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The land of Haile Selassie is finally recognizing its Rastafarian community | Quartz
Ethiopia’s government has announced it will issue identity cards to members of the Rastafarian community, a religious group that has long been seen as stateless in the horn of Africa nation.
View MoreShame on You Jeff Bezos! Amazon Data Center Threatens a Century-Old Black Va. Neighborhood | The Root
More than a few outraged citizens turned out this weekend to protest the fact that behemoth company Amazon, via its lackey Dominion Virginia, is attempting to seize 50 acres of land belonging to a mostly elderly African-American Northern Virginia community that dates back to slavery.
View MoreHBO doc ‘Baltimore Rising’ explores life after Freddie Gray | The Washington Post
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The producers and participants in “Baltimore Rising” say national and local media sensationalized the protests that erupted after the death of Freddie Gray, but that their new documentary humanizes the narrative.
View MoreZelda Wynn Valdes – One of the Most Influential African-American Fashion Designers | Black Then
She was one of the founding members of the National Association of Fashion Accessory Designers, an organization intended to promote Black designers.
View MoreBert Long, Jr. Gallery: Artist Talk w/Romeo Clay Robinson | Houston Museum of African American Culture
Romeo Clay Robinson loves people! He finds their condition, feelings, thoughts, dreams, and aspirations interesting, consequential and holding extreme value.
View MoreObama-Era Retirement Savings Program for Low-Income Workers Gets the Ax | Atlanta Black Star
NEW YORK (AP) — A savings program put into place under President Barack Obama and designed to get more people to put away money for retirement is being killed by the Treasury Department, which said it is too costly to maintain.
View MoreThe Butler Effect: How Octavia Butler Changed My Life | OkayAfrice
After Wild Seed, I devoured every Octavia E. Butler book our library had – perhaps why it didn’t strongly register that so few of the books I read for school were about black people.
View MoreMichelle Obama Says Racist Attacks She Faced as First Lady ‘Cut the Deepest’ | The Root
Former first lady Michelle Obama was a breath of fresh air Tuesday at a live armchair conversation with the Women’s Foundation of Colorado President Lauren Casteel in Denver. Poised and graceful as always, Obama still touched on some tough topics and spoke out frankly about the hurt she felt from the racist attacks she received while in the White House.
View MoreFormer ‘Shark Tank’ Competitor of ‘Me and the Bees’ Lemonade Gets More Than $800K from NFL Players | Atlanta Black Star
A pre-teen entrepreneur is well on her way to getting her lemonade business out of the start-up stage thanks to some NFL players who appreciate her vision.
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