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Coloured skin: the body art of Aida Muluneh – In pictures – The Guardian
Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh returned to her homeland to cut through the cliches of ‘animals, war, and famine’ with ultra-colourful images
View MoreNat Turner’s Bible Donated to National Museum of African-American History and Culture – Atlanta Black Star
Washington D.C.’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture is acquiring yet another important piece of Black history, thanks to the generosity of a Virginia Beach woman.
View MoreWhy Hidden Figures should win the best picture Oscar – The Guardian
Theodore Melfi’s feelgood biopic about three African-American women working for Nasa in the 1960s breaks boundaries with a knowing kick of its kitten heel.
View MoreCooperatives and the Black Liberation Movement – Atlanta Black Star
Cooperatives have long been a component of Black survival and economic development in the United States. Sadly, however, far too many of our people think they are white, “hippy” or “bougie” organizations that don’t have anything to do with us. Nothing could be further from the truth.
View MoreHow Voter ID Laws Discriminate – The Atlantic
A new comprehensive study finds evidence that strict voting laws do suppress the ballot along racial lines.
View MoreWhat’s Killing America’s Black Infants? – The Nation
Racism is fueling a national health crisis.
View More‘Segregation Had to Be Invented’ – The Atlantic
During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today.
View MoreSee the Story Behind Danai Gurira’s ‘Eclipsed’ Play In This New Documentary – Okay Africa
You can now see the story behind the Broadway play that made history as the first to feature an all-black, all-women cast and creative team in this new documentary.
View MoreThe bitter taste of Madagascar vanilla – Al Jazeera
In the world’s top vanilla exporting country farmers live in poverty and constant fear of losing their crop to theft.
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