Breanna Edwards, Essence [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not every day one gets accepted into 31 colleges and is offered more than $900,000 in scholarships to boot. It’s definitely something worth sharing, but Kayla Willis, a senior at Westlake High School in South Fulton, Georgia still hesitated, first asking her dad if it was appropriate. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “He was […]
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On Black Difficulty | Slate
Toni Morrison and the thrill of imperiousness.
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Look Back at the Original Broadway Production as A Raisin in the Sun Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary | Playbill
Lorraine Hansberry’s seminal drama about the experiences of a black family in Chicago opened on Broadway on March 11, 1959.
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65 Boundary-Breaking Black Women Who Have Paved The Way | Essence
It’s International Women’s Day, and we’re taking a look back at some African-American women who haved paved the way for both us and future generations. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] From legendary icons like Madame C.J. Walker and Nina Simone to 21st century trailblazers like Michelle Obama and Ava DuVernay, here are 65 dynamic women who have inspired […]
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Reparations Are a Moral Imperative and Political Disaster | Bloomberg
How Democrats can lead the discussion on racial inequality.
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How Alicia Graf Mack became Juilliard’s first black director of dance | The Undefeated
William C. Rhoden, The Undefeated [dropcap]Alicia[/dropcap] Graf Mack knew since she could utter her name that she was born to become a ballerina. But as her dreams came within reach, she faced obstacle after obstacle that made her consider walking away from dance for good. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] For Women’s History Month, The Undefeated highlights the […]
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Meet The First Black Woman To Earn A Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. From Nation’s Top Program | HuffPost
Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Sivels, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, is the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan, the top program in the country. “It was […]
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Black is Beautiful: celebrating the significance of Kwame Brathwaite | The Guardian
The Brooklyn-born photographer spent his career working to elevate natural black beauty during a time when the fashion industry was resistant
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In Detroit, a push to use African-American history and culture to help students succeed | Chalkbeat
There are African words on the wall. Books by African-American authors in the cabinet. Posters of notable African-American scholars on the walls. But much of what makes this an African-centered classroom is what happens when teacher Welia Dawson and her students are breaking down a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] This […]
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Washington University’s Rafia Zafar pieces together African-Americans’ contribution to cuisine in ‘Recipes for Respect’ | STL Mag
Early on, black butlers and cooks taught white people how to eat and drink well. Harder lessons had to wait a century.
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