Traditional African-American Gospel Songs Deliver Message of Hope and Freedom | The Epoch Times
African-American spirituals are a valuable part of American history. Born out of an oral tradition that reveals Christian values while…
A Lost Album From John Coltrane, With Thanks To A French-Canadian Director | NPR
There is never any end,” John Coltrane said sometime in the mid-1960s, at the height of his powers. “There are…
How Did African-American Farmers Lose 90 percent of Their Land? | Modern Farmer
Emancipated slaves never received their promised 40 acres and a mule after the Civil War. For this, and a mountain…
Their ancestors were enslaved by law. Today, they are graduates of the nation’s preeminent historically black law school. | The New York Times Magazine
In the history of the United States, black Americans were the only group for whom it was ever illegal to…
The children sent to a DR Congo ‘holiday camp’ never to come back | BBC News
A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of…
Jackie Robinson and 10 Other African American Pioneers in Sports | Biography.com
Despite the severe racial, social and economic barriers that African American athletes have been subjected to throughout history, there have…
Racial Discrimination Is the Legacy South Philly Can’t Seem to Outgrow | Philly Magazine
I always had a visceral dislike for Frank Sinatra,” says Tayyib Smith, owner of Little Giant Creative and co-owner of…
For centuries, black music, forged in bondage, has been the sound of complete artistic freedom. No wonder everybody is always stealing it. | The New York Times Magazine
I’ve got a friend who’s an incurable Pandora guy, and one Saturday while we were making dinner, he found a…
Noted historian reveals a major omission in college courses | San Francisco Bay View
Oakland, Calif. – The California Community College system is the largest educational system in the U.S. serving more than 2.3…
400 years ago, enslaved Africans first arrived in Virginia | National Geographic
In late August 1619, “20 and odd” captive Africans first touched the soil at Point Comfort (now Fort Monroe National…
George Cleveland: Channeling Faith And Family Values Into Purpose-Driven Leadership | Black Enterprise
BE MODERN MAN: GEORGE CLEVELAND Telecommunications executive; 48; Vice President, Channel Operations, AT&T’s Prepaid Portfolio (includes Cricket Wireless) Twitter: @gfcleveland…
Can Stacey Abrams Save American Democracy? | Vogue
IT’S AN INTOXICATINGLY HOT June afternoon in Atlanta, and scores of attendees at the African American Leadership Council Summit are…
People Say Gullah Geechee Culture is Disappearing. BJ Dennis Says They’re Wrong | Bon Appetit
BJ Dennis does not want this story to be about him. He tells me this approximately 27 times over three…
Zimbabwean Becomes First Black Miss London | The Punch Newspaper
A Zimbabwean, Vimbai Chapungu, has been crowned Miss London 2019, making her the first black person to hold the title…
Willie Reed, who risked his life to testify in the Emmett Till murder trial, dies at 76 | The Washington Post
Willie Reed did not know Emmett Till, the young black man whose murder in the Mississippi Delta became one of…
3-year-old uses lemonade stand profits to buy diapers for babies in need | KMOV4
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A 3-year-old North Carolina girl and her mother have come up with a sweet way to…
Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true. | The New York Times Magazine
My dad always flew an American flag in our front yard. The blue paint on our two-story house was perennially…
First African-American federal judge in San Antonio takes bench | San Antonio Express-News
AVENTURA,The Western District of Texas welcomed its newest judge Friday to a San Antonio seat that has been vacant for…
Denver’s City Council, Led by Democratic Socialist, Stuns For-Profit Prison Operators by Nuking Contracts | The Intercept
TWO FOR-PROFIT prison companies have lost major contracts in Denver over their work in immigrant detention, as backlash to President…
An Ex-Convict Got a Construction Job, but Not Everyone Was Happy | The New York Times
After his second stint in prison — two years on possession of drugs with intent to sell — Andre Chesson…
Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly Neighborhood; Killing 11 and Destroying 61 Homes | Black Main Street
On May 13, 1985, at approximately 5:28 p.m., two, one-pound bombs were dropped onto a house at 6221 Osage Avenue.…
Environmental racism is bad for your brain | Think Progress
There are a lot of explanations for the apparent gap in IQ test scores of white Americans and Americans of…
FBI ranking ‘Black Identity extremists’ as bigger threat than white supremacists ignores the real problem | The Grio
This week, leaked FBI documents obtained by The Young Turks, revealed that “Black identity extremists” are now considered to be…
A white nationalist killed a black coach 20 years ago. The horror changed his friend forever. | Indy Star
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s been 20 years, and Shawn Parrish still doesn’t understand. How could someone kill Ricky Byrdsong? “He was…
The Artist Catching Fire at 85 | The Wall Street Journal
What’s it like to become an art-world star at age 85? Sam Gilliam says that after six decades quietly building…
AMA President: Don’t Equate Mental Illness With Mass Shootings | U.S. News
AVENTURA, FLA. – THE leader of the nation’s largest organization of physicians and medical students stressed this week that gun…
Kara Walker made a portrait of Toni Morrison for the cover of The New Yorker. | Artsy
The artist Kara Walker has created an instantly iconic portrait of the recently deceased author Toni Morrison for the cover…
Statement on the Passing of Toni Morrison | National Museum of African American History & Culture
“Lovers of language and storytelling the world over mourn the passing of Toni Morrison,” said Spencer Crew, interim director of…
Texas Brothers, 12 And 13, Run Their Own Bakery, Give Back To Their Community | Essence
The embodiment of both Black Excellence and Black Boy Joy, two Texas brothers are showing their entrepreneurial spirit and their…
The Internet Is Unmasking Racism. Here’s What That Means to Young People of Color. | The Brink
Some time ago I had a debate with a friend and colleague—someone I respect and admire—about whether racism was still…
Some white people don’t want to hear about slavery at plantations built by slaves | The Washington Post
“It was just not what we expected.” “I was depressed by the time I left.” “ … the tour was…
Alabama moves to protect the Clotilda, believed to be the last ship to bring slaves to the US | CNN
CNN An Alabama state commission acted Friday to protect the schooner Clotilda, believed to be the last ship to bring…
Garrett Morgan Biography | Biography.com
Garrett Morgan blazed a trail for African-American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device,…
Birmingham school teacher tops Billboard Smooth Jazz chart | CBS42
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Kim Scott is the head of the music department at the Alabama School of the Fine…
US-based Nigerian neurosurgeon flies home monthly to perform free surgery | Yen.com
US resident Nigerian Neurosurgeon, Dr. Olawale Sulaiman, has made headlines for his generous act of monthly visit to his native…
100 years ago, white mobs across the country attacked black people. And they fought back | CNN
CNN Thelma Shepherd was riding back to her Chicago apartment on July 27, 1919, when her streetcar came under attack.…
Backpacks honoring slain Baton Rouge activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph will be donated to 200 students | The Advocate
East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and the Professional Athletes Supporting Students organization will donate 200 backpacks to students in…
The “King of Calypso”: Beautiful Portrait Photos of a Young Harry Belafonte in the Early 1950s | Vintage Everyday
Born 1927 as Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, New York, American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte is…
The Woman Who Beat The Klan | The New York Times
About the ArchiveThis is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online…
How Bessie Smith Influenced A Century Of Popular Music | NPR
Singer Bessie Smith’s recording career only lasted 10 years, but during that time she created a body of work that…
The 9 Most Essential Toni Morrison Works | Rolling Stone
On August 5th, it was reported that Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the classic works Beloved and The…
Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on | Reuters
Siphiwe Sibeko, Francis Korokoro, ReutersNana Assenso, 68, chief of Adidwan, a village in Ghana’s interior, looks on before visiting the…
Trump Fuels Racial Disharmony. Will It Motivate or Discourage Black Voters? | The New York Times
DETROIT — Mark Greer is a black Detroiter so outraged by President Trump’s regular stream of invective toward people of…
The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings | The New York Times
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, one of the oldest Roman Catholic girls’ schools in the nation, has long celebrated the vision…
Overlooked No More: Georgia Gilmore, Who Fed and Funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott | The New York Times
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.It took…
The Carrot and the Stick: On Colson Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys” | LA Review of Books
The I USED TO THINK novels contained immensities, which came from reading the great works during my college years and…
Cyntoia Brown Will Be Released From Prison Next Week | Refinery29
Cyntoia Brown is set to walk free next Wednesday, exactly eight months after former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam commuted her…
Hayes has ‘heightened sense of awareness’ about security concerns | The CT Mirror
Washington – With threats against members of Congress on the rise and President Donald Trump issuing hostile tweets against lawmakers…
City erects its first statue of an African American girl in South Philly | Curbed: Philadelphia
Philly’s first-ever statue of a freestanding African American girl was unveiled this week in West Passyunk’s Smith Playground. The statue,…
Ilhan Omar: It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump’s Racism | The New York Times
Throughout history, demagogues have used state power to target minority communities and political enemies, often culminating in state violence. Today,…
The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades | Smithsonian.com
On November 23, 1887, a mass shooting of African-American farm workers in Louisiana left some 60 dead. Bodies were dumped…
Herbie Hancock Is Still Breaking Rules | The New York Times
If jazz for you means tradition and inheritance, maybe Herbie Hancock can change your mind. At the very least, he’d…
‘Brian Banks’: Football Star Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned Shares His Story For “People Who Are Currently Voiceless” | Deadline
The story told in Brian Banks is unfortunately all too familiar. The eponymous biopic, directed by Tom Shadyac, chronicles the…
Racist Display at Miami Airport Spurs T.S.A. Investigation | The New York Times
Two Transportation Security Administration officers were placed on leave after a racist display was discovered in a baggage-screening area at…
How My FAMU Sorority Sisters And I Are Working To Change The Narrative Around Haiti | Blavity
This op-ed was submitted from a member of our enthusiastic community of readers. If you’re interested in sharing your opinion…
Journey to power: The history of black voters, 1976 to 2020 | NBC News
Not that long ago, they were just a slender fraction of the party, one kept at arm’s length by presidential…
John Legend Rips Donald Trump as ‘Racist’ ‘Piece of S-‘ After President’s Baltimore Rant | People.com
John Legend held nothing back in a scathing assessment of President Donald Trump this week, calling the Republican a “flaming…
To win a murder conviction, police and prosecutors made up evidence and secretly paid a witness, St. Louis DA finds | The Washington Post
The state’s theory stretched the physical limits of the human body. Somehow on the night of Oct. 30, 1994, Lamar…
16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America | The New York Times
When Ashleigh Shanti, 29, journeyed across the country on a six-month sabbatical last year, she decided that her next step…
Car mechanic shifts gears, becomes a doctor at age 47 and helps address shortage of black doctors | Cleveland.com
Carl Allamby became an expert diagnostician after spending his childhood ducking his head under the hoods of Chevys and Fords…