Vanguard Revisited: Poetic Politics & Black Futures highlights Bay Area artists and artist collectives whose work contextualizes the lasting impact of BPP ideology and activism, and the photographs of Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones.
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A French illustrator’s images of black women are controversial in Paris, but adored on Instagram | Quartz Africa
A meet-and-greet with illustrator Nicholle Kobi is titled A Parisian Instant, yet at home the French illustrator is overlooked. This, even as her work spreads from Instagram to communities of black women around the world, this week in Johannesburg. Kobi’s work has become something of a cultural phenomenon among women in the African diaspora. The […]
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On ‘The Best of Enemies’: Hollywood Must Stop Using Black People as Narrative Devices | Colorlines
Tambay Obenson writes that the film relegates Black people to “supporting roles in their own fight for freedom and recognition.”
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Second Chance Pell Experiment Expands Education Behind Bars | Colorlines
The program provides need-based grants to people incarcerated in state and federal prisons so that they can take college courses.
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Black, Latino Two-Parent Families Have Half The Wealth Of White Single Parents | NPR
Adrian Florido, NPR A study by the think tank Demos finds that black and Latino families with two parents still own only half as much as wealth as white single parents. David McNew/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] racial wealth gap has been measured and studied for decades. One fact has remained the same: White families […]
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A Heritage Center for Black History in Brooklyn Struggles to Remain Open | Hyperallergic
The museum, which preserves the history of one of the first free Black communities in New York, says that if a new crowdfunding campaign does not yield $200,000 before July, it will be forced to shut its doors for lack of resources.
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’48 years is enough’: activists and celebrities call for release of ex-Black Panther | The Guardian
Seventy-five public figures sign letter to New York governor asking for release of Jalil Muntaqim after nearly five decades in prison
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Nipsey Hussle: grand jury indicts man in fatal shooting of rapper | The Guardian
Eric Ronald Holder Jr pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to the killing of Hussle, a grammy-nominated musician
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian
Bernie Sanders appears to be the favorite to secure Ocasio-Cortez’s prized endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary
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Mati Diop on being the first black female director in Cannes | The Washington Post
Jake Coyle | AP, The Washington Post Ms. Rivers founded the Black Bourbon Society in 2017. It now has more than 4,700 members.CreditAaron Borton for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]CANNES[/dropcap], France — Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the first black female filmmaker in the […]
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