Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Ermias Davidson Asghedom aka Nipsey Hussle, December 2018 (Prince Williams/Wireimage), Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap] banner of Nipsey Hussle is stretched across an exterior of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. It has been there for most of the year and is easy to spot if you’re cruising down the uneven stretch […]
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Washington University’s Rafia Zafar pieces together African-Americans’ contribution to cuisine in ‘Recipes for Respect’ | STL Mag
Early on, black butlers and cooks taught white people how to eat and drink well. Harder lessons had to wait a century.
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Candice Payne Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People in Chicago During Severe Cold Snap | The New York Times
As temperatures plunged to life-threatening lows this week, more than 100 homeless people in Chicago unexpectedly found themselves with food, fresh clothes and a place to stay after a local real estate broker intervened.
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The White Flight From Football | The Atlantic
Parents know that football comes with a risk of brain damage. But many black families feel that the sport is still the best option for their kids.
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One Lawyer, One Day, 194 Felony Cases | The New York Times
Right now, courts allow an individual to claim, after they lose, that they received an ineffective defense. But the bar is high.
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Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences | The New York Times
The larger implication is that people are not being afforded a sense of fairness and justice because the system is not responding to their language
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I’m Not African American… I’m Black | Ebony
Shahida Muhammad , Ebony [dropcap]What[/dropcap] does it mean to be African American? This is a question that is quietly resurfacing in Black discourse, due to the fact that many of our people are rejecting the term as a means of identification. While African American still manages to be socially accepted, it seems many privately take […]
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To Have Black Hair in America | Shoppe Black
Sixth grader Faith Fennidy was expelled on her first day of school for wearing braided extensions.
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The Creole queen of New Orleans | CNN
CNN, CNN [dropcap]Dooky [/dropcap] Chase’s gave African Americans a taste of the fine dining they were barred from, and now over fifty years later people from all over the world flock to experience Leah Chase’s culinary institution [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] CLICK TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE, CNN
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Lorna Simpson Maps the Complex Galaxies of Black Women’s Hair | The Atlantic
The artist’s new book of collages incorporates magazine clippings, watercolor, and geological formations.
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