Smithsonian Folkways new release | Smithsonian Insider
New on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: This official music video is for “Ripest of Apples” by Anna & Elizabeth, from the…
Ava DuVernay to Direct Prince Documentary | Colorlines
For her next documentary, Ava DuVernay will visit Paisley Park to tell the story of its late occupant, Prince Rogers…
Once each year, a city pops up in a desert. See the art of Burning Man without the dust
By Marilyn Scallan Burning Man participants 2013 (Photo by Neil Girling) A bit of bohemian ethos and artistry stands amid…
Willie McCovey, Hall of Famer and Giants legend, dies at age 80 | ESPN
The Giants said McCovey died “peacefully” after battling “ongoing health issues.” McCovey had been getting around in a wheelchair in…
“2001: A Space Odyssey” explored at Smithsonian
A new Smithsonian exhibit aims to make visitors think about our place in the universe. It celebrates the 50th…
#TBT: Revisiting ‘The Wiz’s’ Impact on The Culture | Colorlines
Writer Gerrick D. Kennedy commemorated the 40th anniversary of “The Wiz” yesterday (October 24) by revisiting its themes and impact…
Bringing Burning Man’s art from the Nevada desert to downtown D.C. streets
By Brendan Smith Burning Man artist Jack Champion, right, oversees the installation of “Untitled” in Washington, D.C.’s Murrow Park at…
N.C. Man Charged with Ethnic Intimidation after Brandishing Weapon at Black Poll Worker | Atlanta Black Star
Jason Donald Wayne, 28, is charged with ethnic intimidation, disorderly conduct, communicating threats and “going armed to the terror of…
Burning Man’s Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson
Husband and wife artists, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, (who married at Burning Man in 2011) create detailed, tactile, often…
Harry Edwards, a giant of sports activism, still has people shook | The Undefeated
At the first full practice of the San Francisco 49ers’ training camp in Santa Clara, California, this summer, Harry Edwards…
The real history behind science fiction’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
By Amelia Fogarty “The Barmecide Feast,” an immersive art installation at the National Air and Space Museum, is a fully…
America’s Weaponized Attorneys General | The Atlantic
The Democrat Phil Weiser decided to run for Colorado Attorney General the night Donald Trump was elected president, he explains…
Protecting Puerto Rico’s heritage from another disaster
By Hannah S. Ostroff An evacuation exercise in Puerto Rico, held during training by the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (Photo…
‘Well-Read Black Girl’ Is Bigger Than Glory Edim | The New York Times
The sky was gray, rain minutes from spilling over onto the diasporic spread of bantu knots, dreads, twist-outs, wash-and-gos, afros…
Droids visit Smithsonian | Smithsonian Insider
On May 4, 2018, members of the DC R2D2 Builders Club visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History with…
She Was Left At a Daycare Doorstep, Now N.C. Woman Is Reconnecting with Biological Parents Thanks to DNA Testing | Atlanta Black Star
I found my mom and dad!” she exclaimed. Bradley, 27, recently got a hit on Ancestry.com that led to her…
This Abandoned Texas Church Once Destroyed By The Klan Is In A Contest For Revitalization Money | Texas Standard
The city of San Marcos has been one of the country’s fastest-growing in the past several years. As that growth…
An African American artist’s “remixing” of apartheid-era images is raising questions about appropriation | Quartz Africa
The image had been recreated by African American conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas as part of his series History Doesn’t…
The Black Struggle for Technology Jobs | The Atlantic
After Atlanta made the shortlist of cities vying for Amazon’s second global headquarters, HQ2, it submitted a multibillion-dollar investment to…
The Tricky Allure of Becoming a Black American Expatriate | The Atlantic
In his 1960 short story “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon,” which was first published in The Atlantic, James Baldwin…
Restoration of Horace Jenkins’ African-American Romeo & Juliet to Premiere in New Orleans and DC | Roger Ebert.com
The tale, to me, was the equivalent of a modern day folkloric Romeo & Juliet with African-American protagonists from Louisiana.…
‘I’m ecstatic’: black liberation prisoner Mike Africa Sr released after 40 years | The Guardian
Mike Africa Sr has become the second member of the Philadelphia-based group of black radicals known as the Move 9…
Black ‘reverse migration’ driving Atlanta and Georgia towards Democrats | The Guardian
A “great reverse migration” of African Americans to the US south from the north could turn historically Republican parts of…
Your Guide to the Smithsonian African American Film Festival | Washingtonian
The inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival, organized by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, has a…
The Harvard Case Is About the Future of Affirmative Action | The Atlantic
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On Wednesday, the newly minted Harvard president Lawrence Bacow delivered a sober message to the campus community.…
Georgia County and Secretary of State Sued for Rejecting Minority Absentee Ballots at High Rates | Mother Jones
A civil rights group sued Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Gwinnett County on Monday night over the county’s…
Founders of ‘Black Voters Matter’ and ‘Woke Vote’ Discuss Black Electoral Empowerment in the South | The Harvard Crimson
Southerners Organizing Urgent Transformation through Harvard College, a recently formed student group, and the Institute of Politics’ Politics of Race…
Detroit grapples with ‘devastating’ impact of black male homicides | The Detroit News
Lorease Mumford believed as a mother, she had done everything right. She moved her family from Detroit to a safer…
Nation’s first shopping center owned, operated by Blacks turns 50 | The Philadelphia Tribune
And now, he said, “I’m certainly happy to see that it is still here after 50 years and after a…
Kamala Harris proposes big new middle-class tax break | Politico
The California Democrat wants to create a new $6,000 tax credit for families earning up to $100,000. The break would…
Africa’s youngest billionaire is free 9 days after gunmen seized him | CNN
Unknown gunmen snatched Dewji, 43, on October 11 as he left his early morning workout in the commercial capital of…
These Two Could Soon Be the First Muslim Women to Serve in Congress | The Atlantic
Rashida Tlaib will become the first Muslim American and Palestinian woman elected to the House of Representatives in November—but she’d…
The Complexity of Black Girlhood Is at the Heart of The Hate U Give | The Atlantic
Starr Carter slides her feet into her favorite pair of Air Jordans—black retro Space Jam XIs— before hopping into her…
Black Women Animate Partners with Cartoon Network for Boot Camp | Colorlines
B lack Women Animate’s (BWA) mission statement says that it “is designed to change the quality and scope of animation…
[WATCH] Activists Take Back The Street Named After The Black Mayor Who Bombed MOVE | Colorlines
On May 13, 1985, under the leadership of Philadelphia’s first Black mayor, W. Wilson Goode Sr., police dropped a bomb…
She’s sold 500 paintings and written a children’s book. She’s 13. | The News & Observer
RALEIGH Camryn Green isn’t old enough to drive or vote, but that hasn’t stopped her from pursuing big dreams. The…
Arkansas’ ‘Hidden Figure’ Raye Montague Dies at 83 | Ebony
Raye Montague passed away on Wednesday at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, according to Pulaski County Coroner Gerone…
A Black Motorists’ Guide to Jim Crow America, Newly Relevant | The New York Times Style Magazine
Next month, the actor Viggo Mortensen, one of the six cover subjects of T’s 2018 Greats issue, will star alongside…
Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination | The New York Times
RUIRU, Kenya — Before last year, Richard Ochieng’, 26, could not recall experiencing racism firsthand. Not while growing up as…
How Carrie Mae Weems Rewrote the Rules of Image-Making | The New York Times Style Magazine
ON CARRIE MAE WEEMS’S deck in Syracuse, N.Y., locusts are buzzing about the space like doomsday portents, emerging from the…
Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith, Just Made Another $3 Billion with Sell to Adobe | Black Enterprise
In May 2016, Vista Equity purchased Marketo for $1.8 billion, reports Forbes. Within three years, Marketo’s revenue grew over $100…
31 Black Owned Wine Businesses | Shoppe Black
Three of my favorite drinks are water, tequila and wine. Red wine specifically. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, more specifically, in…
Beaten by Amazon and Walmart, Sears faces the end after 125 years | The Guardian
I don’t understand the point of Sears, I just buy everything online,” said 23-year-old Lyft driver Shannon Dickey as we…
Emaciated, mutilated, dead: the mental health scandal that rocked South Africa | The Guardian
In September 2016, Phumzile Motshegwa received a call from an unknown number. The woman on the end of the line…
The Supreme Court Justice Who Forever Changed Affirmative Action | The Atlantic
Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell was on the fence in 1978. The court had before it the case of a…
Georgia Voters: Here’s How to Legally Vote Even if You’re on Brian Kemp’s Can’t-Vote List | Yahoo News
The Georgia Governor’s race is making even more headlines this week — and not just because Democratic hopeful Stacey Abrams…
Why one nurse is running for Congress | Politico, Pulse Check
Peter Libbey Politico, Pulse CheckIt’s no secret that health care has been a key election issue — Democrats are promising…
To Have Black Hair in America | Shoppe Black
This is not an isolated incident; black children all across the country are kicked out of school every year for…
African American Museum Shows Striking Photography And More In New Fall Exhibition Cotton | UWISHUNU Philadelphia
The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) is the first institution dedicated to showcasing the work and history of African…
Anita Hill: Kavanaugh confirmation hearing ‘disservice to the American public’ | The Guardian
Anita Hill said Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing was a “disservice to the American public”, in her first public remarks since…
Sierra Leone cancels $300 million airport deal with China | The Philadelphia Tribune
The mega project, which was due to be completed in 2022, had been commissioned by the previous president, Ernest Bai…
Supermarket Pioneer Greg Calhoun, Former BE 100s CEO, Has Died | Black Enterprise
Greg Calhoun, the Alabama-bred businessman who made history as the first African American to own a major grocery store in…
The Seeds of Marielle: These Courageous Afro-Brazilian Women Are Running for State Office Despite the Odds | OkayAfrica
Marielle Franco, 38, a black politician from Rio de Janeiro, died fighting for the rights of women and favela dwellers.…
Blacks evolving as powerbrokers in tech realm, study reveals | The Philadelphia Tribune
No one doubts that Black Twitter has had an impact on real world and policy change. But now, according to…
Angela Flournoy on Barry Jenkins: 3 Must-Read Passages | Colorlines
Ahead of the November 30 theatrical release of “If Beale Street Could Talk,” director and screenwriter Barry Jenkins spoke with…
In Mississippi Senate race, an African American Democrat faces a Republican using a Confederate symbol | The Washington Post
YAZOO CITY, Miss. — For the past five months, U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy has tried to remind Mississippians how…
Philly Mural Project ‘Portraits of Justice’ Confronts Mass Incarceration | Colorlines
Few historical figures represent the history of racist policing and incarceration in Philadelphia stronger than Frank Rizzo. The late mayor…
Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Okwui Okpokwasili Earn MacArthur ‘Genius’ Awards | Colorlines
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Sameer Rao Colorlines The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation honored racial justice activists, thought-provoking artists…
Primark’s new model is representing the beauty of darker skin | MetroUK
One Some brands try harder than others to be inclusive and include even the youngest models of diverse backgrounds, disabilities,…
A Former Obama Operative Built a New Anti-Republican Attack Machine | Bloomberg Businessweek
One evening in September, Tanya, a consultant at a big New York firm, was on her laptop scrutinizing public records…