Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker Donna Brazile wrote that she is “excited to join the honest and passionate debate at Fox News about our future.”Photograph by Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call / Getty. Featured Image [dropcap]Donna[/dropcap] Brazile, who has twice served as the interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, is one of the […]
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Stacey Abrams for …. Governor? Senator? Veep? President?! The Georgian who is usually sure about everything finds herself conflicted about her future. | The Cut
Rebecca Traister, The Cut In an election-night tweet, Democrat Stacey Abrams urged her supporters to “STAY IN LINE until your vote is cast.” Three polls stayed open late after some voting machines in predominantly black districts were delivered with no power cords, rendering them useless. (Stacey Abrams/Twitter). Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] am sitting in a car […]
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Karyn Parsons Talks About Her Debut Novel, ‘How High the Moon’ | Black Girl Nerds
New Novel Highlights Jim Crow, Colorism and George Stinney, Jr.
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The One and Only Naomi Osaka | The Undefeated
She’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside a blistering forehand: For all her growing fame, the world’s No. 1 remains tough to define—just the way she likes it.
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50 Powerful Pictures From Black History That Speak For Themselves | BuzzFeed
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” —Booker T. Washington
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Capturing Black Bottom, a Detroit Neighborhood Lost to Urban Renewal | CityLab
“Black Bottom Street View,” now exhibiting at the Detroit Public Library, thoughtfully displays old images of the historic African American neighborhood in its final days.
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Teaching Hard History | Southern Poverty Law Center
Kate Shuster, Southern Poverty Law Center [dropcap]Schools[/dropcap] are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery, educators are not sufficiently prepared to teach it, textbooks do not have enough material about it, and – as a result – students lack a basic knowledge of the important role it played in shaping the United States and […]
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The Mass Graves Of Tulsa (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle
A century after the destruction of “Black Wall Street,” a city searches for victims.
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Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me review – soul star stories | The Guardian
This documentary celebrates the singer’s remarkable return to the stage after a car accident but fails to illuminate the darker corners of the world he lived in.
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Stories of African-American women aging with HIV: ‘My life wasn’t what I hoped it to be’ | The Conversation
Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation Marcella Wright has been living with HIV for decades. She was recruited to be in one of the first HIV treatment programs and was the only woman in the group. Aamir Khuller, CC BY-NC-SA. Featured Image [dropcap]Sophia[/dropcap] Harrison, 51, is a single mother of two, with an extended family to support. […]
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