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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…
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…
The financial guru and entrepreneurship coach launched #MyBlackReceipt to document the support of Black-owned businesses. By Carron J. Phillips, Deadspin Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy was just the tip of the…
By Good Black News Staff, Good Black News Academy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Cherry recently landed a deal with HBO Max for a 12-episode season of “Young Love,” an animated series…
By Robert T. Smith (aka Kush-I), San Francisco Bay View In the Old Testament Scriptures, the God in the prophet Daniel’s vision had wooly hair: “And the hair of his…
The financial guru and entrepreneurship coach launched #MyBlackReceipt to document the support of Black-owned businesses. By DeMicia Inman, The Grio Supporting Black-owned businesses is sometimes easier said than done. Calls…
The Ghanian sculptor worked with cheap, commonly found objects for decades until he arrived at just the right one By El Anatsui, The Guardian It wasn’t normal for someone like…
Ms. Cooper, who is white, is facing a charge of filing a false police report after she claimed a Black birdwatcher threatened her in Central Park during a dispute over…
The writer and activist has the painful, powerful words for this political moment. America just needs to heed them. By Raoul Peck, The Atlantic “There are days—this is one of…
By Associated Press, TSD Memphis KNOXVILLE — Knox County and Shelby County on Friday joined Nashville and Memphis in requiring people to wear face masks in many public settings to…