Cory Booker Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race
The New Jersey senator, who built his campaign around a message of unity, was unable to catch on with substantial…
Christian Soldiers | Slate
The lynching and torture of blacks in the Jim Crow South weren’t just acts of racism. They were religious rituals.…
Everyone And Their Mama Was In Ghana For The Holidays
The FOMO was real this holiday season as Black excellence hit the streets of Accra, Ghana. If you weren’t in…
The blackest city in the US is facing an environmental justice nightmare
Detroit’s most vulnerable residents face inequalities like toxic air, lead poisoning, and water shutoffs. Now they’re fighting back. Growing up…
Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mississippi.
A few years ago, I read slave narratives to explore the lives of black agricultural workers after the end of…
1,000 pot convictions tossed as Kim Foxx expunges records of marijuana busts
Foxx went to court Wednesday to vacate and expunge records of people caught up in the drug war — her…
The plunder of black wealth in Chicago, captured in film
Black families in Chicago lost an estimated $4 billion due to predatory contract buying, a Duke University’s Samuel DuBois Cook…
DGA Award Nominations Acknowledge Existence of Female Directors
The Directors Guild of America has announced its nominees for Best Feature Film Director of 2019, and many of them…
Canada’s first and only all-black battalion honoured with special stamp
Canada Post unveiled a limited edition stamp in Cherrybrook, N.S. on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of black men…
Meet Melissa Harville-Lebron: The First Black Woman to Own a NASCAR Team
Melissa Harville-Lebron never imagined that her entrepreneurial pursuits and ambitions would lead her to make history as the first African…
East St. Louis woman who raised 12 children and helped feed the hungry dies at 105 | Belleville News-Democrat
A few years ago, I read slave narratives to explore the lives of black agricultural workers after the end of…
When Portland banned blacks: Oregon’s shameful history as an ‘all-white’ state
In 1844, all black people were ordered to get out of Oregon Country, the expansive territory under American rule that…
Mike Espy Would Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 139 Years, But Governor Bryant Says It’d Begin ‘1000 Years of Darkness’
Phil Bryant, Mississippi’s outgoing Republican governor, is warning that the election of Democrat Mike Espy, an African American who served…
Does the United States Owe Reparations to the Descendants of Enslaved People?
The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. What do you think should…
When White Supremacists Overthrew an Elected Government
Wilmington’s LieThe Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White SupremacyBy David Zucchino Today we Americans find ourselves struggling…
Corey Michael Hadley, Army infantryman and sharpshooter, dies at 30
After six years and three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Corey Michael Hadley returned home to Philadelphia in…
America Has Tried Reparations Before. Here Is How It Went.
With a renewed focus on reparations for slavery, what lessons can be drawn from payments to victims of other historical…
What everyone should know about Reconstruction 150 years after the 15th Amendment’s ratification
I’ll never forget a student’s response when I asked during a middle school social studies class what they knew about…
The Names of 1.8 Million Emancipated Slaves Are Now Searchable in the World’s Largest Genealogical Database, Helping African Americans Find Lost Ancestors
The successes of the Freedman’s Bureau, initiated by Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and first administered under Oliver Howard’s War Department,…
An exhibit celebrating 400 years of African American culinary history is coming to New York
African American culinary traditions have a long and storied history, but their influence doesn’t often receive the recognition it deserves.…
The Privilege of White Victimhood
We’re in the grips of a peak white-pity party moment. And it has the potential to incite a riot. Being…
Regina King on fighting white supremacists in Watchmen: ‘My community is living this story’
The Oscar-winner is playing a cape-swishing superhero in HBO’s revamp of the epic comic book. She talks wage gaps, wardrobe…
Richard and Mildred Loving Plead Guilty to Marrying Interracially
After marrying in Washington, D.C., in 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving returned to their native Caroline County, Virginia, to build…
KKK Bombs Alabama Home of Civil Rights Leader Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth
On December 25, 1956, Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama bombed the home of civil rights activist Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth.…
What Martin Luther King Sr. Wrote About His Son’s Death
In April 1968, my sons went to Memphis to help organize a struggle by the city’s sanitation workers to achieve…
Black Queens Came To Afrochella Dressed To Impress
This weekend Ghana hosted their annual Afrochella festival, a celebration of the different types of African cultures through music, food,…
Reading ‘Us’ Through Its T-shirts
With its star, Lupita Nyong’o, in awards contention this season, a look at the clothes that helped tell the story.…
MUHAMMAD: Mayor Hatcher Stood First and Stood Tall
Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher joined his ancestors on Dec. 13, after a long and distinguished career in public service.…
This Black-Owned Cafe is Redefining the Culture for People in Richmond, Virginia
A little black girl walks into a coffee shop and stops when she sees a black woman by the counter.…
Exploding Myths About ‘Black Power, Jewish Politics’
Many Americans tell the story of Black-Jewish political relations like this: First, there was the Civil Rights movement, where the…
Africa’s last three monarchies and why they remain standing
Monarchies in Africa can be categorized into two, sovereign or absolute monarchies and sub-traditional monarchies. Sovereign monarchies are kings who…
The Ivy Hotel: Maryland’s Black-Owned Oasis in the Middle of Charm City
The Black-owned boutique hotel has been open only five years, yet it already has a strong-hold on hospitality in the…
Etika (b. 1990), The Lives They Lived: Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.
His mental health problems collided tragically with the attention economy. On midnight of June 20, a new video went live…
Portland coach who comforted armed student named one of Time magazine’s heroes of 2019
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) — A Portland high school coach who confronted and comforted an armed student back in May has…
A 1970 Law Led to the Mass Sterilization of Native American Women. That History Still Matters
Marie Sanchez, chief tribal judge on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, arrived in Geneva in 1977 with a clear message to…
Truck Driver Launches Website To Help Travelers Find Black Owned Restaurants
Truck drivers spend a lot of time on the road and the meal options can be hit or miss. The…
Teen Entrepreneur Celebrates 10 Years in Business, Lemonade Distribution in 1,500 Supermarkets
She started a business that went from a single lemonade stand to the shelves of 1,500 supermarkets across the country.…
‘The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst’: The Grim History of January 1
Americans are likely to think of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as a time to celebrate the fresh…
The Magnolia House used to be a decades-old passion project for one man. Now, someone else shares that dream — his daughter.
GREENSBORO — Natalie Pass Miller loved her life in Atlanta working for the corporate sector. While on a visit back…
Muhammad Ali in a Broadway Musical? It Happened
Fifty years ago this week, “Buck White” opened, and very quickly closed. What does this footnote to theater history still…
Pardons for the Wilmington 10
Before leaving office next month, Gov. Bev Perdue of North Carolina should finally pardon the Wilmington 10, a group of…
The Snowy Day is Amazon’s beautiful, hopeful addition to television Christmas specials
On Thanksgiving, Amazon quietly published its contribution to the Christmas canon. The Snowy Day is an adaptation of the award-winning…
White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It’s not
“While most of us see ourselves as ‘not racist’, we continue to reproduce racist outcomes and live segregated lives.” I…
How Many Black Male Teachers Did You Have Growing Up?
Vincent Cobb II and Rashiid Coleman are the founders behind The Black Male Educators Convening, an organization on a mission…
The quiet brilliance of Kenan Thompson
How SNL’s longest-tenured cast member went from child star to the sketch show’s indispensable steady hand. NEW YORK — Kenan…
After the Eviction Notice | The New York Times
In North Charleston, S.C., a struggling family pulls together for the bitter experience of moving out. Shanatea Turner’s landlord filed…
Halima Aden Is First Black Woman In Hijab To Grace Cover Of Essence Magazine
The model, who is Muslim, has broken multiple barriers in the fashion industry. Model Halima Aden shattered yet another barrier…
U.N. Peacekeepers in Haiti Said to Have Fathered Hundreds of Children
Women and girls were left behind to face poverty, social stigma and single motherhood in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.…
She was on stage during MLK’s ‘I’ve a Dream Speech’ but little is said of the first black woman federal judge
At a time when segregation against Blacks was highly prevalent, Constance Baker Motley, a civil rights lawyer and trailblazer, made…
He Photographed Ferguson. Now Adrian Walker is in The National Portrait Gallery
The exhibition has deep roots for Adrian, yet the idea was first inspired by a series of coincidences. A friend…
Unita Blackwell Risked It All So Black Mississippians Could Vote
She was arrested dozens of times, and Klan members threw Molotov cocktails into her yard — but that didn’t stop…
Africa makes a scene: Best contemporary art fairs of 2020
From South Africa to Morocco, fairs including new and established creatives are drawing art lovers and buyers alike. African art…
The story of Breffu, a female slave from Ghana who led a massive slave revolt to take over the West Indies in 1733
Many rebellions took place during the peak of the slave trade. The reasons for the uprising are simple; enslaved Africans…
Remembering Curtis Mayfield Today on the 20th Anniversary of His Passing (December 26, 1999)
Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Curtis Mayfield’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career…
At 67 Years Old, JoAni Johnson Is Not Your Typical Model
The Harlem native and FENTY model shares her fashion and life wisdom with us. JoAni Johnson has been an avid…
Afrochella Is Ghana’s Ultimate Party With A Purpose
Cofounder and CEO Abdul Karim Abdullah hopes Year of the Return visitors will feel “a vibration of the country and…
This Black-Owned Tea Brand Is Headed To New York Stock Exchange
Vanessa Braxton, the owner of Black Momma Vodka, originally started out distilling vodka and then moved into the tea industry.…
Forever Feline, Forever Fierce (2008) | The New York Times
“Je cherche un billionaire,” Eartha Kitt purred last year from the stage of the Café Carlyle, the chic, intimate club…
When Oakland Was a ‘Chocolate City’: A Brief History of Festival at the Lake
Lake Merritt, the man-made lake at the center of Oakland, has been called the city’s beating heart. It is more…
Roberta Flack to Make Rare Appearance At GRAMMY Awards
In a press release earlier this week, the Recording Academy® announced its 2020 Special Merit Awards recipients. The Lifetime Achievement…