29 notable African Americans who helped change the world
From activists to entertainers to record-breaking athletes to a postal worker, we shine a spotlight on the contributions of 29...
Thursday, January 21, 2021
AFRICAN DIASPORA
The Most Famous Combat Unit of World War I was Black
The most famous African-American Combat Unit of WWI, known as the Harlem Hellfighters, or originally the 369th Infantry Regiment of...
Remembering the 30 Black Girls imprisoned for 45 days for buying movie tickets
They had enough of the segregation and wanted to be integrated. They thus protested. And, that was their crime protesting segregation....
Colombia is systematically killing off its Black citizens
“This is where the bodies lay,” the Afro Colombian activists casually pointed to a spot outside the window as the...
The enslaved black people of the 1960s who did not know slavery had ended
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which changed the status of over 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the South from...
Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx Awarded $3.75 Million Grant by New York State
New York state officials have approved a $3.75 million grant to help build the Universal Hip Hop Museum. The museum...
Racial Gap in High School Dropout and Completion Rates Is Close to Non-Existent
A new report from the U.S. Department of Education offers new data on high school dropout and completion rates that state the gap between...
Senegalese Farming Group Embraces Solution To Hunger, Poverty, Deforestation
86 smallholder farmers are celebrating their completion of a four-year Forest Garden program designed to end food and financial insecurity...
Kobe Bryant’s Family Foundation Donated At Least $1M To Build National Museum Of African American History And Culture
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant were founding donors for the 2016 opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History...
A look at the life and times of Kobe ‘Black Mamba’ Bryant
Father of Kobe Bryant, retired professional basketball player, Joseph Washington “Jellybeans” Bryant had a successful career as an NBA player...
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