Fresh from our, “Must Read” file, NFL player and activist Michael Bennett writes a letter detailing his encounter with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has hired Civil Rights attorney John Burris to exp...
Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman talks Frederick Douglass’ July 5, 1852 address to the Rochester Ladies Antislavery Society entitled, ” “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.” Watch legendary thespian ...
Google.org recently pledged to double its $1 million contribution to further support the innovative social justice and community engagement work of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Based in Montgomery, Ala. EJI, in partnership ...
In an article entitled, “Dark Skin Tones and Skin Cancer: What You Need to Know,” on Skincancer.org, the author writes: “People who have dark skin tones often believe they’re not at risk for skin cancer, b...
Madam C.J. Walker, Reverend Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, the American Women’s Heritage Society, Queen Nzinga and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) are just a f...
On October 27, Tiffany Martinez, an aspiring professor posted “Academia, Love Me Back,” to her blog, as a response to the wave of emotions she felt when a professor circled “hence” on her paper and wrote “this is not your word....
Turkey Day is officially over and the march to holiday season is on! No matter what religion to which you subscribe, gift giving is more than likely a part of the tradition. If you’re not religious, then you may be looking t...
Members of Black Hollywood came together to launch a Public Service Announcement urging people of color to go out and vote on November 8th via the newly formed organization, Artistic Alliance For Justice (AAJ) PSA producers Steven...
The season finale of the fourth and final season of satirical documentary web series “Black Folk Don’t,” airs tonight on PBS. The critically-acclaimed web series, featured in Time magazine’s “10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life,”...
*This article originally appeared on Linkedin on September 20, 2016. It has been edited here for audience. In less than 48 hours after Shannon Harris was crowned Miss Universe Barbados 2016, the Facebook post of Barbados Today’s (...
