Mati Diop Becomes The First Black Woman To Have A Film In The Cannes Film Festival Competition Section | Essence
Her Senegalese film, “Atlantiques,” will compete for the Palme D’or this year.
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Protests erupt after police shoot woman near Yale University | NBC News
“I am so deeply sorry to the individuals who were involved that this ever occurred,” said the mayor of Hamden, Connecticut.
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Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund New Water Projects | Colorlines
Five years after the water crisis began, the city continues to recover with projects to protect residents and update infrastructure.
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‘I’m either too black or not black enough’: One teenager’s experience | BBC News
Aries Brown, BBC News Illustration by Debie Loizou. [Reuters], Featured Image This article was written by Aries Brown, an 18-year-old African-American student at an international school in eastern Europe. It was originally written for her school newspaper, and has been reprinted with her permission, and that of her school. Coming here for my senior year […]
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Should Ethiopia stick with ethnic federalism? | Al Jazeera
And is the current federal system encouraging ethnic violence?
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The government has failed to learn the lessons of Windrush | New Stateman
Ministers don’t appear to understand what racial discrimination is, argues the Runnymede Trust.
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How prison pulls them back in: The story of Kerry Lathan and Nipsey Hussle is a window onto a parole system that re-incarcerates far too many people for technical violations | New York Daily News
MARA SCHIAVOCAMPO and TOPEKA K. SAM, New York Daily News When Kerry Lathan was released on parole after serving 25 years for murder, he went to rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle’s Marathon store for some free clothes, so he could look good while reuniting with family and friends. That trip would trigger a disastrous chain […]
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Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November | The Root
Jay Connor, The Root Image: iStock, Featured Image I love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned their daily news programming. And with TV One’s decision to can Roland Martin’s News One Now in 2017, those of us eager for network news have had […]
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EyeSeeMe bookstore teaches children the value of African-American history | USA Today
Tanisha Sykes, Special to USA TODAY, USA Today Jeffrey and Pamela Blair are the co-owners of EyeSeeMe African American Children’s Bookstore in University City. CAROLINA HIDALGO | ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO, Featured Image As African American parents, Pamela and Jeffrey Blair of St. Louis, Missouri, always taught their four children about their history and helped […]
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A Play About Maya Angelou is Being Developed for Broadway | Colorlines
“Phenomenal Woman: An Evening with Maya Angelou” will debut in 2021.
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