Black Girls Continue to Disappear but Few Eyebrows Are Raised | Black Press USA
The epidemic of missing and mostly forgotten African American girls continues to spread throughout the United States. While the names…
‘I lost my son’: Guatemala mum mourns boy who died in US custody | Al Jazeera
A Palestinian has been killed in an Israeli air raid on the northern Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s health ministry,…
A brief history of the enduring phony science that perpetuates white supremacy | The Washington Post
The mysterious and chronic sickness had been afflicting slaves for years, working its way into their minds and causing them…
Stacey Abrams’s next move could bolster Democrats in Georgia — and her own political fortunes | The Washington Post
DECATUR, Ga. — In a quiet suite of offices above a bank in this eastern Atlanta suburb, Democrat Stacey Abrams’s…
The Black Power Movement Gets a Permanent Display at the Oakland Museum | Hyperallergic
OAKLAND — Walking through the California history gallery at the Oakland Museum, it’s easy to spot the Black Power exhibition…
The Bible was used to justify slavery. Then Africans made it their path to freedom. | The Washington Post
When the Rev. Jaymes Robert Moody takes his pulpit to preach, sometimes he pictures the graveyard — that is where…
Ava DuVernay on Taking ‘The Red Line’ | Rolling Stone
The Red Line , a new drama premiering April 28th on CBS, explores the aftermath of a white cop shooting…
Obamas to Produce Slate of Films for Netflix | The Washington Informer
Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions is producing for release on Netflix a feature…
Holder calls on 2020 presidential candidates to help redistricting prep | Politico
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Justice Department in Washington, on Sept.…
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…
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…
Regina King Inks First-Look, Multi-Year Deal With Netflix And Fans Love It | Huff Post
Regina King has just inked a first-look deal with Netflix to produce films and television series, prompting much excitement on…
How Black Artists Mobilized in 1970s Los Angeles | Hyperallergic
Soul of a Nation, currently on view at the Broad Museum, brings together a diverse selection of work made by…
Restoration of Nina Simone’s Childhood Home To Begin This Spring | Shoppe Black
The proposed rehabilitation of Nina Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, N.C., is moving forward, according to the National Trust for…
Building Wakandas: African Union Ambassador on How the AU Is Helping All Blacks Overcome ‘The Seed of Divide and Conquer’ | Atlanta Black Star
The African Union is a continental body that consists of all of the 55 African nations, and its mission can…
The Critique That Inspired John Singleton to Make Poetic Justice | The Atlantic
No one elevated South Central Los Angeles to the point of universal conversation like the late John Singleton. Filmmakers such…
West Point gets 1st black superintendent in 216-year history | Army Times
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, a 1983 U.S. Military Academy graduate who has held high-ranking Army…
Viola Davis on Being Diagnosed With Prediabetes: ‘I Was Shocked’ | Self.com
Viola Davis usually has an answer for everything. That’s according to the actress herself. “I’m someone who always has a…
Experts: Reparations Are Workable and Should Be Provided | Black Press USA
As Joe Biden prepares to enter the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 presidential election, it wouldn’t be surprising if…
[WATCH] Angela Davis & Barbara Ransby: We Stand with Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Courageous, Bold Black Woman | Democracy Now
Two of the founders of Black Lives Matter, as well as professor Angela Davis and scores of other black women,…
Rory Doyle: Challenging the Cowboy Culture with the Delta Hill Riders | The Phoblographer
Among the challenges for today’s documentary photographers is to tell the story of those who challenge the norms, and shed…
Woman seeks $1.5M in damages from neo-Nazi website founder | The Baltimore Sun
The first black woman to serve as American University’s student government president is seeking more than $1.5 million in court-ordered…
Halima Aden becomes first model to wear a burkini in Sports Illustrated | The Guardian
Somali-American model Halima Aden has become the first Muslim model to appear in Sports Illustrated magazine wearing a hijab and…
When This Teen Couldn’t Have The Prom Date She Wanted, Her 67-Year-Old Grandfather Offered To Fill In And It’s Adorable | Buzzfeed
Meet Kaylah Bell, a 17-year-old from California who didn’t have a date for her prom. She told BuzzFeed News: “I…
Americans are totally fine with reparations, just not for slavery | Quartz
Since the second half of last century, countries like Germany, Austria, France, South Africa, and Canada have amended past wrongs…
The Racial Bias Built Into Photography | The New York Times
This week, Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is hosting Vision & Justice, a two-day conference on the role…
MGM Is Making a Film About History’s First Black Samurai | Highsnobiety
Black burial sites are struggling for survival. Such struggles should be interpreted as elemental battles over the meaning, matter, and…
Discrimination against natural hair motivates Atlanta stylist to create hair care brand | Black Press USA
When Atlanta natural hair stylist Chimere Faulk heard about Chasity Jones’ discrimination case, and similar stories, it moved her to…
Pharrell Made Only $2,700 In Songwriter Royalties From 43 Million Plays Of ‘Happy’ On Pandora | Business Insider
This past year was great for singer Pharrell Williams. His song “Happy” secured him Grammy nominations for Best Music Video…
Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd Jr. | The New York Times
John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality…
How the autobiography of a [WATCH] Muslim slave is challenging an American narrative | PBS
Power Omar Ibn Said was 37 years old when he was taken from his West African home and transported to…
George Lucas and Mellody Hobson want control of Ebony photo archives, ‘an essential part of American history’ | Chicago Tribune
Power couple George Lucas and Mellody Hobson are trying to take possession of Ebony magazine’s historic photo archives, which were…
Howard University Student To Compete In The 2020 Olympics With Her Siblings | Blavity
A Howard University student is headed to the Olympics. Latroya Pina and her siblings, Troy and Jayla, will compete as…
Symone Sanders Joins Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign As Senior Advisor | Essence
Former Bernie Sanders aide, Symone Sanders, is joining Joe Biden on the campaign trail. According to the AP, the former…
Black Women Artists Stage a Performative Dinner at the Art Gallery of Ontario | Hyperallergic
TORONTO — January 25, 2019 marked a shift in Canadian art history. Black Wimmin Artists (BWA) organized a gathering of…
Tessa Thompson On Her Panamanian Grandmother & the Lack of Afro-Latino Stories in Hollywood | Remezcla
In Nia DaCosta’s Little Woods, opening this weekend, Tessa Thompson plays Ollie, a woman trying to survive the last few…
Houston principal says no more du-rags, curlers, sagging pants at her school — worn by parents | The Grio
A Houston high school principal has had it with du-rags, revealing garb, the wearing of pajamas, sagging pants and other…
Ilhan Omar’s Deeply American Message | The Atlantic
I watched Ilhan Omar’s recent address to the Council of American Islamic Relations for the same reason most people did:…
T.I., New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Join Forces to Bail Out Nonviolent Offenders for Easter | The Grapevine, The Root
I spent my Easter Sunday deviating between inhaling jelly beans and watching Kanye pass out communion wafers through a peep…
Harlem street renamed in honor of Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis | New York Amsterdam News
The northeast corner of 123rd Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue in Harlem now bears the names of famed acting and…
Her ancestors fled to Mexico to escape slavery 170 years ago. She still sings in English to this day. | The Washington Post
She is proof of how complicated migration between the United States and Mexico can be: An 86-year-old black woman, sitting…
Paul Robeson fought Jim Crow, lynching, and McCarthyism | People’s World
Gerald Horne has made an amazing contribution to African American radical history with the newly published biography Paul Robeson: The…
[WATCH] The Powerful Trailer For Ava Duvernay’s ‘When They See Us’ Is Here | Essence
Netflix has released the official trailer for the Ava Duvernay-directed When They See Us — and it’s powerful! The limited…
What Makes Someone Native American? | The Washington Post
In March 2012, Heather McMillan Nakai wrote a letter to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs asking the agency to…
F.B.I. Was Told That Militia in New Mexico Planned to Kill Obama and Clinton | The New York Times
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Before the F.B.I. arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of the right-wing militia that detained migrant families…
The O’Jays Give the People What They Want for the Last Time | Rolling Stone
On March 10, Betty Wright — a successful singer, background vocalist, composer and producer with five decades of experience —…
The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele | Rolling Stone
As usual, Jordan Peele knows exactly where he’s going. “What we should do,” he says, with real enthusiasm, “is head…
Historic Freedmen’s Bureau Records Released | Smithsonian
On the 150th anniversary of “Juneteenth” (June 19), the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United…
Should Ethiopia stick with ethnic federalism? | Al Jazeera
Ethiopia embarked upon a set of political reforms in early 2018 that were greeted with euphoric enthusiasm. Prime Minister Abiy…
‘I’m either too black or not black enough’: One teenager’s experience | BBC News
This article was written by Aries Brown, an 18-year-old African-American student at an international school in eastern Europe. It was…
Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund New Water Projects | Colorlines
Ayana Byrd, ColorlinesEthnic politics is not a necessary evil that Ethiopia has to live with – it is rather an…
Protests erupt after police shoot woman near Yale University | NBC News
Protests erupted for the fourth straight night Friday in New Haven, Connecticut, after police opened fire on a car near…
Mati Diop Becomes The First Black Woman To Have A Film In The Cannes Film Festival Competition Section | Essence
A Senegalese film is one of the selections at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, and its director has become the…
EyeSeeMe bookstore teaches children the value of African-American history | USA Today
As African American parents, Pamela and Jeffrey Blair of St. Louis, Missouri, always taught their four children about their history…
How prison pulls them back in: The story of Kerry Lathan and Nipsey Hussle is a window onto a parole system that re-incarcerates far too many people for technical violations | New York Daily News
When Kerry Lathan was released on parole after serving 25 years for murder, he went to rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey…
The government has failed to learn the lessons of Windrush | New Stateman
Last April the public were made aware that long-term British Caribbean residents and citizens were being locked up and forcibly…
Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November | The Root
I love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned…
James Baldwin: ‘I Can’t Accept Western Values Because They Don’t Accept Me’ | LitHub
This interview was conducted on April 27, 1964. It first appeared in Robert Penn Warren’s 1965 book, Who Speaks for…
Jemele Hill Launches New Podcast With Spotify | Colorlines
You can’t silence Jemele Hill. The sports journalist grabbed national headlines with anti-GOP tweets that prompted the White House to…
REPORT: 10 Strategies to Address Structural Forces Behind Racial Wealth Inequality | Colorlines
The racial wealth divide is greater now than it was 40 years ago—and persistent structural racism is causing that gap…