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William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died
theGrio via AOL· 1 month agoAmilcar Shabazz, a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts, said Strickland followed […] The post William Strickland, a longtime civil ...
120 Inspiring Black History Month Quotes
Parade via AOL· 4 months agoDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses a crowd in Jan. 1965. February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes...
What is Afrofuturism and why should you be reading it? We explain.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt has been called a movement, a genre, a cultural aesthetic. Afrofuturism is all of those, but it's...
Tune Into Oprah’s Book Club Author Talks with These Podcasts
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTune Into Oprah’s Book Club Author PodcastsGetty Images Oprah’s Book Club has been highlighting...
'More than a building': JCPS breaks ground on future home for W.E.B. DuBois Academy
Gannett via AOL· 4 weeks agoNearly six years after opening W.E.B. DuBois Academy, leaders from Jefferson County Public Schools...
This HBCU gymnast has made history — twice. Here's how
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoA summer day in 2012 changed gymnast Naimah Muhammad’s life. Like countless others across the...
Walter Suza guest column: Affirmative action existed before enslaved Africans were free
Ames Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“Why does everything have to be about race?” That’s a typical question from racism deniers. I...
W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScholar-activist W.E.B. DuBois in 1946. Underwood Archives/Getty ImagesThe opening days of Black...
From Taylor Swift to Elon Musk to Joyce Carol Oates: Books for holiday gift giving
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoYes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and he has plenty of room on his sleigh for books. Books make...
This giant art exhibition in Opa-locka wants to change the perception of the city
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoArt has power. It can provoke. Educate. Connect. And, in the case of places like Wynwood and South...