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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How a single incident can change a life. J’Nai Bridges looked set to become a professional basketball player when a relatively minor falling-out with her coach led her to change course completely and pursue her […]
Disney’s “Ruby Bridges” movie, the focus of a controversy that recently put Pinellas County in the spotlight, has been cleared for use at North Shore Elementary School in St. Petersburg. A committee made up of three teachers, two parents and two community members unanimously determined after an 18-minute meeting Monday that the 1998 film about […]
(CNN) A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie’s use of slurs and argued it could teach students that “White people hate Black people,” according to school officials and documents obtained by […]
The African American Jewish relationship has a long and storied history dating back to the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60’s. The two groups played major roles in social movements from civil rights to labor and the African American support of anti-Nazi efforts during World War II. Over the years that alliance has diminished, but there are […]
JACKSON PARK — Charles Szymanski, a fixture of Chicago’s LGBTQ sailing community, was used to having people approach him for lessons. He always said no; he wasn’t a teacher and didn’t have a boat to teach on. But the messages kept coming. Now, with a donated boat and a passion to introduce more people to […]
Thema Bryant’s calling to psychology started when she picked up her family’s home telephone as a pastor’s kid growing up in Baltimore. Her father, Bishop John R. Bryant, led Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church—one of the biggest congregations in the city and the oldest in Maryland. “People would often call our home in moments […]
The “Dirty South” exhibit explores how Black culture has shaped and influenced the South and US culture through visual, material, and sonic components. BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is welcoming a new exhibit that celebrates 100 years of southern Black culture through a mix of sculpture, paintings, works on paper, assemblage, […]
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