To Have Black Hair in America | Shoppe Black
This is not an isolated incident; black children all across the country are kicked out of school every year for their hairstyles. It’s a painful tradition of black hairstyles being…
African American Museum Shows Striking Photography And More In New Fall Exhibition Cotton | UWISHUNU Philadelphia
The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) is the first institution dedicated to showcasing the work and history of African Americans to be built by a major American city. Now,…
Anita Hill: Kavanaugh confirmation hearing ‘disservice to the American public’ | The Guardian
Anita Hill said Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing was a “disservice to the American public”, in her first public remarks since he was confirmed to the supreme court on Monday on…
Sierra Leone cancels $300 million airport deal with China | The Philadelphia Tribune
The mega project, which was due to be completed in 2022, had been commissioned by the previous president, Ernest Bai Koroma, in March. Its cancellation comes amid cooling enthusiasm in…
Supermarket Pioneer Greg Calhoun, Former BE 100s CEO, Has Died | Black Enterprise
Greg Calhoun, the Alabama-bred businessman who made history as the first African American to own a major grocery store in the South, has passed away. He died on Oct. 11,…
The Seeds of Marielle: These Courageous Afro-Brazilian Women Are Running for State Office Despite the Odds | OkayAfrica
Marielle Franco, 38, a black politician from Rio de Janeiro, died fighting for the rights of women and favela dwellers. On March 14 armed men gunned the councilwoman down in…
Blacks evolving as powerbrokers in tech realm, study reveals | The Philadelphia Tribune
No one doubts that Black Twitter has had an impact on real world and policy change. But now, according to a new study by Nielsen, African-American consumers, influencers and digital…
Angela Flournoy on Barry Jenkins: 3 Must-Read Passages | Colorlines
Ahead of the November 30 theatrical release of “If Beale Street Could Talk,” director and screenwriter Barry Jenkins spoke with novelist Angela Flournoy (“The Turner House”) for a profile in…
In Mississippi Senate race, an African American Democrat faces a Republican using a Confederate symbol | The Washington Post
YAZOO CITY, Miss. — For the past five months, U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy has tried to remind Mississippians how he has served them in the past: a son of…
Philly Mural Project ‘Portraits of Justice’ Confronts Mass Incarceration | Colorlines
Few historical figures represent the history of racist policing and incarceration in Philadelphia stronger than Frank Rizzo. The late mayor and police chief’s legacy of attacks against the Black community,…