Viola Davis To Play Michelle Obama In Showtime Series ‘First Ladies’ |HuffPost
A/dropcap] deal is in place for Oscar-winning actor Viola Davis to play Michelle Obama, according to reports. The “How To Get Away With Murder” star is set to make her…
Marian Anderson: The Most Modest Trailblazer | NPR
Classical singer Marian Anderson was one of the all-time greats — both as an artist, and as a cultural figure who broke down racial barriers. She is best known for…
Airbnb Partners With NAACP To Promote Travel To Ghana For ‘The Year of Return’ | Essence
All year long, people of African descent have been making the voyage to Ghana to unite on the continent with their brothers and sisters of the diaspora for the “Year…
New Plan Seeks to Replace Newark’s Lead Pipes In Less Than 3 Years | Colorlines
As the water crisis in the city of Newark gains national attention, officials have set a goal of less than three years to replace antiquated lead pipes. On Monday (August…
What Do You Do After Surviving Your Own Lynching? | Buzzfeed
Syreeta McFadden, Buzzfeed Lawrence Beitler was sitting on the front porch of his home in Marion, Indiana, when someone asked him to tote his 8×10 view camera to the town…
Celebrating the Second Annual Latin American Foto Festival in the Bronx | Feature Shoot
With the second edition of the Bronx Documentary Center’s Latin American Foto Festival, curators Michael Kamber and Cynthia Rivera provide a space for photographers living and working in Latin America…
Why more and more black Americans are moving to Ghana | The Week
When Lakeshia Ford decided she was going to pack up her life and her budding career and move from New Jersey to Ghana, her family could not understand why she…
Never Forget: 69 Black Boys Were Padlocked Into A Dormitory Where A Mysterious Fired Started – 21 Burned To Death | Black Main Street
For the last 5 decades, every year has been 1959 for Frank Lawrence. For the majority of his life, Lawrence has been trying to solve one of Arkansas’ greatest mysteries.…
Museums in France Should Return African Treasures, Report Says | The New York Times
PARIS — The sprawling Quai Branly Museum in Paris is stuffed with treasure. It has some 70,000 objects from sub-Saharan Africa in its collection, including magnificent statues from present-day Benin…
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Raising Teacher Minimum Pay To $40,000 | HuffPost
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation Thursday to raise the minimum salary for teachers in the state to $40,000. The Democratic governor said the law, which aims to reach…