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With 'American Fiction,' Jeffrey Wright aims to 'electrify' conversation on race, identity
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJeffrey Wright is earning awards-season kudos for his grumpy role in the acclaimed satire “American...
Wayne State professor's book 'I Saw Death Coming' in contention for National Book Award
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA Wayne State University professor is in the running for one of the most prestigious honors in...
Petersburg African American Trolley Tour: Treska Wilson-Smith fine-tuning it
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPETERSBURG — Have you taken the Petersburg African American Trolley Tour? The inaugural tour took...
Jesmyn Ward's 'Let Us Descend' is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJesmyn Ward's slave narrative “Let Us Descend” and Jake Bittle's exploration of climate change's...
10 Words Added To First Oxford Dictionary Of African American English
VIBE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA first-of-its-kind dictionary is coming to the world that’s comprised of words created, defined,...
David Oyelowo’s Long Obsession with the Real-Life Bass Reeves Finally Yielded a Groundbreaking...
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFor some 10 years, British-American actor-producer David Oyelowo has nurtured his obsession with the...
Quest to right an injustice: How a DNA test revealed the truth of this Peoria woman's ancestry
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs a light-skinned African American woman, Candice Hammons was always curious about her roots. She...
The HistoryMakers: Documenting untold stories of Black achievement
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt a time when we're having a national discussion about how Black history fits into the American...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJune 19 (or Juneteenth) is considered Black Independence Day by many in the United States, as it was the day that many enslaved people in Texas were...
'10 Million Names': Learn more about the history of enslaved people of African descent, freedom...
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor many Black Americans, tracing one’s family roots back more than 150 years has been nearly...