Don’t pit slavery descendants against black immigrants. Racism doesn’t know the difference. | USA Today

An anti-African, anti-black-immigrant stance is shortsighted. As we celebrate Black History Month, we should not divide the black community. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Should African American/black identity be defined by descendants of slavery, or by African ancestry? This increasingly bitter debate in the black community is undermining the spirit of Black History Month. At the center of […]

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Author of ‘Decolonial Daughter’ discusses motherhood, racism and her letters to her European son | New York Amsterdam News

Brooklyn-born author Lesley-Ann Brown decided to write her book, “Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to Her European Son” to express all of the intricacies of life and Blackness in extremely different geographical settings. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Brown moved to Copenhagen, Denmark 18 years ago, where she had a son. The book is a collection […]

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‘Tidal wave of voter suppression’ washes over states, lawyer says | NBC News

“They can do it electronically, they can do it digitally and in ways we never thought about when I was coming along,” said Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] law will make elections fairer In Texas, officials in mostly white Waller County, citing cost concerns, announced that they would not make an early voting site […]

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There Have Been 10 Black Senators Since Emancipation | The New York Times

Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first. A few days ago, 300 people gathered in the Old State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the election of Hiram Revels as the nation’s first African-American member of Congress. As nearly everyone knows, in the nation’s more than two centuries of […]

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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Niece on Her Uncle’s Legacy and Making Her Modeling Debut | Vogue

Jean-Michel Basquiat had a singular sense of style, and Lisane confirms that he loved fashion. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] This season, Coach creative director Stuart Vevers yet again drew inspiration from the 1980s. While the spring 2020 runway interpreted this theme more broadly, with T-shirts and tank tops featuring famous Richard Bernstein portraits of the likes of […]

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