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At a time when the truth of Black history is being challenged, it’s more important than ever to support the institutions that preserve, protect, and elevate our stories. Across the United States, Black-led museums are doing vital work—documenting the past, shaping the present, and inspiring the future. Whether you’re planning a cultural trip or seeking […]
MENASource March 24, 2023 Print this page Black Iraqis have been invisible for a long time. Their vibrant culture and struggle must be recognized. By Sarah Zaaimi When roaming the streets of Hila or Baghdad, it is almost impossible to tell who is Sunni, Kurdish . . .
What makes blue Black? In her latest book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, the scholar and writer Imani Perry traces the spanning, interdisciplinary connection between the color blue and the Black diaspora. The book opens with a simple anecdote: Perry’s grandmother had a blue bedroom. Not just any […]
America Has a Problem: What the Beyoncé Bowl and Kendrick Halftime Show Can Tell Us About Black Artists Embracing “American” Culture Wesleyan Argus Source link
The culture of the African diaspora has immersed nearly every aspect of modern American pop culture. Artists like Burna Boys, Tems, Davido, and Ayra Starr are among the biggest names in Afrobeats, R&B, and pop. Fans from across the globe fly out to visit ODUNDE Festival and Afrofuture Fest, aka ‘Afrochella.’ Chefs Tolu “Eros” Erogbogbo […]
Painted with the support of the city council in 2017, a mural spanning the entire side of a six-story building in Guayaquil’s financial district went largely unnoticed for more than a year in Ecuador’s most populous city – until it triggered outrage. The painting showed two men grappling over money: one dressed in a suit, tie […]
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 […]
In the days before President Joe Biden’s final moments in office, Justin Hansford, a Howard University law professor, received a call from a White House staffer. They told Hansford that Marcus Garvey, the revolutionary Jamaican leader who pushed for the unity of Black people and a collective return to Africa, would soon be posthumously pardoned […]
Blame it on the Black Man “Blame it on the Black Man” is a powerful and uplifting anthem that resonates deeply with our role as leaders in our community. It reflects our responsibility as steadfast guardians, committed to supporting one another.
Amid an aggressive campaign to roll back diversity and inclusion programs, which could bring a more forceful implementation of the banning of African American history in some public schools, a new book seeks to do the opposite. Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories That Changed the World, released last month, offers American students an alternative […]