Ron Finley’s gardening MasterClass will teach you how to grow food & change your life
Because gardening is so much more than a hobby. If you want to learn to grow your own food, there’s no better teacher than Ron Finley. Lucky for you, he…
Lillian Fishburne, U.S. Navy’s first African-American female rear admiral
Lillian Fishburne is one of the many pioneering black servicemen and women who have made positive contributions to the nation’s armed forces while serving. In 1998, she became the first…
‘Economic duress is nothing new’: Can America’s oldest black bookstore survive the pandemic?
Oakland’s Marcus Books has remained a space for ‘black living and thinking’ through gentrification and online competition. Now it’s turning to readers for help Since 1975, Oakland’s Marcus Books has…
4 Minneapolis Police Officers Fired Over George Floyd Death
The move comes comes after a video showed an officer kneeling on the neck of Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on Monday. Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday following…
A story to tell after 30 years of wrongful imprisonment
Imagine spending 30 years of your life in prison for a capital crime you did not commit, knowing the people who put you behind bars could care less about your…
President George Washington Offers Reward for Capture of Black Woman Fleeing Enslavement
On May 23, 1796, a newspaper ad was placed seeking the return of Ona “Oney” Judge, an enslaved black woman who had “absconded from the household of the President of…
Nekesa Mumbi Moody Named Editorial Director at Hollywood Reporter
The editor joins from the Associated Press, where she oversaw a team of 40 journalists and directed multiformat entertainment coverage for the wire service. Nekesa Mumbi Moody, who has served…
The Photos That Lifted Up the Black Is Beautiful Movement
For over 50 years, the photographer Kwame Brathwaite captured African-American beauty and fashion, giving visual power to black power. Untitled (Photo shoot at a school for one of the many…
How White Backlash Controls American Progress
The word backlash gained popularity in the summer of 1963, when, after dallying on the issue for the first two years of his presidency, President John F. Kennedy proposed significant…
An Ida B. Wells Biography, Written by Her Great-Grandaughter, Will Be Released in 2021
Michelle Duster, author, educator, and the great-granddaughter of pioneering journalist and activist Ida B. Wells, announced that she will be publishing a biography about her great-grandmother’s extraordinary life and career.…