Oprah Winfrey’s Mother Vernita Lee Has Passed Away At Age 83 | In Touch Weekly
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Editorial Staff , In Touch Weekly Members of the audience wait for President Donald Trump to arrive…
A National Gallery show examines Gordon Parks’s early years | The Washington Post
He was the youngest of his father’s 15 children. He wrote in his high school yearbook that he wanted to…
To Raise, Love, and Lose a Black Child | The Atlantic
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Ta-Nehisi Coates , The Atlantic Jordan Davis and his mother, Lucia McBath. COURTESY LUCIA MCBATH. Featured Image…
Olivia Hooker, Tulsa Race Riot Survivor, Dies At 103 | NPR
Transcript RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We’re now going to look back at the life of Olivia Hooker. She has died at…
Meet the 10-Year Old Entrepreneur Taking the Fashion World by Storm! | Black Business.Org
Hailing from Johannesburg, South Africa, 10-year old Enhle Gebashe is already pursuing her dreams of becoming a well-known fashion designer…
Something in the Water: Virginia Beach gives OK for Pharrell’s festival proposal to move forward | 13News Now
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) — Grammy-award winner and Virginia Beach native Pharrell Williams has big ideas for Hampton Roads, and…
HBCUs Set Foundation for Black Politicians in Key Positions | The Washington Informer
Approximately 40 percent of the members of Congress are HBCU graduates, according to the Network Journal, a Black professional and…
Florida sues drugstores Walgreens and CVS for alleged role in opioid crisis | The Guardian
The state attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced late on Friday that she had added the companies to a state-court lawsuit…
How I Got My Art Job: Naima Keith of California’s African American Museum on Quitting a PhD to Pursue Her Dreams | Artnet News
From fabricators to mummy conservators to private collection managers, the art world is full of fascinating jobs you may not…
Prince George’s Couple Opens Vacation Retreat in Upper Marlboro | The Washington Informer
As fall descends upon Prince George’s County, nestled amid the beauty is the Wellspring Manor and Spa — a serene…
What’s up with all those black men who voted for the Republican in the Georgia governor’s race? | The Washington Post
Seventy-five percent of white women voted for Republican Brian Kemp, who was declared the winner late last week, more than…
The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South | Atlas Obscura
In MODERN-DAY ALTAVISTA, VIRGINIA, A town that covers 5 square miles of what was the first English colony in North…
Penn senior and Philadelphia native wins coveted Rhodes scholarship | The Inquirer (Philly.com)
A Philadelphia native and senior at the University of Pennsylvania, who lost both her parents while she was in high…
Chicago food bank gets hand from Barack Obama with Thanksgiving prep | USA Today
In a video posted Tuesday, Obama strode into the facility, prompting some exclamations from surprised volunteers who were huddled together…
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Celebrated in New Exhibit | Baltimore Magazine
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, a pioneer whose tireless efforts to abolish American…
Michael B. Jordan Is Finally in Control. Now What? | The New York Times
The woman with the braids thought she was being slick, but all the way across the restaurant at the Beverly…
Why Isn’t Voter Suppression A Crime? | Medium
Voter suppression is illegal, but is it a crime? Voter intimidation is a crime; threatening, coercing, or attempting either is…
The Abrams Machine Is Not Done Yet | The Atlantic
Stacey Abrams is not conceding. That’s what she said at a press conference in Atlanta on Friday. “This is not…
Meet the Only Black Woman in the U.S. Who Owns Her Own Bank | Black Business.Org
48-year old Kiko Davis is the majority stockholder of Detroit-based First Independence Bank, one of the top 10 largest Black-owned…
Former Astronaut Mae Jemison over the Moon for ‘Mars’ | The Network Journal
The second season of the National Geographic series “Mars,” set to debut Monday, will continue to blend fictional storytelling with…
23 Black Chefs You Should Know About | Shoppe Black
Although the number of Black chefs is increasing, there’s still plenty of progress to be made in terms of representation…
Taraji P. Henson Launches Foundation for Mental Health Awareness | Los Angeles Sentinel
Oscar-nominated actor Taraji P. Henson launched the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in honor of her late father, on Sept. 23…
A Portrait of Black Mental Health in Hues of Black and Blue | Hyperallergic
Artist Malik Roberts has conceived a blue period of his own, drawing from the likes of Pablo Picasso to Renaissance…
Decades before Stacey Abrams, these black women risked their lives to register black voters | The Washington Post
Annell Ponder is one of those fearless black women whose names may not be widely known but whose courage in…
Kerry James Marshall named most influential contemporary artist | The Guardian
Kerry James Marshall, the American figurative painter who set a record at auction this year for the most expensive work…
Black Creative Talent Present at New York Comic Con 2018 | The Network Journal
TNJ was at the 2018 edition of New York Comic Con (NYCC), held Oct. 4-7 at the Jacob K. Javits…
The Newest Jim Crow | The New York Times
In the midterms, Michigan became the first state in the Midwest to legalize marijuana, Florida restored the vote to over…
The Midterms Swept in a New Class of Black Politicians | The Atlantic
Ben Jealous lost. Andrew Gillum is heading to a recount. Stacey Abrams is chasing legal challenges that might give her…
Bill to Lower D.C. Voting Age to 16 Faces Critical Hurdle | The Washington Informer
The D.C. Council will decide next week on a bill to lower the city’s legal voting age to 16, likely…
How Misty Copeland is empowering at-risk youth through dance | The Guardian
In 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to earn the title of principal dancer for the American Ballet…
Michigan drops conviction box from job, license applications | Michigan Chronicle
LANSING, MICH. – Gov. Rick Snyder is ordering the state to no longer ask job applicants and people seeking certain…
How Black World War I vets shaped the civil rights movement | Futurity
While many celebrated black soldiers in the streets of New York at the end of the war, they also soon…
Talking About Race With Racists (Why Bringing Up The Subject Makes You Racist) | Medium
In a recent press conference, Donald Trump demonstrated how every conversation with a racist goes when the subject comes up.…
Black WWII veteran from Charleston faced bombs abroad, prejudice at home | The Post Courier
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Bo Petersen , The Post Courier Julian Snipe a 94-year-old WWII army veteran grew up on Johns…
Home Depot Billionaire Cofounder’s Endorsement Of Trump Triggers Call To Boycott The Retailer | Forbes
It all started with a provocative headline in Liberal America, a self-described “devoted” liberal web site: “Home Depot Founder Endorses…
Reclaiming Tradition: How Hair Beads Connect Us to Our History | OkayAfrica
In 1977, Trinidadian-British actress and singer Floella Benjamin (OBE) was on her way to premiere her new blaxploitation film Good…
Florida recounts begin as tensions escalate across state | CNN
More than three days after the polls closed in Florida, the secretary of state announced on Saturday afternoon that the…
‘Black girl magic’: 19 black women ran for judge in Texas county – and all 19 won | The Guardian
While Beto O’Rourke’s bid to oust Ted Cruz for a US Senate seat may have stolen midterms headlines this week,…
By The Color Of Their Skin | The Sun Magazine
In the fall of 1968, six months after civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on a hotel balcony…
Lucy McBath Wins Georgia Congressional Race Against Karen Handel | The New York Times
Ms. McBath defeated the Republican incumbent Karen Handel, who only last year won a closely watched special election in the…
Kamala Harris Is on the Rise | Glamour
If you want to ask Senator Kamala Harris whether she’s planning to run for president, keep in mind her favorite…
Meet the Bakers Who Are Changing Their Communities for the Better—One Slice at a Time | Food & Wine
A truly great pie brings people together. That’s just a fact. If you’re going to make a memorable one, you…
Roy Hargrove, Trumpeter Who Gave Jazz a Jolt of Youth, Dies at 49 | The New York Times
His death, at Mount Sinai Hospital, was caused by cardiac arrest brought on by kidney disease, according to his manager,…
Stacey Abrams Is Still Waiting for a Miracle | The Atlantic
ATLANTA—Late on Election Night, in a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency hotel, Red Bull cans clinked against shoes on the…
Florida votes to restore ex-felon voting rights with Amendment 4 | Vox
Florida voters during Tuesday’s midterm elections approved Amendment 4, automatically restoring voting rights in the state for people previously convicted…
Barry Jenkins Brings James Baldwin Home to Harlem | The Atlantic
In the July 1960 issue of Esquire magazine, the essayist and fiction author James Baldwin wrote a piercing love letter…
Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar first Muslim women elected to Congress | Al Jazeera
Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib and Somali-American Ilhan Omar have become the first Muslim women elected to US Congress. Tlaib took Michigan’s…
‘The Kissing Case’ And The Lives It Shattered | NPR
They were arrested, and taken to jail. Prosecutors sought a stiff penalty — living in reform school until they were…
At intersection of innovation, technology, and passion, a new age of inclusive design arises
By Michelle Z. Donahue “Access + Ability,” at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum “It’s a wide-open field, there for…
8 African heroes who led massive slave rebellions in the Caribbean but are less celebrated | Face2Face Africa
Tales of Mansa Musa, Prince Nicolau, Queen Ranavanolla III and the one-eyed Queen Amanirenas have been told over and over…
Barack and Michelle Obama unveil their portraits at National Portrait Gallery
By Brendan L. Smith From left, artist Kehinde Wiley, artist Amy Sherald, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet, Smithsonian Secretary…
Kamala Harris Is Building a Network for Black Candidates | Intelligencer
If you showed up at Sisters Chapel at Atlanta’s Spelman College last Friday hoping to divine some sort of 2020-themed…
Neon-lit tipis express tradition as change; spark conversation
By Michelle Z. Donahue “Manifestipi,” (installation detail) 2016 by ITWÉ Collective. Courtesy of ITWÉ and Collection Majudia. (Photo by Joshua…
Remembering Birmingham’s ‘Dynamite Hill’ Neighborhood | NPR
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Debbie Elliott , NPR “Birmingham Alabama Smithfield Bombing damage, 1949. Party living on the first floor the…
Installation of the Obama portraits
On February 12, 2018, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery unveiled its commissioned portraits of former President Barack Obama and Mrs.…
The Double Battle | The Nation
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Eric Foner , The Nation Frederick Douglass. Featured Image Let me begin on a personal note. Over…
How to slow down and get a new perspective on portraits
By Grace Aldridge Foster “Nine to Five” by Josh Kline, 3D-printed sculptures in plaster, ink-jet ink, and cyanoacrylate; janitor cart,…
MoMA Is Finally Giving Legendary Black Artist Charles White His Due | Vice
Not a lot of black people know who Charles White is—which is equal parts heartbreaking and confusing, because it’s hard…
“Tin Pan Dragon” at Renwick
Duane Flatmo discusses his work Tin Pan Dragon, a 23-foot animated sculpture built of steel tubing and recycled aluminum, in…
How ‘Gardening While Black’ Almost Landed This Detroit Man in Jail | The New York Times
DETROIT — For nearly two years, a man tilled an overgrown park in a half-abandoned Detroit neighborhood into a tiny…