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HBCUs are imperative to Black progress. Financial support from liberal allies is needed.
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoI have come to accept the permanence, to some degree or another, of that house here in America. At...
The history of the Black-white wealth gap explored in new book
MSNBC· 5 hours agoWriters Ebony Reed and Louise Story join Morning Joe to discuss the new book 'Fifteen Cents on the...
Celebrate Juneteenth by supporting Black restaurants
theGrio via AOL· 4 hours agoThis Juneteenth, the organization is hosting its fifth Black Restaurant Week in New York City, in effect now through...he and his team approach major ...
Morgan Freeman says he ‘detests’ Black History Month: ‘It’s not right’
The Independent US via AOL· 1 day agoIt’s not right.” He added: “My history is American history. It’s the one thing in this world I am...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 hours agoPremiering May 9 and executive produced by Prentice Penny (“Insecure”), “Black Twitter: A People’s History” chronicles the influence ...
Black Homesteaders Are Finding Freedom By Turning Toward Sustainable Living
Parents· 1 day agoHomesteading has a long history in the United States. Many of these Black homesteading communities...
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
CNN via AOL· 10 hours agoWhen the boats sounded their steam whistles, more than 700 men, women and children fled the...
How Prentice Penny docuseries charts the good, the bad and the ugly of Black Twitter
Los Angeles Times· 8 hours agoBlack celebrities, authors, journalists and just about anyone with a voice. It was called Black...
Discovering your family received 40 acres—only to have them seized back
Mother Jones· 36 minutes ago40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that gave formerly...
Grants available for Black-owned businesses along Route 66 in Illinois
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo Finance· 12 hours ago“We’re always hoping to get the word out, so more people have the opportunity to apply,” Bill Thomas, chairman of Route 66 Ahead said. “It’s not just preserving the