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October 2, 2023
The White House issued a report providing strategies for higher education institutions to advance diversity and opportunities on college campuses after the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-based admissions. “The Supreme Court got ...
Derrick Adams, a New York-based artist who recently debuted with Gagosian in Los Angeles, kicked off a new art fair in Nashville with a talk held in the neighborhood of Wedgewood-Houston. The talk topic was his personal art practice and Black …
Hellzapoppin' – the film was deliberately nonsensical, with the comedians stopping the film to address both the movie audience and the projection booth. Film Bulletin commented, "It did not seem possible that the type of hilarity which went into the making of the legitimate show could be transplanted successfully to the screen. Yet here it is for all to see.”
Members of the Yale and New Haven communities gathered this week to confer degrees on the Rev. James W.C. Pennington and the Rev. Alexander Crummell, two Black men who studied theology at the university during the mid-19th century …
Laphonza Butler, an outspoken advocate of progressive equality legislation who. has reportedly raised a child with partner Neneki Lee, will become the first openly black lesbian to serve in the US Senate. California Governor Gavin Newsom has ...
In September 1773, Phillis Wheatley, a young enslaved woman from Boston, boarded a ship home from London, where she had gone to promote her forthcoming book of poems — the first ever published by an American of African descent. It was not …
The Black Effect Podcast Network is celebrating three years of creating and housing podcasts specifically for Black listeners. The network's founder, Charlamange Tha God, set out to combat the practice of Black creators signing transactional deals …
At a recent summit at the Clark County Government Center, teens were told to close their eyes and tear a paper to create a snowflake. Students, who were either presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers, public relations specialists …
The HBCU Culture Shop has made history as the first Black-owned HBCU clothing brand to be sold at Target stores. HBCU Culture Shop owners Danielle Riley and Stephanie Walters created a brand that honors Black history, colleges and …
Imagine being a lifelong, self-described huge fan of superheroes and comic books and then getting a chance to write a book about them. For Afro Latino writer and journalist David Betancourt, it was a dream come true — and it all started on a ...
In a bold move that underscores the power of entrepreneurship and representation, Shanayla Sweat, a dynamic young Black woman, departed her exciting role at Microsoft to establish A Few Wood Men, a trailblazing Black …
