— BY, STAFF, SHOPPE BLACK Tani Adewumi discovered his affinity for chess while living in a homeless shelter in Manhattan. Three years later, at 10 years of age, he now the country’s newest national chess master. At the Fairfield County Chess Club Championship tournament in Connecticut on May 1, Tani won all four of his […]
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The Ground Breaking review: indispensable history of the Tulsa Race Massacre | The Guardian
On the centenary of the attack on ‘Black Wall Street’, one of the worst racist outrages in US history, Scott Ellsworth has produced an impeccable work — BY, MICHAEL HENRY ADAMS Under the subtitle “An American City and Its Search for Justice”, Scott Ellsworth has produced a much-needed book that acts like a mirror. Though […]
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Kweisi Mfume to seek congressional seat vacated by death of Elijah Cummings | The Washington Post
Former NAACP chief and congressman Kweisi Mfume said Monday that he will run for the U.S. House seat most recently held by his friend Elijah E. Cummings, who died last month. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Considered an elder statesman in Baltimore politics, Mfume, 71, occupied Maryland’s 7th District seat from 1987 to 1996, when he stepped aside […]
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Foundation Consortium Acquires Historic African American Photographic Archive | Smithsonian
To Be Donated for Public Benefit and Broadest Possible Access
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Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November | The Root
Jay Connor, The Root Image: iStock, Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned their daily news programming. And with TV One’s decision to can Roland Martin’s News One Now in 2017, those of us eager for network news have had […]
View MoreThis Nigerian boy just became a chess champion in New York | BBC
Sherrexcia Rolle is adding a little #BlackGirlMagic to the predominantly white aviation industry.
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Jaden Smith’s Foundation Unveils Filtration System Designed to Provide Flint with Clean Water | The Root
Jay Connor, The Root Jaden Smith Hollis Johnson/Business Insider, Featured Image [dropcap]While[/dropcap] Jaden Smith is most commonly known for his acting chops and blossoming rap career, on the low, the son of Jada and Willard is quite the philanthropist too. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Associated Press reports that the 20-year-old’s JUST goods foundation is joining forces […]
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Local investors bidding on purchase of African American news talk radio station WBOK 1230 | The New Orleans Advocate
Advocate Staff Report, The New Orleans Advocate [dropcap]A[/dropcap] group of New Orleans investors is putting in a bid to purchase African American news talk radio station WBOK 1230 AM from Los Angeles based-Bakewell Media. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The partnership led by New Orleans native and actor Wendell Pierce includes Spears Group President and Chief Executive Officer […]
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Black History Month: Gloria Hayes Richardson led a movement | Daily Kos
Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg Gallery. Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] have never forgotten the first time I saw a photograph of a black woman dismissively pushing a National Guard soldier’s bayonet out of her face, and another image of that […]
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Man Sees $1 Baseball Bat at Garage Sale and Discovers Its Jackie Robinson’s | The Epoch Times
One never knows what he or she might find at a garage sale, and one man in Iowa can definitely attest to this statement.
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