The Districts Are Mostly White. The Candidates Are Not. | The New York Times
NORTH AURORA, Ill. — Most of the room’s occupants looked nothing like Lauren Underwood, but no one seemed to care.…
Rightwing rally cancelled as Maxine Waters supporters stand guard | The Guardian
A rightwing group that had vowed to stage weeks of protests against California’s best-known African American member of Congress, Maxine…
Stacy Brown-Philpot of TaskRabbit on Being a Black Woman in Silicon Valley | The New York Times
Stacy Brown-Philpot didn’t grow up aspiring to be the chief executive of a technology company. Instead, she wanted to be…
Kamala Harris Examines ‘The Truths We Hold’ in New Book | Colorlines
Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will take her ideological convictions from the halls of the Capitol to the page in her…
Growing up with Nelson Mandela | Deutsche Welle
At the age of 11, Ndaba Mandela met his grandfather for only the second time. A big black BMW whisked…
Nearly 2,000 Puerto Rican Hurricane Survivors Face Eviction | Colorlines
Today (July 2), a federal judge will decide if approximately 1,800 Puerto Ricans forced to evacuate their homes following Hurricane…
Why Frederick Douglass’s struggle for justice is relevant in the Trump era | The Guardian
A month after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday in 1865, the 17th president of the United States began…
Obama makes first visit to Kenya since leaving office in support of sister’s foundation | The Independent
Former President Barack Obama has visited Kenya, his father’s native country, for the first time since leaving office. Mr Obama…
Common struggle: Black Lives Matter leader talks of painful parallels with Indigenous Australia | The Guardian
The death of black teenager Travyon Martin – shot six years ago by a neighbourhood watch volunteer who thought he…
Black Women Are Suffering In Silence From Arab Abuse | Atlanta Black Star
There is a problem in the Arab world with the abuse of Black women. Arab racism against people of African…
Milwaukee to Pay $3.4M For Willfully Targeting Black Residents Over Several Years with Stop-and-Frisk | Atlanta Black Star
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee agreed Tuesday to pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its police department spent years…
Emmett Till’s Cousin On Reopening Of Case: ‘An Opportunity For The Truth To Be Told’ | NPR
Deborah Watts was just a toddler in 1955 when her 14-year-old cousin Emmett Till was kidnapped, viciously beaten and murdered…
The Second City of Black America | Los Angeles Review of Books
PITTSBURGH,” THEY TELL YOU when you move here, “is a city of neighborhoods.” About 90 of them, in fact. Neighborhoods…
Black men got the right to vote in 1870. This ex-slave’s son was the 1st to cast a ballot. | NJ.Com
Some Historians have found quotes from Peterson in news reports of the time. “I was working for Mr. T. L.…
How Prosecutors Ruined the Life of Corey Williams | The Nation
One the evening of January 4, 1998, in Shreveport, Louisiana, a group of neighborhood friends came up with an idea—they…
Day First Woman to Earn Computer Science Ph.D. at N.C. A&T | North Carolina A&T University
One GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 6, 2018) – Siobahn Day has worked for three years to make history, not only for…
Charleston’s African American Museum gets new curator from Chicago History Museum | The Post & Courier
Looking down through the clear plastic roof of a model of Charleston’s International African American Museum, you can see the…
An Education: Today Marks 150th Anniversary of 14th Amendment | Colorlines
On this day (July 9) in 1868, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. The landmark addition provides for…
Pharrell Williams Joins Spotify’s ‘Black History Is Happening Now’ Campaign | Muse by Clio
Purturbed that black history is officially celebrated just one month out of the year, Spotity earlier this year launched “Black…
Black Women: We’re Not Superheroes, We’re Human | Colorlines
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Kenrya Rankin, Colorlines While #BlackGirlMagic is definitely a thing, Therese Patricia Okoumou’s brave July 4 immigration protest…
When the Fourth of July Was a Black Holiday | The Atlantic
What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” Famed black abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass posed this…
Duke University Instructor Jaki Shelton Green Becomes 1st African American Woman to be Named North Carolina’s Poet Laureate | Good Black News
Jaki Shelton Green, an instructor at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was named…
What Nelson Mandela Lost | The New York Times
Some time ago, the writer Nikki Giovanni offered me guidance on writing about the life of a public person. Most…
‘Rest in Power’ Tells The Story Trayvon Martin Couldn’t | Colorlines
Many people ignored the truth of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s life as they rushed to demonize him during the trial of…
A Newly Excavated Settlement Highlights Florida’s History as a Haven for Escaped Slaves | Saratoga Magazine
Buried under three feet and two centuries of earth near the banks of the Manatee River, a cylinder of white…
At 98, the Army Just Made Him an Officer: A Tale of Racial Bias in World War II | The New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — Marion Lane discovered the faded photograph after her stepmother died, crammed in a closet with her stepmother’s Sunday…
The story behind the color of your couch, and everything else you own
By Maria Anderson PeclersParis inspiration materials. (Smithsonian photo by Matt Flynn) Color surrounds us. Both outside and inside our homes,…
Get Hype for the BlackStar Film Fest With This New Trailer | Colorlines
Black filmmakers, screen artists and cinephiles will converge on Philadelphia on August 2-5 for the 7th annual BlackStar Film Festival.*…
How Frederick Douglass Challenged the Hypocrisy of Independence Day | Colorlines
This Wednesday (July 4), marks Independence Day, even as protesters mark America’s denial of liberty to people of color. As…
Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action | The New York Times
In a joint letter, the Education and Justice Departments announced that they had rescinded seven Obama-era policy guidelines on affirmative…
Howard Alum Opens Hotel Dedicated To Black Culture | Blavity
Damon While attending Howard University, Damon Lawrence worked in the hotel industry as a front desk agent, and decided he…
3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime | The New York Times
The United States Senate’s three black members introduced a bill on Friday that would make lynching a federal hate crime.…
How black people were eliminated in Argentina throughout history | Face2Face Africa
The question in many people’s minds is: where are the Afro-Argentines? Historical records indicate that Africans landed in the Rio…
Prince Estate Inks Deal to Distribute 35 Classic Albums | Colorlines
A new deal between Sony Music Entertainment and the estate of the late Prince Rogers Nelson will allow fans to…
Most Influential Icons In Contemporary African Pop Culture | Africa.com
The movers and shakers from the continent are not only influential icons through philanthropic ventures, but also through a multitude…
Indigenous Hospital, Home of Formerly Enslaved Man Added to List of Endangered Sites | Colorlines
The National Trust for Historic Preservation features sites of historic and cultural importance to Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Caribbean communities—all…
Rethinking “How” We Digitize is Thinking More Clearly about “Why” We Digitize
As we mentioned in our last post, the digitization project for the David C. Driskell Archive is in full swing.…
Black Brazilians are ditching hair straighteners and white standards of beauty | The Washington Post
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Bruna Aparecida smiled cautiously at her reflection as a hairdresser snipped the last strands of her…
Mayor of a Pittsburgh suburb asked police to hose down protesters with water cannons | CNN
Karen Peconi is the mayor of Arnold, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Her posts surfaced Monday with messages urging officers to…
New Exhibit Tackles Jim Crow Repression and Resistance | Colorlines
In recognition of the 150 years since the ratification of the 14th Amendment, New York City’s oldest museum will launch…
Harriet Tyler, long-time Santa Ana resident and black history curator, remembered for her contributions | The Orange County Register
For seven decades, Harriet Tyler worked to preserve and document the history of African Americans in Orange County. Her contributions…
Overlooked No More: Amrita Sher-Gil, a Pioneer of Indian Art | The New York Times
S ince 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. With Overlooked, we’re adding the…
Jazz Notes: Vision Fest, Mickey Bass, children’s jazz book | New York Amsterdam News
The Vision Festival is the only jazz festival in New York that features musicians, dancers and artists whose exploratory creativity…
Obama Doesn’t Owe This Country Sh*t | The Root
There is this thing white people do where they invoke Obama’s name and say he is the one who needs…
He Was ‘Socializing’ With a White Woman—Then Ended Up Dead | Daily Beast
Facebook0 Twitter0 Mail Danika Fears, Daily Beast Spalding County Sheriff’s Office., Featured Image On Oct. 9, 1983, hunters in Sunny…
Marilyn Mosby wins re-election in three-way race for Baltimore state’s attorney | The Baltimore Sun
Mosby, 38, emerged on Maryland’s political scene four years ago with a stunning victory over the city’s previous state’s attorney.…
Young Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Topples Old Boss Joe Crowley in Democratic Primary Shocker | Daily Beast
In one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez toppled Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s…
Library Group Removes ‘Little House’ Author’s Name From Award For Racist Themes | Colorlines
The board of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, voted on…
Found: Rosa Parks’s Arrest Warrant, and More Traces of Civil Rights History | The New York Times
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Fred Gray, 87, bespectacled and a bit hard of hearing, stood quietly over the archival box. His…
DC Sniper Gets New Hearing | AFRO
Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in Virginia in 2009. Malvo received multiple life-without-parole sentences in Virginia and Maryland.…
Ava DuVernay becomes first black woman to direct a $100 million movie | Chicago Tribune
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has checked off another milestone for black female directors. This week her film “A Wrinkle in Time”…
They Started School Afraid of the Water. Now They Are Saving Lives. | The New York Times
Down at the deep end of Grover Cleveland High School’s aging four-lane pool, two students lie face down in the…
Hidden portraits: rare photos of African American life get a spotlight | The Guardian
In 1861, African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass took the stage at Boston’s Tremont Temple Baptist church and declared: “To the…
Why Have There Been No Great Black Art Dealers? | The New York Times
In 1966, TWO BROTHERS, Alonzo and Dale Davis, set out from Los Angeles on a road trip across the United…
Police Killings Have Harmed Mental Health in Black Communities, Study Finds | The New York Times
A report published in The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, on Thursday appears to give credence to those concerns.…
WATCH: ‘Quest’ Follows a Black Family’s Highs, Lows for 8 Years | Colorlines
Families like the Raineys, one of many working-class Black families living in North Philadelphia, are rarely the subject of nuanced…
‘It’s like a black and white thing’: How some elite charter schools exclude minorities | NBC News
GREENSBORO, Ga. — This clearly was no ordinary public school. Parents of prospective students converged on Lake Oconee Academy for…
Finding Foundation: How Bobby McFerrin And His Daughter Make Music A Family Affair | NPR
Bobby McFerrin is likely best known for his 1988 hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” and has been entertaining audiences with…
Mormons Grapple with Race 40 Years After Ending Black Ban | Atlanta Black Star
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church on Friday will celebrate the 40th anniversary of reversing its ban on…
The Racist Trope That Won’t Die | The New York Times
The comedian Roseanne Barr resurrected one of the oldest and most profoundly racist slanders in American history when she referred…