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Celebrating The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa!
Founded in 1966, the seven-day festival is a way for African Americans to practice community building and heritage ...
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A key to Black Americans’ health may lie in a misunderstanding of the slave trade
Does a genetic secret explain why a devastating form of kidney disease affects Black Americans? In the summer of 2008, with ...
Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
Buried among Florida's manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the ...
U.S. judge delays ruling on Arkansas’ motion to dismiss LEARNS Act lawsuit
A federal judge on Friday postponed a final decision on most of Arkansas’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit over the ...
Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade
Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can ...
Vallejo Times Herald3h
Jose Carrizales: Understanding homelessness
Nationally, 40% of the homeless are African-American. Yet, they make up 13% of the U.S. population. In Solano County, a study conducted by Homebase in 2022 found that the median home values in Vallejo ...
‘Nickel Boys’ Leads 2025 Black Reel Awards Nominations; ‘Piano Lesson’ Close Second
RaMell Moss' 'Nickel Boys' and Malcolm Washington's 'The Piano Lesson' lead the nominations for the 25th Black Reel Awards ...
Napa Valley Register9h
Napa County students invited to enter Black History Month contests
Napa County Students grades 3 to 12 are invited to celebrate Black history and culture by participating in one or both of two ...
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Andrew Samuels: Late-1800s newspaper publisher, pastor, educator in Shreveport
Samuels was ordained in 1888 and became a beacon at many churches in Shreveport, including St. Rest Baptist Church, St. Luke ...
More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater
But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the ...
YES! Magazine1d
Building the Black City: History, Capitalism, and Reparations
In his new book, Building the Black City: The Transformation of American Life, Joe Trotter Jr., Ph.D., explores the role of Black Americans in creating, sustaining, and expanding cities all over the ...