Giving Up the Funk: George Clinton says goodbye to the road | Entertainment Weekly
The Funk has left the building. Well, technically, the Funk has only retired to a room adjacent to the stage…
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.…
The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity | The Guardian
Johnnie Mae Austin and her grandson, Damario Solomon-Simmons, can tell you everything about their ancestry. They can go back as…
Michigan to Pay $860,000 in Lawsuit Over Prison Guards Who Bet on a Woman Inmate’s Suicide | The Root
How much is an incarcerated person’s life worth? At one Michigan jail, about the cost of a Subway sandwich. That’s…
Valerie Cunningham to receive Inspiration Award for creating change | Sea Coast Online
For decades, Valerie Cunningham has inspired, motivated and influenced the Seacoast community and the Granite state with one main tactic…
Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S. | NBC News
LONDON — Russians who were linked to interference in the 2016 U.S. election discussed ambitious plans to stoke unrest and…
Dear Black Man: God Loves You! | My Muddy Walk With Christ
During a late-night conversation a few years ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could do one thing…
Black, Latino Two-Parent Families Have Half The Wealth Of White Single Parents | NPR
The racial wealth gap has been measured and studied for decades. One fact has remained the same: White families build…
Second Chance Pell Experiment Expands Education Behind Bars | Colorlines
The Department of Education (DOE) announced Monday (May 20) that it will expand the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative,…
On ‘The Best of Enemies’: Hollywood Must Stop Using Black People as Narrative Devices | Colorlines
Green Book recently mined the age-old Hollywood trope of White redemption via an unlikely Civil Rights-era friendship to take home…
A French illustrator’s images of black women are controversial in Paris, but adored on Instagram | Quartz Africa
A meet-and-greet with illustrator Nicholle Kobi is titled A Parisian Instant, yet at home the French illustrator is overlooked. This,…
Contemporary Artists Contextualize the Work of Black Panther Photographers | Hyperallergic
SAN FRANCISCO — Vanguard Revisited: Poetic Politics & Black Futures at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) celebrates a radical…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive US congresswoman and social media sensation, has said she would be “hard pressed” to endorse the…
Nipsey Hussle: grand jury indicts man in fatal shooting of rapper | The Guardian
A grand jury has indicted a 29-year-old man in the fatal shooting of the rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles.…
’48 years is enough’: activists and celebrities call for release of ex-Black Panther | The Guardian
Leading civil rights activists, academics, actors and writers are calling on Andrew Cuomo to release Jalil Muntaqim, a former Black…
A Heritage Center for Black History in Brooklyn Struggles to Remain Open | Hyperallergic
The Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, a museum dedicated to one of the first communities of free African Americans in…
What Happens When a Billionaire Swoops In to Solve the Student-Debt Crisis | The Atlantic
Commencement speakers have a routine: a few words of encouragement, a good—or maybe not so good—joke, and a bit of…
Sweet Home Cafe | Atlas Obscura
Thomas Downing was the oyster king. In 19th-century New York City, white customers knew the African American restaurant proprietor for…
NY Metropolitan Opera to Hire All-Black Chorus for Fall Revival of “Porgy And Bess” | Good Black News
According to washingtonpost.com, The Metropolitan Opera in New York plans to hire an all-Black outside chorus for its first presentation…
Ebola death toll in Congo to pass 1,000, World Health Organization warns | The Guardian
The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is expected to exceed…
A powerful moment for the Archibald prize: could a portrait of a black woman win? | The Guardian
The sensation of being alien has been with me as long as I can remember. I think it’s common to…
The ‘Brown Babies’ who were left behind | BBC
When Babs Gibson-Ward was born in 1944, her mother’s navy officer husband did not question whether he was her father.…
Yes, African-Americans Drink Bourbon. You’d Never Know It From the Marketing. | The New York Times
Who is the typical bourbon drinker? Judging by the marketing for most whiskeys, a safe guess would be a white…
Now the Richest Black American, He’s Also One of America’s Biggest Philanthropists | Inside Philanthropy
Throughout most of my (still relatively) young writer’s lifetime, Oprah Winfrey loomed large as the pinnacle of black American financial…
Mati Diop on being the first black female director in Cannes | The Washington Post
CANNES, France — Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the…
The Story Of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Talking Book’ | NPR
By the early 1970s, Stevie Wonder had already spent nearly a decade churning out hits for Motown Records as Little…
How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All | Smithsonian.com
In the fall of 1916, four years before the 19th Amendment would make it unconstitutional to deny voting rights on…
Nnedi Okorafor Is Creating a TV Series Company for Africanfuturist Stories | Brittle Paper
Nnedi Okorafor is creating a TV series company for Africanfuturist stories. The multi-awarded novelist revealed this on Facebook via a…
These Extraordinary Shirts Define Black Pride | Buzzfeed
We hope you love the products we recommend! Just so you know, BuzzFeed may collect a share of sales or…
‘Let’s Keep This a Casual Enough Conversation That We Can Find the Humor in Things’ | The Atlantic
Wyatt Cenac’s HBO show, Problem Areas, is funny—but it doesn’t do traditional comedy. Yes, it has an opening monologue with…
The Mob Violence of the Red Summer | JSTOR Daily
The long “Red Summer of 1919” saw a brutal outburst of mob violence directed against African Americans across the country.…
Kamala Harris’s Long-Shot Bid to Fix School Funding | The Atlantic
It is bananas,” Senator Kamala Harris told the audience—members of the American Federation of Teachers’ Michigan chapter—gathered at Marcus Garvey…
There’s Still Hope for South Sudan | The Atlantic
JUBA, South Sudan—Virtually everything in South Sudan appears rigged in favor of the few. It begins with the economy, with…
Universal Programs, Not Reparations, Are Needed To Counter Racism’s Effects | In These Times
In his famous essay on reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates invoked the policy as a way of “settling with old ghosts.” But,…
Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! review – poetry in motion | The Guardian
She might be an up-and-coming soul singer, but US poet and activist Jamila Woods is a team player. Her second…
Central Park Five Speaks Ahead of ‘When They See Us’ Premiere | Colorlines
Director Ava DuVernay’s highly anticipated miniseries “When They See Us,” the true story of the five Harlem teenage boys falsely…
J.C. Watts: Black News Channel Going Beyond Stereotypes of Black Criminals, Entertainers, Athletes | BOLD
J.C. Watts, chairman of the soon-to-launched Black News Channel (BNC), said his television network will help show how the African-American…
Dr. Granville Coggs of San Antonio was Tuskegee Airman and Renaissance man | My San Antonio
There wasn’t a challenge from which Dr. Granville Coleridge Coggs ever walked away. During World War II, when the U.S.…
Black Founders, Funders and Investors Launch Innovative Companies to Make Communities Better | The Network Journal
Black founders, funders and investors are launching some of the most innovative companies around. Here, we feature just a few:…
Historically Black Medical School Works to Inspire Youth | AFRO
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The number of African-American men entering medical school hasn’t budged since the late 1970s, and Dr.…
Employers have no business policing black people’s natural hairstyles | Los Angeles Times
Black people have a fraught and painful history with hair. In particular, black women with textured, tightly curled or kinky…
7 High-End Black Designers To Purchase Your Next Luxury Item From | Essence
‘Tis the season to support our own. Not only is it Black History month, but it’s simply time to divert…
We found 85,000 cops who’ve been investigated for misconduct. Now you can read their records. | USA Today
At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA have been investigated or disciplined for misconduct over the past decade,…
Journalists cautiously celebrate press freedom in Ethiopia | Al Jazeera
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Elias Meseret, an Ethiopian journalist with more than 11 years’ experience, is feeling optimistic as he…
Winning Artists Announced for Monument to Shirley Chisholm, the First US Black Congresswoman | Hyperallergic
It’s official. After whittling down submissions to a shortlist of five artists, New York City has chosen Amanda Williams and…
Africa is creating one of the world’s largest single markets. What does this mean for entrepreneurs? | World Economic Forum
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to launch on 30th May. If every African country joins, it’s…
Adrienne Jones elected Maryland’s first African-American, female House speaker | CNN
Washington (CNN) A Maryland lawmaker made history on Wednesday when she became the first woman and first African-American elected as…
Child Poverty Collaborative almost lost its last African American co-chair | WCPO
CINCINNATI — Just a few weeks into the Child Poverty Collaborative’s new effort to reduce poverty in Cincinnati and Hamilton…
How These Black Playwrights Are Challenging American Theater | The New York Times
They are the talk of the theater world: a generation of black playwrights whose fiercely political and formally inventive works…
Gentrification is erasing black cemeteries and, with it, black history | The Guardian
Mount Zion Cemetery is a historic black burial ground in Washington DC. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA, Featured ImageBlack burial sites…
HBCU Money’s 2019 African American Owned Bank Directory | HBCU Money
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The number of African-American men entering medical school hasn’t budged since the late 1970s, and Dr.…
‘The haunted houses’: Legacy of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion lingers, but reminders are disappearing The Washington Post
BOYKINS, Va. — Kids grow up in rural Southampton County hearing that the mist creeping across the fields might be…
The Man Who Stole South Africa | Foreign Policy
On the day of the murder, Tshepo Thabane had been at his usual spot on the corner of South Road…
Lebron James Reunites with Black Female Designers in Update of Highly Coveted Sneaker | Essence
NBA All-Star, Lebron James teamed up with designers Fe Noel, Undra Celeste, and Kimberly Goldson on a remix the HFR…
The Dawn of American Slavery: A symbol of slavery — and survival | The Washington Post
By the time Angela was brought to Jamestown’s muddy shores in 1619, she had survived war and capture in West…
SPECIAL REPORT: Mass Incarceration of Women and Minorities a New Crisis |Black Press USA
Although the number of people in prisons and jails in America has slightly declined, numbers released on Thursday, April 25,…
Business leaders seek to combat poverty through improving education, creating jobs | The Philadelphia Tribune
The Chamber of Commerce for a Greater Philadelphia is advocating for an inclusive neighborhood growth agenda to help address the…
John Singleton’s death is another warning sign for black men. It’s time we listen. | The Washington Post
Five months into a plant-based whole-foods diet, I continue to experience the benefits. Weight, cholesterol, blood pressure — all down.…
Baltimore’s Mayor Resigns Over a Series of Self-Published Children’s Books | Slate
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s bizarre tenure in office came to an end Thursday, when she resigned amid a cloud of…
Bell charges cop in shooting at Ladue Schnucks | The St. Louis American
The white Ladue cop who shot a 33-year-old black woman in the Ladue Schnucks parking lot on April 23 has…