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Danny Glover, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Reparations, African American History, Black History, KOLUMN Magazine, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

What Americans Need to Know About Reparations Ahead of This Week’s Big Hearing | Slate

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Devin Katayama & Slate Danny Glover and Ta-Nehisi Coates are scheduled to testify at the hearing Wednesday. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Theo Wargo/Getty Images and Anna Webber/Getty Images for the New Yorker. Featured Image On Wednesday, a House Judiciary subcommittee will hold the first congressional hearing in more than a decade on the […]

African American Entertainment, Black Entertainment, African American Radio, Black Radio, WDIA Radio, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

How America Got Its First Black Radio Station | Atlas Obscura

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

In 1948, Memphis channel WDIA became a community voice and a rock ‘n’ roll star-maker.

Mass Incarceration, Mass Incarceration of Women, School To Prison Pipeline, Criminal Justice Reform, Criminal Justice, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

In Los Angeles, only people of color are sentenced to death | The Guardian

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

The county’s prosecutor has won death sentences for 22 defendants, none of them white, report shows

Juneteenth, San Francisco, Rachel Townsend, African American History, Black History, American History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

The Woman Who Kept Juneteenth Alive in San Francisco | KQED

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Devin Katayama & Ericka Cruz Guevarra,KQED A memorial table at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco honors community leaders who have passed. Rachel Townsend (center) who died in 2018 is remembered for her activism and organizing of the city’s annual Juneteenth parade. Featured Image San Francisco’s Juneteenth, a commemoration of the […]

Salamander Resort & Spa, Sheila Johnson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

The Only Black-Owned 5-Star Resort In The U.S. Is Perfect For Your Grown Woman Bachelorette Party | Essence

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

Sheila Johnson’s Salamander Resort in Middleburg, Virginia, is worth the scenic drive.

Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change, Chelsea Kwakye, Ore Ogunbiyi, Cambridge, African History, African American History, Black History, American Slavery, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KINDRD, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

What Cambridge University taught us about racism | The Guardian

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Cambridge graduates Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi have written a guide to help students – and it’s the second title published by Stormzy’s #Merky Books

Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change, Chelsea Baltimore, Baltimore Racism, Race Relations, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KINDRD, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Baltimore Officer Arrested After Manhandling Passerby Who Commented On Detainment Of Another Man | Essence

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Baltimore Sgt. Ethan Newberg is facing charges of assault, false imprisonment and misconduct after his questionable detainment of Lee Dotson.

Kamala Harris, African American Politics, African American Vote, Black Politics, Black Vote, Willoughby Avenue, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, WRIIT, Wriit,

Kamala Harris would lean on presidential power, not Congress, for big plans | San Francisco Chronicle

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., would tackle her priorities using a novel set of executive actions that would require nothing from Congress.Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press. Featured Image WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris has unveiled an ambitious set of policies as part of her presidential campaign that have a […]

Middle Passage, Slave Trade, American Slave Trade, African American History, Black History, U.S. History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT,

What Is the Middle Passage? | ThoughtCo.

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

The History of the Slave Trade Across the Atlantic

Reverend Phoebe Roaf, African American Faith, African American Church, Black Faith, Black Church, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

First female, African-American Bishop to lead West TN Episcopal Diocese | WMCTV

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Kontji Anthony, WMCTV Most Rev. Michael Curry, the first African-American presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was chief consecrator on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Hope Church, for the Rt. Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf’s consecration service. Roaf is the Fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. (Lisa Buser/Special to The Daily Memphian). Featured […]

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