The Hooks brothers documented life and joy in Memphis during the 20th century. Their images will be put on public view when the Memphis Art Museum opens ...
A groundbreaking digital exhibition and documentary about Black identity debuted during Soul Basel and Miami Art Week via The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (Miami MoCAAD).
Believers are denouncing historical fraternities and sororities that have been beacons of progress. If you walk into a university—especially a historically Black one—this fall, you might see the steps ...
As we mark Black History Month—100 years after Carter G. Woodson inaugurated Black History Week in 1926, and as the organization he founded reflects on a century of commemorating Black life—I find ...
Since its inception in 1915, the purpose of Black History Month has been to chronicle Black people’s path out of enslavement, the continued struggle for equity and civil rights, and to highlight the ...
Black Twitter has been a force since the platform started, creating a space for everything from discussing daily life to helping launch and spotlight movements like #BlackLivesMatter and ...
Racism is a widespread issue in the United States, resulting in disparities including access to healthcare, life expectancy and homicide rates for Black men. Despite average life expectancy among ...
Where you live can be just as important as how you live. That’s the takeaway from two major data sources examining Black life expectancy across the United States, with findings that point to some ...
After the COVID-19 pandemic devastated Black communities throughout the United States, there’s finally a touch of good news. The Centers for Disease Control recently released new data showing that ...
The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity. This is emblematic of a larger shift in Black representation that, if we’re ...
In 1923, UCLA, then known as the Southern Branch of the University of California, was home to just a few thousand students and was still two years away from granting its first degrees. Greek life, ...
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