Cultural
The YMI Cultural Center, on the corner of S Market and Eagle streets, August 30, 2023. ASHEVILLE – One of the nation’s oldest Black cultural centers, located here, has named a new director, a move that comes in the middle of historic renovations and a legal battle with the former director − as well as […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New data from the Gallup Center on Black Voices reveal that majorities of Americans, across racial groups, report that they are familiar with Black influences on American culture and think Black Americans are given credit and celebrated for their contributions. Yet less than half of Black adults in the U.S. think that […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Black History Month begins on February 1. People in Raleigh are getting ready for a month full of festivities and celebrations. On Saturday, the 23rd Annual African American Cultural Celebration officially kicked off events across North Carolina. It’s a celebration of the past, the present, and the future. The North Carolina Museum of […]
Huntington Beach officials said Friday the city will recognize Black History Month, Women’s History Month and other cultural observances in 2024, despite the City Council seemingly voting to the contrary earlier in the week. The council passed an item 4-3 on Tuesday night to institute a 12-month calendar that will see each month dedicated to […]
The black poppy is a symbol of “cultural suicide” and divides people, a former US Veterans’ Affairs Secretary has claimed. Robert Wilkie, who is a Colonel in the US Air Force Reserves, criticised the use of the 13-year-old black poppy appeal. The Black Poppy Rose looks to promote the contributions made by black, African and […]
Fans, friends, and family members of legendary actor and producer Richard Roundtree are mourning his death at age 81 on Oct. 24. Roundtree rose to fame in the early 1970s when Black action figures and characters began taking Hollywood by storm. He is most known for taking on the role of “Shaft” in 1971, […]
The genre of horror, specifically Black horror, has been gaining attention in mainstream media in the past decade. Films by Black writers and directors featuring Black actors — think “Us” and “Get Out” by writer and director Jordan Peele — explore themes of race and gender through a different lens while opening larger dialogues […]
Day one of an international conference studying reparations, slavery and education began Wednesday, Oct. 18 in Cherry Brook—an historic African Nova Scotian community just outside of Halifax—at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. One of the two Halifax universities responsible for the conference happening in Canada for the first time is the University of […]
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Springfield, MA — This year’s Springfield Cultural Appreciation Week (CAW) celebration will feature a posthumous tribute to US Marshal John Gibbons and Hampden Juvenile Assistant Clerk Magistrate Abbie Davies, who is believed to be the first woman and first African-American woman to hold the position in Hampden County. The celebration will take place Friday, October […]