160 years after the first Emancipation Day, the city’s Juneteenth traditions are alive and resplendent, anchored by the museum’s annual celebration, a testament to Black excellence in Philadelphia and beyond.
The vast halls of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris are hauntingly silent this spring. One prominent case, a towering wooden talking drum known as the Djidji Ayokwê, has just been removed. Its empty plinth is a stark emblem of centuries-old colonial plunder and the long road toward restitution.
Long before formal nursing schools or medical licenses, Black women brought life into the world under the shadow of slavery. Enslaved midwives labored in cramped cabins, relying on generations of oral knowledge to care for mothers and infants alike.
In February 2025, participants at the 38th African Union Summit, taking place in Addis Ababa, observed one of the most historical moments, as the African Union launched the African Union 2025 Reparations Agenda. This reparations agenda that addresses centuries of injustices, including transatlantic slavery, colonial expropriation, and structural underdevelopment, will lay a foundation for healing and sometime in the future restoration.
FIFA World Cup Africa Host tournaments carry singular significance: South Africa 2010 World Cup was Africa’s inaugural stage, showcasing the continent’s capacity and reigniting pride across the diaspora. The event’s economic imprint, dubbed World Cup Economic Impact Africa offers lessons for future bids.
Malcolm X at 100 matters because his life encapsulates a transformative arc from marginalization to global advocacy, offering timeless lessons for contemporary struggles.
As Black and Latino students across the U.S. increasingly attend resegregated, underfunded schools, and African nations face their own post-colonial educational hurdles, the call for justice reverberates across the diaspora. The 71st anniversary of Brown v. The Board of Education is not just a moment of remembrance, it is a rallying cry.
This article features seven innovative side hustles that are generating Black wealth in 2025, linking a heritage of side hustles or business for Black people in the past to today’s digital economy.
Black Americans are still pursuing side hustles, not as a trend but as a time-tested money-making need and growth strategy. In 2024, 15.2% of Black or African Americans had an active side hustle, above the 13.6% national average, and 6.4% worked more than one job during December alone.
Literature offers profound insights into human resilience, identity, and social transformation. This post spotlights five influential Black female authors whose narratives transcend geography to inform leadership practice.
