Michael Bennett: Posts Letter About Police Encounter
Fresh from our, "Must Read" file, NFL player and activist Michael Bennett writes a letter detailing his encounter with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police...
Fourth of July: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass Speech
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman talks Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 address to the Rochester Ladies Antislavery Society entitled, " "The Meaning of July Fourth...
EJI and Google.org Partner to Resolve Racial Justice
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...
Melanoma Monday: Blacks at Risk for Skin Cancer Despite Myth
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...
Villa Lewaro: Madam C.J. Walker’s Summer Estate Still Stuns
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...
Yo’ Paper: Tips for Success for Black & Brown Women PhDs
On October 27, Tiffany Martinez, an aspiring professor posted “Academia, Love Me Back,” to her blog, as a response to the wave of emotions...
Cyber Monday: The Ultimate Black Buying Guides
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...
Black Hollywood Unites for ‘Lets Show Up and Vote’ PSA
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...
‘Black Folk Don’t’ Series & Season Finale Tonight on PBS
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,...
Barbados: What’s the Controversy Over White Miss Barbados? (Op-Ed)
*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...
