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Winning Artists Announced for Monument to Shirley Chisholm, the First US Black Congresswoman | Hyperallergic

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019African American Activist, African American History ...

Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous have won the inaugural She Built NYC commission with their dynamic proposal, “Our Destiny, Our Democracy.”

The Black Power Movement Gets a Permanent Display at the Oakland Museum | Hyperallergic

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019African American Activist, African American Art ...

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.

How Black Artists Mobilized in 1970s Los Angeles | Hyperallergic

May 2, 2019May 13, 2020African American Art, African American History ...

In a panel discussion, some of these artists look back on how African American arts professionals and Black-owned galleries exhibited their work and promoted their careers.

Akala: “I don’t enjoy explaining that black people are human beings” | New Statesman America

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019Black Activist, KINDR'D ...

Anoosh Chakelian, New Statesman America [dropcap]In[/dropcap] late 2017, the rapper and political thinker Akala was driving in London, on his way to a meeting, when a police car pulled him over. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “Gang members drive cars like this,” the suspicious officer claimed, before an embarrassed colleague took him aside. She’d recognised Akala, whose activism, […]

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ | The Atlantic

January 22, 2019January 17, 2022African American History, Black History ...

“We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.”

The Consequences of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Canonization | The Atlantic

January 22, 2019January 18, 2021KOLUMN Magazine

The civil-rights leader is now celebrated as a modern founding father, a celebration that gives those who oppose his policy agenda a claim to his legacy.

50 Years After Their Mug Shots, Portraits of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders | The New York Times [Lens]

January 10, 2019January 22, 2019African American Activist, African American History ...

Maurice Berger, The New York Times Gloria Bouknight, at 20 years old, and at 74 in 2015. While living in New York City, she discovered the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, on a visit to Harlem, and became an active member. Since then, she started a business representing European designers in the United States, […]

(1990) Bush Vetoes Civil Rights Bill | The Washington Post

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018Affirmative Action, African American Activist ...

Ann Devroy , The Washington Post [dropcap]President[/dropcap] Bush yesterday vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1990, prompting the sharpest criticism he has endured from women, unions, blacks and other minorities since taking office. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In a three-page veto message to Congress, Bush said that “despite the use of the term ‘civil rights,’ ” the […]

Viola Davis Stars As Shirley Chisholm in New Movie | Colorlines

December 3, 2018African American History, African American Politics ...

“The Fighting Shirley Chisholm” follows the first Black congresswoman and her trailblazing 1972 run for president.

He Was ‘Socializing’ With a White Woman—Then Ended Up Dead | Daily Beast

June 28, 2018African American Commuities, Race ...

In 1983, Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured after being dragged behind a truck and fatally stabbed more than 30 times. One of his accused killers was convicted Tuesday.