Here’s a little positivity. This spring, Dartmouth College will offer a new and necessary #BlackLivesMatter course that will focus on race, violence, disenfranchisement, and inequality in African-American history. According to The Dartmouth, the school’s student newspaper, about 15 of the university’s professors will teach separate sections of the class, “10 Weeks, 10 Professors: #BlackLivesMatter,” from different academic […]
Charlie Sifford, pro golf’s first African-American player and the first black man inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, died Tuesday at the age of 92. Sifford, who recently suffered a stroke, died at Southpoint Hospital in Ohio, according to PGA spokesman Wendell J. Haskins. Cause of death was not immediately released. The man […]
February is Black History Month, and while Selma and 12 Years A Slave are still fresh in our memories as some of the best historically set films ever made, others have been stuck in the annals as the years waned on. From To Kill A Mockingbird all the way to The Great Debaters, the African-American struggle for equality has been portrayed […]
They may be half the stature of the civil rights giants that paved the way for them, but students at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science are delivering a full dose of activism following the termination of educators for focusing on black history. On Monday, the students exercised their rights and walked out of class to […]
Parents of students at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS)² in D.C. are speaking out after teachers were fired for allegedly teaching African-American history. According to ABC 7, parents attended the charter school with their children to slam the school’s new principal for her decision to fire a number of teachers weeks after […]
Two Tuskegee Airmen who fought bravely in World War II passed away on the same day, both at the age of 91. Clarence E. Huntley and Joseph Shambrey passed away on Jan. 5 in their L.A homes. In 1942, the two friends enlisted in the military, serving as mechanics who kept the combat planes up […]
Dallas County, Texas unanimously voted in favor of “monetary and substantial reparations” for African-Americans’ suffering, after the County Commission approved a resolution proposed by John Wiley Price, their only Black commissioner. But it seems they had no clue what they were actually doing. Price’s Juneteenth Resolution also included a long list of injustices endured by […]
Believe it or not, February is nearing its end. That also means the holiday that began as “National Negro Week” in 1926 — which has evolved into a celebration of honoring black thinkers, creators and people who’ve helped change the world — is coming to a close. But in recent years, people have questioned the […]
In her most powerful video to date, Eunique Jones Gibson, a young culture architect from the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, chose to uphold the values of responsible leadership and humanity with her “Salute To Dr. King.” The video is an extension of Gibson’s adorable “Because of Them We Can” Black History Month campaign — a series of […]
Human rights activist, revolutionary and Mayor of Jackson, Miss., Chokwe Lumumba died on Tuesday. He was 66-years-old. Officials said Lumumba died at a Jackson hospital. The cause of death wasn’t immediately clear. Lumumba, best known for his activism and radical policy, was born in Detroit as Edwin Taliaferro. To rid himself of his “slave name” when […]
Sankofa. It’s a Asanta Adinkra symbol that roughly translates in English to “reach back and get it.” Essentially, it represents learning from the past to know where you are going in the future. That’s the message Eunique Jones Gibson, a young cultural architect from the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, wanted to send in celebration of […]
