Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Armenian carpet-cutting ceremony
In Armenia, the completion of a carpet and cutting it from its loom is a significant rite of passion for young female weavers. Related posts: Armenian Wedding Ceremony Meet the…
This 26-year-old Nigerian is now the highest paid robotics engineer in the world | Face2Face Africa
A 26-year-old Nigerian, credited for building the world’s first gaming robot, has just become the highest paid in the field of Robotic engineering. Silas Adekunle achieved this feat after signing…
Eyewitness to the Desolation of ‘Black Wall Street’ | The New York Times
On Wednesday afternoon, I traveled to the charming but unassuming neighborhood of Juniper Hill in White Plains to speak with a living legend too few people know about. Her name…
People Of Color Are Still Being Locked Out of the Democratic Process | Colorlines
A new report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says that, 53 years after the implementation of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), people of color are still being locked…
Afro-Ecuadorian women & girls are celebrated in this rare, touching photo series | Afropunk
Denisse Ariana Perez and her aunt, an Afro-Caribbean woman who is a professor in social education, embarked on a journey to visit various Afro-communities in South America, specifically countries that…
Oldest Known Drawing by Human Hands Discovered in South African Cave | The New York Times
Nine red lines on a stone flake found in a South African cave may be the earliest known drawing made by Homo sapiens, archaeologists reported on Wednesday. The artifact, which…
Harlem’s mission to rename streets after black women before it’s too late | The Guardian
The building, built in 1901, housed many illustrious characters of the Harlem renaissance, the art and literary movement which reshaped the neighbourhood and radically transformed African American culture in the…
Black Organization Seeks Clemency For Incarcerated Women & Families | BlackNews.com
Boston, MA — According to a 2017 report, by the Prison Policy Initiative, there are over 219,000 incarcerated women in the United States. 1:5 incarcerated people are locked up are…
The Color Line | Baltimore Magazine
On a rainy summer afternoon, Myrtis Bedolla, a highly respected gallerist and art dealer, sits in her second-floor office overlooking North Charles Street to talk about the shifts she’s witnessed…
How Black women are organizing to energize voters | The Philadelphia Tribune
The revolution done signed my name,” they moaned, invoking the names of the ancestors whose strength has willed them to persevere: Harriet Tubman. Shirley Chisholm. Aretha Franklin. Two were like…