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Elaine Newton's summer reading list: Share your sunblock with Joan of Arc, Tracy Flick
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe uninitiated might accuse Artis—Naples book reviewer Elaine Newton of judging her books by their...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died
theGrio via AOL· 4 weeks 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 Yahoo News· 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...
'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...
Charlie Brown’s Token Black Friend Has Been Controversial for Decades. Peanuts Finally Has an...
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 months agoConsider the timeline of Black Americans entering predominantly white institutions; notable events...
30 Civil Rights Leaders of the Past and Present
Biography via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIda B. Wells, John Lewis, Thurgood Marshall, and Tarana Burke are just some of the Black civil rights activists who continue to impact American society...
Opinion | I Don’t Mourn the Queen
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBIRMINGHAM, England — It is a peculiar sensation to live in a nation plunged into mourning when you cannot comprehend the feelings of loss. Whilst the...
10 Celebrities Who Got Their Start on ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’
Biography via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe 10 Most Famous MousketeersAlamy As the Great Migration of African Americans made its way north,...
‘The Souls of White Jokes’ aims to show how racist humor feeds white supremacy, author says
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAuthor and sociologist Raúl Pérez has written a book called “The Souls of White Jokes,” which, he...