Barack Obama Is Family And His Voice Counts
I appreciate President Obama acting as daddy- and granddaddy- in chief using his voice and directing his comments to Black men who in his mind were taking a stand against their own best interests.
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A Tribute To A Black Dance Icon
She was Sydney Gibson King, a ballerina and the founder of the Sydney School of Dance who recently died at the age of 104.
AU’s Ambassadors Ball Honors Leaders Working to Empower African Diaspora
Hosted by Hilda Suka-Mafudze, the African Union Permanent Representative to the United States, the event honored Ambassador Susan Rice, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, singer Angelique Kidjo and Randall Robinson, the founder of TransAfrica, posthumously.
KWANZAA CONNECTS FAMILY HISTORY
Reaching down into the plastic bin and pulling out my Kwanzaa decorations, I realized it had been more than a two-decade family celebration.
Philadelphia is facing an historic and pivotal political moment
The city is poised to be headed up by its first African American female mayor or its first Asian American mayor
Barbara Bullock: Fearless Vision at Woodmere Art Museum
The exhibition influences seekers to recapture darting flashes of energy tucked away in their consciousness and to reach beyond cultural borders.
Enslaved Africans came to the Americas with skills
Ron DeSantis has stated that Black people learned valuable skills as the result of their enslavement. His uninformed opinion also points to another fundamental oversight in the American discourse about slave
Enslaved Africans get no Reparations from King of Netherland; Just Apologies
Although slavery was officially abolished in the Netherlands in 1863, it didn’t really end until ten years later.
Noted Historian Charles L. Blockson Remembered
Charles Blockson, a noted historian, author, bibliophile and collector, has died at the ageof 89. He is being remembered as the “architect of one of the most prestigious collections of African American artifacts in the US.”
Cheyney University’s Inaugural Kente Ceremony
Addressing the soon-to-be graduates Cheyney President Aaron A. Walton said, “The ceremony represents and acknowledges the accomplishments you have achieved in America’s first HBCU, and legacy institution.”