terrorized and traumatized a community of Black students and committed one of the gravest sins in our city’s history," NBC reported. "The spring of 1970 saw the first general student strike in ...
Shirley Chisholm, first Black woman to be elected to Congress (in 1968) and to run for president (in 1972) 3. “History has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of ...
“If you spend as much time looking at local and national Black history as I have, you understand that systemic racism is real,” Cohen said. “It still impacts us today.” The 205-page text ...
The Caribbean is the largest origin source of Black immigrants, but the fastest growth is among African immigrants. The Black African immigrant population in the US grew by 246%, from roughly ...
Dr. Christina Greer: Hi, and welcome to The Blackest Questions. A trivia game show meant to teach us more about Black history. I’m your host, Dr. Christina Greer, Politics Editor for theGrio ...
Series such as ‘Franklin’ and ‘Manhunt’ have turned AppleTV+ into a home for a certain style of period stories.
Squatting, which may be shocking to some, has a deep history in the United States. Squatting was present during the California Gold Rush, the Great Depression and during World War II. During the ...
Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A long history of systemic racism and ...
“Yes, we have a lot of questions. I think all of us who deal with Black history have a lot of questions,” said Vickie Oldham, president of the Sarasota African American Cultural ...
with a black prewrap. “A Mal Pugh ponytail,” Shaw called it, in honor of Mallory Swanson, née Pugh, the US national team forward who wore her hair the same way. On Saturday, 19-year-old Shaw ...
VOA's Scott Stearns reports the campaigns are working to win the support of Black voters in Wisconsin.