White Mob Forces 200 Black People Out of North Platte, Nebraska
By EJI Staff, EJI On the afternoon of Saturday, July 13, 1929, more than 200 black residents of North Platte, Nebraska, were driven out of the city by a mob…
BALDWIN: Letter From A Region In My Mind
From 1962: “Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves.” By James Baldwin, The New Yorker Take up the…
Florida woman opens Black-owned business amid pandemic
Donuts Galore and More serves fresh treats to the community By Janesha Jones, The Grio For months, coronavirus has caused a big shift in everyone’s life. It has changed the…
Coronavirus: Kenyan schools to remain closed until 2021
By BBC Staff, BBC News Final year exams, usually taken in October and November, have also been cancelled. Education Minister George Magoha said students would repeat a year as schools…
As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political
To care for, protect, and prepare our children for adulthood, black moms cannot merely accept the world as it is. By Dani McClain, The Nation When I was 7 or…
The Hidden History of Anna Murray Douglass
Although she’s often overshadowed by her husband, Frederick Douglass, Anna made his work possible By Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine The story of Frederick Douglass’ hopes and aspirations and longing desire…
How a Black Fireman Brought a Pole Into the Firehouse
More than a century ago, David Kenyon, a firefighter in Chicago, discovered the fastest way to the ground floor By Alex Potter, Smithsonian Magazine In the 19th century, American firefighters…
Givly App founder talks HBCU giving challenge, philanthropy in Black community
Tiffany Williams is dishing on the importance of helping others via her tech company By Nayo Campbell, The Grio The Givly App is more than just a tech company. In…
Horrific Convict Leasing Conditions in Mississippi Documented by Grand Jury
By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On July 10, 1887, the grand jury of Hinds County, Mississippi, released a report revealing the horrific conditions state prisoners endured under convict…
Ship Carrying Over 100 Enslaved Africans Arrives in Alabama Despite Ban On Slave Importation
By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On July 8, 1860, more than 50 years after Congress banned the importation of enslaved Africans into the United States, the slave ship…