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A Florida school district is drawing fire for asking parents to consent to having their children participate in a book reading by an African American author to comply with state law. “I had to give permission for this or else my child would not participate???” wrote one parent, Charles Walter, who posted a photo of […]
Exclusive Miami Grade School Clarifies Permission Slip Re: ‘African American’ Book Assembly 2/13/2024 3:38 PM PT A Miami elementary school parent is outraged about a permission slip his daughter’s school sent seeking his sign-off on a book listening event featuring a Black author — something the school is now clarifying by blaming FL state law. […]
By Patrice WorthyFeatures correspondent Xinhua/AlamyEach August, African cleansing ceremonies take place at Fort Monroe to help Black Americans reconnect with their ancestors (Credit: Xinhua/Alamy) Forty years after receiving an anonymous tip, one man has been working to rewrite Black history to show where and how the first Africans arrived in the British Colonies. Standing in […]
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Every February, National Black History Month commemorates the triumphs, contributions and struggles experienced by the African American community throughout U.S. history. This year’s theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” highlights how art contributes to this narrative. For one Team Tyndall Airman it serves as a means for expression, […]
Black History program honoring African American women slated for Feb. 17 Published 11:33 am Monday, February 12, 2024 Dr. Carolyn Myers is organizing a Black History program that will honor the contributions of African American women at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Natchez City Auditorium, 207 Jefferson St. The program is titled, “Back […]
Jackson Green, an activist from Utah, has been arrested and charged with defacing a memorial to Black Civil War soldier at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC last autumn. According to a recently
The eyes grab you first. They stare at you from the black-and-white photo, soft and, it seems, inquisitive. Zoom out, and you notice the man’s appearance. Well-dressed in a suit jacket, a white dress shirt and a tie that is knotted perfectly. His hair is short. His name is Benton James and, in 1924, he […]
One hot Saturday in August 2014, Sandra Tamari scrolled through social media and learned that a Black teenager named Michael Brown had been fatally shot by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, Mo. Her heart “just sank,” she recalled, when she learned that Mr. Brown’s mother had stood on the other side of the police […]
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