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LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — Retired Capt. Gail Harris said her dream of joining the Navy started when she was a little girl. “Well when I was 5 years old, I was watching a movie with my father called ‘A Wing and a Prayer,’ Harris said. “It was about the U.S.S. Enterprise aircraft carrier right […]

ANGELIQUE WALKER-SMITH This past Martin Luther King holiday, I had the honor of being with the Rev. Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, at a gathering of Pan African faith leaders. She exhorted us to “stay on the mission!” These are words for all of us to reflect on […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Donald Trump’s “influential” billionaire adviser Elon Musk a day after the new U.S. president promised to cut funding for South Africa over a land expropriation law, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson said Wednesday. Ramaphosa’s conversation with Musk was “logical,” spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said, because the South […]

If you’re like me, you might’ve spent the last six months or so wondering what “Black jobs” are exactly, post President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration campaign rant in June 2024, when he claimed that Latinx people are taking employment opportunities away from African Americans. While Trump warned of Hispanic communities threatening African American employment, the president […]

Black History Month has been around since 1926, and except for the first two years, each year features a different theme. Last year’s theme was African Americans and the Arts. The year before, the theme was Black Resistance. This year’s theme: African Americans and Labor. The theme was developed by the Association for the Study […]

In one of his famed self-portraits, Omar Victor Diop, a Senegalese photographer and artist, wears a three-piece suit and an extravagant paisley bow tie, preparing to blow a yellow, plastic whistle. The elaborately staged photograph evokes the memory of Frederick Douglass, the one-time fugitive slave who in the 19th century rose to become a leading […]

Cuban President Diaz-Canel received representatives from 18 countries attending the International Conference on the Decade for People of African Descent. [Photo: Minister of Foreign Relations] Delegates representing organizations from around the world gathered in Cuba for the conference “Cuba 2024 Decade for People of African Descent.” The following declaration was produced and approved at the […]

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — From activists to entertainers to record-breaking athletes to a postal worker, 6abc shines a spotlight on the contributions of 29 influential African Americans in Philadelphia and beyond as we celebrate Black History Month. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander | Writer | 1898-1989 A native Philadelphian, Alexander was the first Black woman to receive […]

The roots of Irish and African solidarity can be traced to colonial times, when enslaved Africans and indentured Irish servants interacted on British-owned estates in North America. While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared activism highlighted this relationship between Blacks and the Irish in the United States. It would be defined by social, cultural […]

Black History Month has been around since 1926, and except for the first two years, each year features a different theme. Last year’s theme was African Americans and the Arts. The year before, the theme was Black Resistance. This year’s theme: African Americans and Labor. The theme was developed by the Association for the Study […]


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