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Douglas Mason / Contributor / Getty Images During the 2011 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference, April 30th was proclaimed as “International Jazz Day.” According to the
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 […]
When Clifton R. Wharton Jr. was appointed president of Michigan State University in 1969, he became the first African American in the nation to be named to head a major, predominantly white university. For Dr. Wharton, it was just one of many firsts. He was the first Black chancellor of the State University of New […]
1954’s Brown v Board of Education, one of the paramount Supreme Court Rulings of the inchoate Civil Rights movement, mandated the desegregation of schools across the United States along racial lines. Implicit in that was equal investment and opportunities for all students in the newly-integrated schools. But 70 years later, a national study conducted by […]
Jasmine Weiss, MD, MHS, FAAP, assistant professor in UNC’s Department of Pediatrics, led surveys of 26 HBCU premedical advisors to document challenges facing Black students who want to pursue medical school and serve communities across the country. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – There are 45.3 million African Americans living in the United States and they represent […]
The host of the comedy and advice podcast Call Her Daddy, Alex Cooper, said at the start of her episode with Kamala Harris that she invited former president Donald Trump to come on the show. “If he also wants to have a meaningful, in-depth conversation about women’s rights in this country, then he is welcome […]
by Ben Jealous (Trice Edney Wire) – When Rodney Smith’s uncle invited him to go to Sedona for a hike, Rodney, who is Black, said to himself, “Hiking? That sounds like something white people do.” Rodney went on the hike. And it changed his life. “I loved everything about it. I loved the scenery. I […]
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Three years after pandemic-era funding led to a boom in Black-owned businesses in the US, the cohort of entrepreneurs seeking to expand is facing the same barriers to capital that hampered generations of owners before them. In 2023, just 32% of Black owners were fully approved for a loan or line of credit, compared to […]
Nature is for ALL of Us. Black people face enough barriers to enjoying the outdoors. Self-defeating stereotypes should not be one of them. | Commentary
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June 9, 2024
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