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By Grace Hauck, USA TODAY People running, screaming and shouting words of disbelief. Bodies thrown in the air, lifted onto windshields or trapped under cars and semitrucks. It’s become a…
By BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors, Black Enterprise Founded by artist Latosha Stone in 2013, the skateboarding lifestyle brand Proper Gnar is experiencing a precipitous rise in popularity and product orders following…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…