10 Black Men Who Found Success Through Digital Platforms
Black excellence is more than just a trendy phrase – it’s a lifestyle practiced by today’s rising millennial moguls. From…
Coach Who Disarmed Student with Shotgun Then Hugged Him Earns Congressional Medal of Honor Award
Keanon Lowe was one of six individuals selected to receive the Citizen Honor Award by the Congressional Medal of Honor…
Henry Taylor’s Wild Heart Can’t Be Broken
Even after a star turn at last year’s Whitney Biennial, the art world still wants to see the master painter…
Mfume to Return to Congress, Succeeding Elijah Cummings
He first held the seat from 1987 to 1996 until he left to serve as president of the N.A.A.C.P. and…
The Forgotten Work of Jessie Redmon Fauset
Among the events that helped to crystallize what would come to be known as the Harlem Renaissance was a dinner,…
U.S. Supreme Court Finally Ends Segregated Courtroom Seating
On April 29, 1963, the United States Supreme Court struck down segregated courtroom seating and overturned the contempt conviction of…
Retail Covid-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities
Since the White House announced this “historic public-private partnership,” 63 sites have opened nationwide. Just eight are in black neighborhoods.…
Lint Shaw Lynched in Georgia Eight Hours Before Trial
On April 28, 1936, a 45-year-old black farmer named Lint Shaw was shot to death by a mob of forty…
Over 14 Million People Of Color In The U.S. Live In Counties With High Air Pollution
The American Lung Association’s latest report “State of the Air” has revealed startling racial disparities in terms of exposure to…
Fifty Thousand Americans Dead from the Coronavirus, and a President Who Refuses to Mourn Them
In just the past few days, President Trump has blamed immigrants, China, the “fake news” and, of course, “the invisible…
Health and race disparities in America have deep roots: A brief timeline
Here are a few historical examples of how race, and racism, has greatly impacted the health outcomes of African Americans.…
A Visual Record of Black Lives, Four Decades After Emancipation
A new book revisits W.E.B. Du Bois’s landmark 1900 exhibition on Black American identity. In 1900, partway through the official…
Black Protesters Attacked by White People at Segregated Mississippi Beach
On April 26, 1960, black demonstrators engaged in a locally-organized nonviolent protest and walked onto Biloxi Beach on Mississippi’s Gulf…
Look Back at Audra McDonald, Sean Combs, and More in A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway
Kenny Leon’s revival of A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre April 26, 2004. The…
Detroit health care worker dies after being denied coronavirus test 4 times, daughter says
Kaila Corrothers said that when she thinks of her mother, Deborah Gatewood, there is one thought that lingers: “This did…
Henrietta Duterte, abolitionist and first woman owner of a funeral home
Madeline Lyles and Dana Taylor of Memphis’ claims as the owners of the first funeral home by Black women is…
Between Portland and Park (The Loss of Innocence)
It was 1961 in south Minneapolis. Portland Ave and Park Ave were parallel streets separated by Oakland Ave in the…
The Promissory Note and Notes on Jacob Lawrence’s “The Architect, 1959”
In the summer of 1941, A. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, called for a march…
Despite Discrimination, African American Marines Proved Themselves Throughout World War II
Faced with racial discrimination at home and in the Corps, African American Marines proved themselves at Iwo Jima and elsewhere…
South Carolina’s Republicans gutted public healthcare. Then the pandemic hit
People in poor and rural areas are left with little access to care, with chronic diseases unchecked and a higher…
10 Women in Jazz Who Never Got Their Due
We’re often taught to think of jazz’s history as a cavalcade of great men and their bands, but from its…
White Man Marching for Civil Rights Killed in Alabama
On April 23, 1963, William L. Moore was found dead on U.S. Highway 11 near Attalla, Alabama — only four…
The Important First Amendment Principle Now at Risk
The Supreme Court may hear a case that will test the country’s commitment to protecting protest organizers. No matter how…
Meet The 10 Black Women Entrepreneurs Preparing To Shine In The Virtual $100K New Voices + Target Accelerators Pitch Competition
Join us on Friday, April 24 to support these boss ladies and see who wins big! Free registration to attend…
Federal Troops Leave South, Ending Reconstruction
On April 24, 1877, as part of a political compromise that enabled his election, President Rutherford B. Hayes withdrew federal…
Detroit students have the right to an education, federal appeals court rules
American children have a fundamental right to at least a basic education, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. In a…
Niles Fitch To Play First Black Live-Action Disney Prince
The rising star is set to play a young prince in Disney+’s “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals.” Niles Fitch is…
Atlanta Mayor “At A Loss” With Governor Reopening Beauty Salons and Barbershops In Georgia
Keisha Lance Bottoms says Governor Kemp did not consult with her about his decision to reopen these businesses in the…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Racial Bias “Inevitable” in Criminal Justice System
On April 22, 1987, the United States Supreme Court rejected a black man’s death penalty appeal grounded in claims of…
How the Harlem Renaissance Sparked a New African American Identity
From poetry and prose to music, painting, sculpture and more, the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance produced an…
Know Your Price: Black Property Devaluation In A Nation Built With Our Hands And On Our Backs
Andre Perry, author of ‘Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities,’ speaks on Black displacement…
Jordan Casteel on the Power of Art Right Now
Amongst the never-ending, century-spanning talk about what art means—the ways it can impact society; how to define it—today’s political climate…
Why Crown Royal is telling a story of Jazz, love, and tradition
What does it mean to build community through art, and uphold a tradition that goes unbroken for decades? When the…
White Parents Protest Georgia High School Holding First Racially Integrated Prom
On April 21, 2007, Turner County High School students attended the school’s first racially integrated prom. Located in Ashburn, Georgia,…
Will The $2,000 Monthly Stimulus Check Proposal Save Our Economy?
Over 80 million taxpayers have already received stimulus checks, however, it could be months before all stimulus checks have been…
Black News Channel’s Co-Founder and CEO Steps Down Two Months After Launch
Black News Channel, which just launched nationwide two months ago, just lost its CEO and co-founder, Bob Brillante, according to…
South Dakota Meat Plant Is Now Country’s Biggest Coronavirus Hot Spot
Refugees from around the world worked at the Smithfield pork factory in Sioux Falls. Now they face mounting illness and…
Former mayor and UCLA alumnus Tom Bradley focus of new online archive
The UCLA Film &Television Archive has created a digital portal showcasing local news footage of former Los Angeles Mayor and…
Amid pandemic, interest in gardening surges across metro Atlanta
Coronavirus has people worrying about food supply chain. Amina Robinson works in customer service for an airline, and while she…
Five Teens Arrested for Rape Despite Being Innocent
On April 19, 1989, a white woman was brutally raped and beaten in New York City’s Central Park. Police officers…
Racial Justice Act Exposes Racial Bias; Then Is Repealed
On April 20, 2012, Cumberland County Judge Gregory Weeks issued the first decision under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act, ruling…
Newspaper comics hardly ever feature black women as artists. Two new voices have arrived.
If there has been one constant in more than a century of America’s daily black-and-white comics pages, it’s that almost…
5-year-old with rare complication becomes first Michigan child to die of COVID-19
A month ago, 5-year-old Skylar Herbert complained to her parents that she had a bad headache. On Sunday, after spending…
What a White-Supremacist Coup Looks Like
In Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, the victory of racial prejudice over democratic principle and the rule of law was…
Nina Simone: where to start in her back catalogue
Our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: the deft genius who raged searingly at injustice…
‘The Clark Sisters’ Becomes Lifetime’s Highest-Rated Movie In 4 Years
The made-for-television film set a new milestone on the premium cable network. Lifetime’s The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel…
Black NCAA players with Black head coaches more likely to graduate
Study shows that Black coaches in the NCAA graduate 84.5 percent of their student-athletes; a rate higher than their white…
DJ Jazzy Jeff forgot 10 days of his life due to coronavirus
DJ Jazzy Jeff forgot 10 days of his life due to coronavirus. The 55-year-old DJ is sure he had the…
The Man Who Taught a Generation of Black Artists Gets His Own Retrospective
When he died in 1979, Charles White had been influential, both in and outside of the art world. Now, a…
Enslaved Africans Attempt Escape in Washington, D.C.; Later Captured and Punished
On Sunday, April 16, 1848, at least seventy-five black men, women, and children were aboard a sixty-four-foot cargo ship nicknamed…
The pathology of American racism is making the pathology of the coronavirus worse
Covid-19 is disproportionately killing black people because the whole system is worse for us. Black America is ground zero for…
Black health experts say surgeon general’s comments reflect lack of awareness of black community
“The Adams statement is, at best, irresponsible and, at worst, reflective of systemic structural racism.” Black health care professionals are…
WE ARE FAMILY: The Artists
IN THE PAST few years, cultural institutions have been trying to create a more inclusive narrative of contemporary art history,…
WE ARE FAMILIY: The Directors
In 1969, Gordon Parks became the first black director to make a major Hollywood studio film. His career made it…
What happened to the African American catcher?| The Undefeated
Examining the lack of black catchers in MLB and the prospects with a shot On March 12, A.J. Lewis’ collegiate…
Tributes pour in to Dame Jocelyn Barrow, a ‘true champion of racial equality’
In a long and distinguished career covering six decades she was hailed as a formidable campaigner, patron of the Black…
United Negro College Fund Mobilizes to Aid Struggling HBCUs and Students During COVID-19 Crisis
Recently, The United Negro College Fund worked in concert with several organizations, institutions, and elected representatives to secure $1 Billion…
Horace Duncan and Fred Coker Lynched in Springfield, Missouri
Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1906, two innocent black men named Horace Duncan and Fred Coker (aka Jim Copeland)…
Trump’s New Press Secretary Apparently Hates Black History
Before you criticize Trump’s new press secretary for rooting against everything black, you must acknowledge that everyone hates something. For…
Echols: All St. Louis COVID-19 deaths have been African Americans
ST. LOUIS — Officials said Wednesday that all of the people in the city who’ve died from complications related to…