“We have to create the change we want to see,” says Brandan Odums.
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Who Ordered Killing of Honduran Activist? Evidence of Broad Plot Is Found | The New York Times
The evidence, the lawyers said, points to a plot against Ms. Cáceres that was months in the making and reached up to senior executives of Desarrollos Energéticos, known as Desa, the Honduran company holding the dam concession.
View MoreThe Perfect Woman to Paint Michelle Obama | The New York Times
It elevates a different kind of nuance in black portraiture, one that is even rarer: Ms. Sherald paints blackness that is quiet, ordinary and individual.
View MoreThere Are Currently 4 Black CEOs in the Fortune 500 | The Atlantic
Next year, that number is set to drop to three. What happened to progress toward diversifying corporations’ highest ranks?
View MoreBlack Lives Matter Is Democracy in Action | The New York Times
CHICAGO — Why has this generation of black activists failed to produce a Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or a Malcolm X — a charismatic, messiah-like figure who can lead a major movement?
View MoreThe Power of Imagery in Advancing Civil Rights | Smithsonian Magazine
“Whether it was TV or magazines, the world got changed one image at a time,” says Maurice Berger, curator of a new exhibit at American History
View MoreIs atheism the reason for Ta-Nehisi Coates’ pessimism on race relations? | The Guardian
In his latest book, Ta-Nehisi Coates, one of America’s leading public intellectuals, betrays an atheistic worldview devoid of redemption
View MoreReview: Faith Found and Lost in ‘Free in Deed’ | The New York Times
God’s grace seems cruelly missing in “Free in Deed,” a quiet, unsettling story of faith found and tragically lost.
View MoreNovelist Jesmyn Ward ‘Overjoyed’ by MacArthur Win | Atlanta Black Star
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An African-American novelist praised for her raw and powerful depictions of poor African-Americans confronting racial and economic inequalities in the rural South said Wednesday that winning a MacArthur fellowship gives her time and freedom.
View MoreWatch: This African American folk legend won her first Grammy at age 90 | Timeline
Elizabeth Cotten played her guitar upside down
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