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By Soo Youn, The Lily For the past couple of years, India Marshall has been contemplating getting another surgery to have bone growths in her head removed. She had already…
By Angelica Villa, ARTnews Jean-Michel Basquiat is poised to continue his reign at auction this summer. Alongside Joan Mitchell’s painting Noel, valued between $9.5 million to $12.5 million, Phillips will…
By Dana Givens, Black Enterprise Rum is considered one of the staple drinks of the Caribbean with different islands each specializing in a different blend of the famous spirit. Now…
By EJI Staff, Equal Justice Initiative Early on the morning of Sunday, June 29, 1958, a bomb exploded outside Bethel Street Baptist Church on the north side of Birmingham, Alabama,…
By MICHAEL D. TUBBS , CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA , MELVIN CARTER , RAS J. BARAKA , AJA BROWN , ERIC GARCETTI , ADRIAN PERKINS , LIBBY SCHAAF , STEPHEN BENJAMIN…
By Kate Smith, CBS News The Mississippi state legislature voted on Sunday to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. The removal…
By EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company, more commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, failed in June 1874, taking with it millions of…
By George Johnson, Ebony If the road to hell was paved with good intentions, I had apparently packed my bags and was preparing for my departure first thing Monday morning.…
By Todd A. Price, Times Union NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kathryn Conyers is not a baker, but she tried. And she failed. When she sought advice from her friend Carla…
By Darcy Costello, Courier-Journal Louisville Metro Council is considering requiring that officers in “critical incidents,” such as a police shooting, submit to a drug and alcohol test after the incident.…