DIASPORA—From bright beads to bold prints and beautiful colors, African fashion continues to inspire the world.
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Int’l African-American Museum’s New Genealogy Research Center Will Help Black People Trace Their Roots | Atlanta Black Star
Sticking to its mission of encouraging visitors to trace their family history, the International African-American Museum in Charleston, S.C., announced the launch of a new genealogical research center on Tuesday, July 18.
View MoreFreedmen’s Hospital – First Hospital of its kind to provide medical services to former slaves | Black Then
The Freedmen’s Hospital was founded in Washington D.C, in 1862. It was the first proper hospital of its kind to provide medical services to former slaves. Later on, it was upgraded into a lavish and more proper hospital for African-American community residing in Washington D.C.
View MoreLetitia Wright on Her ‘Instinctual’ Approach to ‘Black Panther’ | WWD
The Guyana native plays Princess Shuri in the upcoming Marvel film, due out early next year.
View MoreKeith Baird, Linguist Who Fought the Use of ‘Negro,’ Dies at 94 | The New York Times
Keith Baird, a linguist from Barbados who rose to prominence in the 1960s arguing persuasively against the use of the word Negro and in favor of the term Afro-American, died on July 13 in Atlanta. He was 94.
View MoreNextGen: Black Quantum Futurism Is a Women-Led Incubator Rooted In Black Liberation | OkayAfrica
DIASPORA—Over the course of July we’ll be publishing short profiles, essays and interviews on the theme of “Afrofutures.” Together these stories will be a deep dive into the way African and diaspora thinkers, technologists and artists view a future for Africans in the world and outside of it.
View MoreWhy I’ve never reported being sexually assaulted on public transport | The Guardian
A sense of disbelief has always stopped me calling the police. And many friends have reacted in the same way. But new figures show things might be changing.
View MoreThe first woman to start a bank — a black woman — finally gets her due in the Confederacy’s capital | The Washington Post
Maggie L. Walker started a newspaper. She was the first country’s first woman to found a bank. She was a humanitarian, a teacher, an icon of her community in 1920s Richmond.
View MoreA Bold Sista: Move Over, Bernie Bros. Nina Turner Is the New Head of Sanders’ Our Revolution | The Root
Nina Turner is not hard to describe. She’s that other black woman on MSNBC and CNN talking about workers rights, fighting back and pushing for a progressive agenda, even during President Barack Obama’s administration.
View MoreJessica Williams Says Learning About ‘Womanism’ Helped Her Embrace the Beauty of Her Blackness | Atlanta Black Star
Comedian Jessica Williams may seem like the epitome of confidence, but she says she has struggled with her appearance throughout her life.
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