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News India Racist hate crime against Black African students must end: Amnesty International The Noida police later booked over 300 people and arrested five people in connection with the assault on Nigerian students. Amnesty International India on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh authorities to bring to justice those responsible for recent racist attacks against black […]
9 July 2020 By Aleem Maqbool,BBC News ‘I feel like Black Lives Matter has become a trend’ A slogan chanted by tens of thousands around the world, Black Lives Matter has sparked a hashtag, a network of grass-roots organisations, and a moral collective of activists. But how did it go from a social media post […]
Not all travelers have the same experience when exploring the world. Lawrence Phillips, founder of Green Book Global, shares his top recommendations for Black-friendly countries that offer a wealth of cultural experiences, activities, traditional food, and history. Photo © Getty Images / Jack Hollingsworth There’s a whole world out there […]
Panama Bishop Julio Murray blesses a group of young adult children of clergy who are no longer active in church after they participated in an April 10 panel discussion addressing how churches can effectively reach out to younger people and serve them. The panel discussion was a highlight of the 2024 International Black Clergy Conference, […]
Civil Circles ‘We’re very disturbed by what we have seen, and this is why we’re very committed to support the Black class action,’ says Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking branch. Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking branch, left, and Nicholas Marcus Thompson, one of the representative class members […]
From movies to sports to music and everything in between, black culture resonates broadly extending deep, cultural traditions that span generations and all consumer groups. The power of black influence is something businesses and content creators should consider when developing strategic marketing campaigns and programs not only for African-American audiences, but for the general population, […]
Since the United Nations’ founding in 1945, African Americans have played prominent roles in forging the organization’s mission and work to advance international peace and harmony. Many of them started out as advocates for equality and justice at home, calling the president’s attention to the struggles of Black Americans, or during the civil rights movement. […]
Based on Jason Parham’s Wired article “A People’s History of Black Twitter,” this three-part series charts the rise, the movements, the voices, and the memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life. Become an IDA member to attend the 2024 IDA Screening Series. […]
The systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, an inquiry into US police brutality by leading human rights lawyers from around the globe has found. A week after the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of […]
When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival in the Western Hemisphere begins on the docks of the lowcountry coast. Overlooking the old wharf in Charleston at which nearly half of the enslaved […]