Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous have won the inaugural She Built NYC commission with their dynamic proposal, “Our Destiny, Our Democracy.”
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The Black Power Movement Gets a Permanent Display at the Oakland Museum | Hyperallergic
The museum has opened a permanent exhibition about Black activism in the Bay Area, which, contrary to public perception, was not always an accepting, progressive place.
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Natalie And Derrica Wilson Are Dedicated To Finding America’s ‘Black And Missing’ | HuffPost
“If not us, who will do it?” asked Natalie Wilson.
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These Black Women Make Sure Their Communities Are Seen | HuffPost
Meet 11 black women who are encouraging others to see the beauty in themselves.
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Nikki Giovanni Blasts Trump Presidency: Black People Voting for Him Is Like a Vote for Slavery | Atlanta Black Star
Kiersten Willis, Atlanta Black Star Nikki Giovanni speaking at Emory University in 2008., Featured Image [dropcap]Poet[/dropcap] Nikki Giovanni wants Donald Trump’s presidency to crash and burn and said Black Americans voting for him was like a vote for slavery. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “My heart breaks for the next generation with these fools in the White House,” […]
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An Artist Honors the Overlooked Activism of Black Women | Hyperallergic
Helina Metaferia’s exhibition By Way of Revolution connects histories of protest movements and acknowledges the overlooked labor of women within them.
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She was the youngest speaker at the March for Our Lives. A year later, Naomi Wadler is still fighting gun violence. | The Lily
At the rally, the 11-year-old spoke about the black girls ‘whose stories don’t make the front page
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On Black Difficulty | Slate
Toni Morrison and the thrill of imperiousness.
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Karyn Parsons Talks About Her Debut Novel, ‘How High the Moon’ | Black Girl Nerds
New Novel Highlights Jim Crow, Colorism and George Stinney, Jr.
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The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s Autobiography | History.com
Missy Sullivan, History.com Truman Moore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images, Featured Image [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not often that a little-known chapter from one of the most important books of the 20th century emerges into the public sphere. Especially one in which a prominent civil-rights figure delivers a stern rebuke to his race. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In July 2018, the […]
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