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 Africa’s urban transformation: Signs ofAfrica’s urban transformation: Signs of opportunity and hope The people of Africa living south of the Sahara dessert (in the region commonly designated Sub-Saharan Africa [SSA], also a casual synonym for Black Africa) are ... (continue) |
 Sometimes the rainbow is not enufAfrican-American women graduate students, depression, and suicide She went to a shooting range a few miles away from Columbus, Ohio. She asked to take the introductory shooter’s course. She watched a required instructional v... (continue) |
Why Lord?Why Lord? “Black America stands at the precipice. African American unemployment is at its highest in 25 years. Thirty-five percent of our children live in poor families. Inadequate healthcare, rampant incarceration, home foreclosures, and ... (continue) |
 Countdown 2050: Equity in AmericaThis post is written by PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell. Ms. Blackwell is a co-author of the forthcoming Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future.One of the first visible signs of the current ... (continue) |
African-American Biographies-Constance BConstance Baker Motley The First African-American female federal judge.An accomplished African-American lawyer, judge and civil rights activist.Constance Baker Motley was a pioneer in the field of law, becoming the first African-American judge.Motley was born ... (continue) |
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Why Lord?Why Lord? “Black America stands at the precipice. African American unemployment is at its highest in 25 years. Thirty-five percent of our children live in poor families. Inadequate healthcare, rampant incarceration, ... |
Countdown 2050: Equity in AmericaThis post is written by PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell. Ms. Blackwell is a co-author of the forthcoming Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future.One of the first visible signs ... |
African-American Biographies-Constance Baker MotleyConstance Baker Motley The First African-American female federal judge.An accomplished African-American lawyer, judge and civil rights activist.Constance Baker Motley was a pioneer in the field of law, becoming the first African-American ... |
African-American Biographies-Gordon ParksGordon ParksThe First African-American to produce and direct a film for a major studio.An entertainment icon remembered for being a photographer, director, writer and composer.Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was ... |
Reframing The Color LineReframing The Color Line-Race and The Visual Culture of The Atlantic World Co-curated by Martha S. Jones, Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, and Clayton Lewis, ... |
Construction Begins Martin Luther King, Jr. National M By BRETT ZONGKER (AP) WASHINGTON - Construction can finally begin on the long-delayed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial slated for the National Mall after the National Park Service issued building permits Th... |
African-American Biographies-Ntozake ShangeNtozake Shange-For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is EnufSource: Encyclopedia BritannicaNtozake Shange original name Paulette Linda Williams born Oct. 18, 1948, Trenton, N.J., U.S. American author of plays, poetry, and ... |
African-American Biographies-Percy L. Julian"Born the grandson of Alabama slaves during segregation in 1899 and facing a lifetime of personal and professional challenges, Percy Lavon Julian nevertheless went on to become one of the 20th... |
Harlem once called the Capital of Black AmericaThis is the third article or installment in a series that I’m calling “Brownsville”. If you have not been following or traveling along with me on the “Chitlin Circuit” not to be confused with t... |
Georgetown And The Ghost of Jim Crow Georgetown And The Ghost of Jim Crow The Quest To Rebuild Brownsville Series - Part 2 This is the second article in a series of what I’m calling “Brownsville” where I explore th... |
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