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African American History, Black History, Freedmen’s Bureau, U.S. History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Historic Freedmen’s Bureau Records Released | Smithsonian

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019

Volunteer Indexing Effort of 4 Million Freed-Slave Records Launched on Juneteenth

Jordan Peele, Get Out, Us, African American Film, Black Film, African American Cinema, Black Cinema, African American Directors, Black Directors, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele | Rolling Stone

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019

How do you top a movie that shook Hollywood? The auteur behind ‘Get Out’ has a simple plan: Scare the hell out of you

The O'Jays, Eddie Levert, R&B, R&B Music, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

The O’Jays Give the People What They Want for the Last Time | Rolling Stone

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019

After a lengthy breaking from recording, the group known for Seventies hits like “Back Stabbers” returned to the studio to make one final album

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Racism, American Racism, U.S. Racism, White Supremacist, White Nationalism, United Constitutional Patriots, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

F.B.I. Was Told That Militia in New Mexico Planned to Kill Obama and Clinton | The New York Times

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019

Simon Romero, The New York Times LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Before the F.B.I. arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of the right-wing militia that detained migrant families in the New Mexico desert, he’d had so many run-ins with the law that his police record stretched across much of the United States. Oregon police arrested him in […]

Mati Diop, Atlantiques, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Mati Diop Becomes The First Black Woman To Have A Film In The Cannes Film Festival Competition Section | Essence

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

Her Senegalese film, “Atlantiques,” will compete for the Palme D’or this year.

Stephanie Washington, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Yale University Shooting, Yale Shooter, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Protests erupt after police shoot woman near Yale University | NBC News

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

“I am so deeply sorry to the individuals who were involved that this ever occurred,” said the mayor of Hamden, Connecticut.

Flint Michigan, Flint Water Crisis, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund New Water Projects | Colorlines

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

Five years after the water crisis began, the city continues to recover with projects to protect residents and update infrastructure.

Colorism, Racism, African American Communities, African American Community, Black Community, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

‘I’m either too black or not black enough’: One teenager’s experience | BBC News

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

Aries Brown, BBC News Illustration by Debie Loizou. [Reuters], Featured Image This article was written by Aries Brown, an 18-year-old African-American student at an international school in eastern Europe. It was originally written for her school newspaper, and has been reprinted with her permission, and that of her school. Coming here for my senior year […]