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 ...
“They’re telling our kids, ‘You’ll never be human enough for us to treat you like equals.’” She thinks the board’s entire approach to Black history rings false. “They don’t want ...
“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 ...
Though, for many of us, the subject remains a point of contention. Black hair has a long history of being politicized and stigmatized in the workplace for men as well as women. Join Sheronda Lacy, ...
Series such as ‘Franklin’ and ‘Manhunt’ have turned AppleTV+ into a home for a certain style of period stories.
“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 ...
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 ...
The national award-winning Seattle-based exhibit aims to preserve African and Black history and culture ... “Part of what held us together was our love for one another.” ...