The artist’s new book of collages incorporates magazine clippings, watercolor, and geological formations.
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Trailer for ‘Love Is_’ Explores Black Power Couple’s Origin Story | Colorlines
Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil drew from their own lives to develop this OWN series about two artists’ 20-year journey through love.
View MoreThen the Censors Came for Rap Music | The Atlantic
A barista at a coffee shop on the Duke campus was fired because a high-powered administrator took offense to the song she was playing off Spotify.
View MoreI’m Not Black, I’m Kanye | The Atlantic
Kanye West wants freedom—white freedom.
View MoreMichelle Obama: ‘I Wish that Girls Could Fail as Bad as Men Do and Be OK’ | The Washington Informer
At the United State of Women Summit in Los Angeles on Saturday, former first lady Michelle Obama talked with actor and activist Tracee Ellis Ross, star of “Black-ish,” about gender equality.
View MoreNearly 80% of hair products aimed at black women contain chemicals linked to cancer, infertility and obesity, study finds | DailyMail
Out of the 18 products analysed, 11 contain chemicals that are banned under the EU cosmetic regulations due to their links to cancer and female infertility.
View MoreR. Kelly and Bill Cosby are not being lynched | Boston Globe
If any of these people want to see a public lynching, original photos aren’t hard to find. They can see the hideously disfigured Till in his coffin, left open by his mother Mamie so that the world could see what racists had done to her son.
View MoreJames H. Cone, a Founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dies at 79 | The New York Times
He described black liberation theology as “an interpretation of the Christian Gospel from the experience and perspectives and lives of people who are at the bottom in society — the lowest economic and racial groups.”
View MoreRory ‘DC’ Felton, victim of fatal stabbing, remembered as pioneering member of go-go scene | The Washington Post
Rory “DC” Felton, a pioneering member of the city’s go-go scene, was remembered Sunday for his ebullient personality and his love of the District — best captured by the energetic tune “Take a Little Ride Through the City,” which the saxophonist co-wrote with his Rare Essence bandmates.
View More“We were just doing what needed to be done” | Harvard Business School
Four alumni recall the forces and factors that drove them to found the African-American Student Union, a vehicle for change that would have immediate—and lasting—impact.
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