Written by Lisa D. Tinsley Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. It went into effect on January 1, 1863. In the Confederacy, slaves were …
By Torrance Stephens In his memoir, My Life and An Era, attorney Buck Franklin, a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre who represented other Greenwood families in court after the tragedy, describes …
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor The reality for Black America and other people of color is that housing has not significantly changed since the 1968 federal enactment of the Fair …
On Tuesday, May 18, Disney Junior announced it was teaming up with Questlove and Black Thought From The Roots for a new animated short series titled ‘Rise Up, Sing Out.’ …
By Cory Turner, NPR and Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media Kai Humphrey, 9, has been learning from home for more than a year. He badly misses his Washington, D.C., elementary school, …
By Virginia Anderson More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research suggests. The reasons for the …
By Chandra Thomas Whitfield DENVER — Ietef Vita had planned to spend most of 2020 on the road, promoting “Biomimicz,” the album the rapper had released on his #plantbasedrecords label in …
Special Correspondent Danielle Harvey speaks with Dr. Neal Lester about the complex history and politicization of black hair in America. Dr. Lester is Foundation Professor of English and Founding Director …
Chaseedaw Giles When the pandemic hit, Debórah Bond, like many artists, was caught off guard. “I thought I’d be juggling gigs and touring,” said the independent R&B/soul musician. A full-time …