Billionaire Bernard Marcus, The Home Depot cofounder, probably never thought that his public endorsement of Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump for President would turn sour for the home improvement and construction products retailer.
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Roy Hargrove, Trumpeter Who Gave Jazz a Jolt of Youth, Dies at 49 | The New York Times
Roy Hargrove, a virtuoso trumpeter who became a symbol of jazz’s youthful renewal in the early 1990s, and then established himself as one of the most respected musicians of his generation, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 49.
View MoreFour Black Workers Met with Nooses, Swastikas, N-Words File Racial Discrimination Against San Francisco Construction Company | Atlanta Black Star
“All I want to do is go to work, do right by my family, and come home safe every day…”
View MoreBarry Jenkins Brings James Baldwin Home to Harlem | The Atlantic
The U.S. premiere of the film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, held at the historic Apollo Theater, captured all the generous, urgent love the writer’s work conveyed.
View MoreAn emerald as big as your hand is found in Zambia — a whopping 5,655 carats | The Philadelphia Tribune
The emerald is being called “Inkalamu,” which means “lion” in the local Zambia Bemba language.
View More56,800 migrant dead and missing: ‘They are human beings’ | Associated Press
An Associated Press tally has documented at least 56,800 migrants dead or missing worldwide since 2014 — almost double the number found in the world’s only official attempt to try to count them, by the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration.
View More8 African heroes who led massive slave rebellions in the Caribbean but are less celebrated | Face2Face Africa
A little over the past decade, the stories of powerful kings and queens who worked hard at building powerful kingdoms and sustaining them for centuries have been unearthed to redefine the history of Africa as opposed to what has been fed to the masses by the West for several decades.
View MoreSimone Biles makes history, wins 4th all-around world gymnastics title while battling kidney stones – but she’s still disappointed | CBS News
CAITLIN O’KANE , CBS News [dropcap]Simone[/dropcap] Biles made history on Thursday by becoming the first woman gymnast to win four all-around world championships. Not only did Biles break a record at the 48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she overcame several challenges — including her own high standards, The Associated Press reports. [mc4wp_form […]
View MoreAva DuVernay to Direct Prince Documentary | Colorlines
The filmmaker describes her next documentary subject as “a genius and a joy and a jolt to the senses.”
View MoreMoMA Is Finally Giving Legendary Black Artist Charles White His Due | Vice
Black people have made great art forever but have been mostly ignored by large museums. Nearly 40 years after his death, White is finally getting the acclaim he deserves.
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