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How the GI Bill widened the Black-white wealth gap
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMy grandfather used the GI Bill to buy a home. But discrimination barred most other Black veterans from these benefits. Will the U.S. provide...
Colin Kaepernick, African art: AP African American studies reworked after controversy
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe College Board reworked the recommended course material for its disputed Advanced Placement...
GI Bill opened doors to college for many vets, but politicians created a separate one for Blacks
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlthough the GI Bill enabled generations of former service members to acquire higher education and...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA parade float drives by during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations in...
Fighting a double war: a Black journalist in WWII
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere is news, and news. A celebrity sighting is one kind. A nation in default is another. But the most urgent news of all, the ultimate News You Can...
Best Black-owned Fried Chicken Joints in the US
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRecently I ran into a thread online that talked about how Korean fried chicken was the best fried chicken ever made. I watched as users went back in...
Remembering the Trailblazing Black Supermodels of the 1970s
Fashionista via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBell bottoms, Watergate, "Star Wars", disco — the 1970s were as tumultuous as they were fabulous....
Black veterans received lower benefits because of racism, study says
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe nation typically spends Veterans Day honoring soldiers for their service. But a study released...
WNC History: Integration at Black Mountain College
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the Jim Crow South, integration was not easy, even for one of the most progressive educational institutions in the United States at the time – Black...
Racial wealth gaps are yet another thing the US and UK have in common
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBritain's Prince William speaks during the unveiling of the National Windrush Monument on June 22,...