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American actor Richard Roundtree, heralded as “the first Black action hero” for his starring role in the iconic 1971 hit Shaft, died Tuesday at 81, US media reported. Hollywood publication Deadline said that the actor, known for opening doors for other Black artists in the industry, died with his family at his bedside, “after a […]
FILE PHOTO: Cast member Richard Roundtree poses at the premiere of the movie “What Men Want” in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
A recent Emory College graduate and a current junior are among 76 young scholars from around the globe working this year to create unique public projects stemming from their own research. Niara Foster, who graduated in 2022 with a degree in African American studies, and junior Ansley Langham, a double major in math-political science and […]
AJ Henderson – Georgia Southern Athletics 13 Ga. Southern GSO 4-2 , 1-1 41 Winner James Madison JMU 6-0 , 3-0 Ga. Southern GSO 4-2 , 1-1 […]
The word Chipko means “to stick” in Hindi. The Chipko Movement started in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India in 1973. Villagers, mostly women, hugged trees to prevent them from being felled by logging contractors. In using their bodies as a shield the protesters highlighted the deep connection that they have to the forest […]
Netfa Freeman is Co-Coordinator of the Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team. He joins us from Washington to discuss the 4th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM which kicks off with a webinar on October 1st and actions taking place throughout October. The theme of this year’s month of action is From Niger to Haiti […]
Republican U.S. presidential candidates pose together before the start of the second Republican candidates’ debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S. September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake Acquire Licensing Rights
The term “affirmative action” has a long history in the United States. One early reference appears in an executive order that President John F. Kennedy signed in 1961, directing federal contractors to “take affirmative action” to prevent discrimination against job applicants and employees on the basis of race or other factors. Today, affirmative action generally […]
A still image from video, published by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence, shows what it said to be an attack and neutralization of the military radio-technical node of the units of the armed forces of Armenia in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this image taken from video published September 19, 2023. Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defence/Handout
Michael Wyke/AP Darryl George, a 17-year-old junior, has been suspended from Barbers Hill High School for not cutting his loc hairstyle for more than two weeks. CNN — A Black Texas high school student who was suspended because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code was suspended again upon his return to school Monday, […]