice
David Goldblatt’s photo essay from 1972 is a key document of an era. Now he is the subject of a major show in London By EJI Staff, The Guardian The…
Rare Rosa Parks handwritten letter about MLK up for sale
By Anna Claire Vollers, AL.com A letter written by one Civil Rights icon in remembrance of another is now for sale. Rosa Parks wrote a letter, detailing her thoughts about…
Five Days of Racial Violence Leave 38 Dead and 1,000 Black Families Homeless in Chicago
By EJI Staff, EJI On August 3, 1919, several days of racial violence targeting Black communities in Chicago, Illinois, came to an end after intervention by the state militia. After…
Progressive Challenger Cori Bush Is Outspending Rep. Lacy Clay On TV
Progressive challenger Cori Bush is outspending Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay on television ads in the final weeks before their showdown in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. In the last two weeks…
Joy Reid Makes History As Cable’s First Black Female Prime-Time Host With ‘The ReidOut’
As anti-racism protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death continue across the nation, America has had a reckoning over race. It’s fitting — if not overdue — that a…
Ferguson Prepared America For This Moment
It seemed like a turning point. Six years ago this month, law enforcement officers left the body of an 18-year-old Missourian shot and killed by a police officer lying on…
Simone Biles And New Boyfriend Jonathan Owens Are Instagram Official
Simone Biles is Insta-officially doing cartwheels over her new boyfriend. The Olympic champion gymnast posted a cheek-to-cheek picture with Houston Texans player Jonathan Owens on Sunday, announcing: “It’s just us.”…