Revisiting the Legacy of Howard Thurman, the Mystic of the Civil Rights Movement | Religion & Politics
In February, local PBS stations will premiere an hour-long documentary about a theological giant of the twentieth century, Howard Thurman…
Stream the “Complete” John Coltrane Playlist: A 94-Hour Journey Through 700+ Transformative Tracks | Open Culture
In a contrarian take on the legacy of John Coltrane on the 50th anniversary of his death last year, Zack…
Haiti: People protest demanding President Moise’s resignation | Al Jazeera
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise, who…
Living Near Your Grandmother Has Evolutionary Benefits | NPR
Killer whales, Japanese aphids and Homo sapiens — they’re among the few organisms whose females live on long past the…
Nehanda Abiodun, 68, Black Revolutionary Who Fled to Cuba, Dies | New York Times
Nehanda Abiodun, a radical black nationalist who was charged in the deadly botched robbery of a Brink’s armored truck in…
22 Black Owned Luxury Brands To Support Instead of GUCCI and Prada | Shoppe Black
Gucci issued an apology for the offense caused by their “blackface sweater”. I don’t accept. In fact, at this point,…
Man Sees $1 Baseball Bat at Garage Sale and Discovers Its Jackie Robinson’s | The Epoch Times
One never knows what he or she might find at a garage sale, and one man in Iowa can definitely…
Museum receives $3.5 million endowment gift from Eddie and Sylvia Brown | Art Daily
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art today announced a gift of $3.5 million from Baltimore-based philanthropists Eddie C. and…
Black History Month: Gloria Hayes Richardson led a movement | Daily Kos
I have never forgotten the first time I saw a photograph of a black woman dismissively pushing a National Guard…
REVIEW: Aretha Franklin’s Soul-Stirring “Amazing Grace” Documentary Soars Into the Divine | Good Black News
Before reading, please understand the deep degree to which I am an Aretha Franklin fan. I have been in rapture…
“Her Life is History”: The Universality of Maya Angelou | WTTW
Maya Angelou is universal. She wrote memoirs, poetry, screenplays, music. She acted, she directed, she produced. She was a talk…
Retired Austin firefighter shares journey to become Texas’ first black fire inspector | KVUE
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin wasn’t always the boomtown it is today. In the 1950s, the capitol city was much smaller…
The Black- and Woman-Led Success of a Chicago Ice Cream Company | WTTW
Only one Fortune 500 company has ever been headed by a black woman – Ursula Burns, who ran Xerox from…
Louisville Western Branch Library (1905- ) | Black Past
The Louisville Western Branch Library in Louisville, Kentucky, first opened in 1905. This library was the first public library in…
Only Surviving Arabic Slave Narrative Written in the United States Digitized by Library of Congress | Smithsonian Magazine
Omar Ibn Said was leading a prosperous life in West Africa at the turn of the 19th century, devoting himself…
“Abortion as black genocide”: inside the black anti-abortion movement | Vox
When the March for Life, the largest annual pro-life event in the country, starts on Friday, don’t be surprised if…
Sam Cooke’s Murder, Alleged Cover-Up Gets Re-Examined by Netflix Series | Rolling Stone
Nefarious cover-ups, the Civil Rights movement and the music and activism of Sam Cooke converge in the trailer for the…
Essential Arts: Destination Crenshaw, a bold outdoor museum plan inspired by black L.A. | Los Angeles Times
The Randy’s Donut is bright yellow as the Rams head to the Super Bowl. And as the Lunar New Year…
Looking for “real” Black History stories from local African-Americans | On Milwaukee
Every year for Black History Month, Judge Derek Mosley posts daily tributes on Facebook during the month of February that…
Charles Henry Turner, Pioneer Animal Behaviorist | ThoughtCo
Zoologist and educator Charles Henry Turner (February 3, 1867—February 14, 1923) is known for his work with insects and numerous…
Philly native writes first biography of collagist Romare Bearden, 30 years after his death | WHYY
The African American Museum in Philadelphia on Thursday is hosting the author of a new biography of Romare Bearden, a…
How One Woman Is Shattering The Glass Ceiling In Wall Street | Forbes
Despite progress made in making our workplaces more diverse, there are still several industries where the glass and concrete ceilings…
California’s First Surgeon General is a Black Woman | Because of Them We Can
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has just been appointed as California’s first-ever Surgeon General. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the news on…
James Baldwin: Pessimist, Optimist, Hero | The New York Times
My father said, during all the years I lived with him, that I was the ugliest boy he had ever…
10 Alternative/Goth Styled Women of Color who are killin the game | Punk Black
It can be challenging to put together your own unique style, and even more challenging to do it well. These…
Searing New Documentary Reveals Lynching is “Always In Season” | Daily Kos
This year’s Sundance Film Festival saw the premier of an important, emotionally wrenching documentary that exposes the raw and bleeding…
For Black GIs in Saigon, ‘Soul Alley’ was an oasis of food and vice | Public Radio International
You might hear about the nightclubs run by black soldiers who’d deserted the conflict. Or that tailor shop that sold…
How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll | Literary Hub
Zora Neale Hurston is one of America’s most beloved literary figures, an influential writer, anthropologist, and giant of the Harlem…
This Ram Was a Patriot | Slate
Michael J. Socolow Slate Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Willie Miller before a game in 1979. NFL/AP. Featured Image The…
The White Flight From Football | The Atlantic
Shantavia jackson signed her three sons up for football to keep them out of trouble. As a single mother who…
Candice Payne Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People in Chicago During Severe Cold Snap | The New York Times
As temperatures plunged to life-threatening lows this week, more than 100 homeless people in Chicago unexpectedly found themselves with food,…
5 Small Business Grants for Black Women Entrepreneurs in 2019 | Black Enterprise
As women-owned businesses continue to grow, one of the significant obstacles they face is unequal access to funding and venture…
The Women Behind The Songs: Jessie Mae Robinson | NPR
Many may know Wanda Jackson’s 1960s hit “Let’s Have a Party,” or even the versions performed by Led Zeppelin and…
Sundance Film Review: ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’ | Variety
Director: Stanley NelsonWith: Frances Taylor Davis, Juliette Gréco, Stanley Crouch, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Farah Griffin, Gerald Early, Greg Tate,…
Welcome to Detroit, where black babies are at higher risk of death | The Guardian
Martina Guzman, The Guardian Kaiesha Rivers, center, comforts daughters Taiyla Young, five, and Jyahri Pye, 11, at a relative’s house…
What the ‘Father of Black History’ Would Have Actually Wanted Americans to Do for Black History Month | Time
The official theme of Black History Month 2019, “Black Migrations,” is a fitting one: not only is migration one of…
Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences | The New York Times
Hedon’t be in that neighborhood.” When one court reporter in Philadelphia transcribed that phrase, it turned into this: “We going…
Black-Owned Businesses Carve Out Space In An Increasingly Gentrified D.C. | Shoppe Black
It’s Friday night, and rapper Too Short’s “Blow the Whistle” is blaring inside of the only black-owned bar in D.C.’s…
Raleigh man opens first African-American-owned cultural art gallery | ABC11 Raleigh Durham
RALEIGH (WTVD) — A local man has become the first African-American to own a cultural art gallery in Raleigh. Jason…
Whether They Wanted it or Not, Jackie Robinson Raised Americans’ Consciousness | The New York Times
This happened at Shea Stadium a few decades ago: My son and I were in a half-empty section, not far…
One Lawyer, One Day, 194 Felony Cases | The New York Times
Mr. Talaska was not outside the norm. Of the public defenders in Louisiana handling felony caseloads at that time, there…
The Last Black Man in San Francisco review – heartfelt ode to the city | The Guardian
Few films at this year’s Sundance will start with quite the same confidence as The Last Man in San Francisco,…
Kamala Harris’s Campaign Strategy: Don’t Pick a Lane | The Atlantic
Kamala Harris is a half-Jamaican, half-Indian woman from Oakland, California, the daughter of two UC Berkeley grad students. She went…
Diversity in Museum Leadership Has Marginally Increased Since 2015, New Survey Says | Hyperallergic
According to new data collected by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, diversity in museum leadership has increased in recent years…
R&B Star James Ingram Dies at 66 | HuffPost
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – James Ingram, one of the biggest stars in R&B music in the 1980s and ’90s, and…
Georgia’s Stacey Abrams to Deliver State of the Union Response for Democrats | The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Stacey Abrams, a rising political star from Georgia who narrowly lost a race for governor there last year,…
“Big Sister” Barbara Lee’s Advice for the New Women of Color in Congress | AFRO
There’s a crew of new women in Congress who’ve become fast friends since the election. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley,…
Whites maintain grip on leadership roles in Philly | The Philadelphia Tribune
Philadelphia government’s workforce is nearly half Black and overwhelmingly male, while white employees dominate leadership positions, the majority of which…
A Black-Led Food Co-op Grows in Detroit | Shoppe Black
Malik Yakini came to cooperative economics as a student at Eastern Michigan University in the mid-1970s when he started a…
Racial, Prison Gerrymandering Lawsuits to Make for a Busy Year of Legal Battles As Redistricting Nears | Atlanta Black Star
As the 2019 state legislative sessions get underway, a busy year of legal battles also is beginning over lingering allegations…
Forced to work, and unable to strike: US federal workers need solidarity | The Guardian
The longtime anti-tax activist and prominent Trump supporter Grover Norquist once said: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply…
The Foolish Quest to Be the Next Barack Obama | Politico
Kamala Harris was dubbed the “Female Obama” even before she announced she was going to “pull off an Obama-sized feat…
How the 1% profit off of racial economic inequality | The Guardian
An economy that’s rigged to benefit the richest 1% has left most of America behind. While wages for workers have…
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind review – Chiwetel Ejiofor’s charming directorial debut | The Guardian
Last year, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Netflix headed to Sundance with Come Sunday, a dramatisation of the life of “heretic” pastor…
Black Workers Had Long Shaky History With Fed Jobs Before Shutdown | Atlanta Black Star
DETROIT (AP) — For Cheryl Monroe and generations of other African-Americans, federal government jobs have long been a path to…
Rashidah De Vore Launches X On Demand: An Ingenious Cross Between Netflix and Black Twitter | The Network Journal
When Writer/Photographer/Content Creator Rashidah De Vore found difficulty getting her projects picked up by different companies and producers, she did…
Four Black Political Pioneers Pen Book of Their Lives | AFRO
History has many sides. But some angles are rarely covered. This Friday, Jan. 25, Washingtonians get a rare glimpse into…
Audra McDonald Heading Back to Broadway to Star in Romance | Atlanta Black Star
NEW YORK (AP) — Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is heading back to Broadway to be a waitress — but…
The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test | The Atlantic
When Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that she’d formed a presidential exploratory committee, she hit all the populist notes that have…
Joséphine Baker’s Life Reimagined at the Metropolitan Museum | Hyperallergic
On the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Great Hall, Julia Bullock will play a reimagined Joséphine Baker in…