The Complicated Activism of Arthur Ashe | Politico
Fifty years ago this September, Arthur Ashe won the first U.S. Open. This was 1968—the year violent civil rights protests rocked cities across America; the year Martin Luther King Jr.…
Documenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas | The New York Times
Americans who grew up with the fiction that slavery was confined to the South — and that the North had always been “free” — learned differently in 1991, when construction…
Black Women Are Dying During Childbirth. Sen. Kamala Harris Is Working to Change That. | Glamour
For women of color, pregnancy and childbirth are often a matter of life and death. The risk of death from pregnancy-related causes for black women is three to four times…
Andrew Gillum wins Florida governor primary in upset victory for the left | Vox
Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum prevailed in the hotly contested Democratic primary election for Florida governor, giving the left another marquee win in the 2018 midterms. Gillum is the first black…
Aretha Franklin Died from Pancreatic Cancer: Here’s Why It’s So Deadly | Healthline
On August 16, the world lost a legend when Aretha Franklin, the one and only “Queen of Soul,” passed away from advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer at the age of 76.…
10-Year Old Violinist, Leah Flynn, Plays Tribute to Aretha Franklin on Her Violin | BlackNews
Nationwide — Leah Flynn, a 10-year old violin extraordinaire, is going viral for her recent tribute performance of “Natural Woman” to the late Aretha Franklin. (Watch the YouTube Video). Leah…
Why the New Reprint of James Baldwin’s Children’s Book Still Matters | Colorlines
James Baldwin confused his critics and supporters alike when he published an illustrated children’s book, “Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood,” in 1976. Its tale of four-year-old TJ,…
New Smithsonian Film Festival Celebrates Black Cinema | Colorlines
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) celebrates Black cinema with its first-ever Smithsonian African American Film Festival. The institution announced the festival, which takes place October…
Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man’s cancer | The Guardian
Monsanto suffered a major blow with a jury ruling that the company was liable for a terminally ill man’s cancer, awarding him $289m in damages. Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old former…
Watch rare footage of Louis Armstrong play an open-air concert in pre-independence Ghana | Quartz Africa
Armstrong traveled to Accra with CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow. The legendary broadcaster was in the process of filming a documentary on Armstrong, “Satchmo the Great.” They’d been on tour…