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A black-and-white portrait of Alonzo Davis (image courtesy Alonzo Davis Studios; all photos courtesy parrasch heijnen gallery) Artist and gallerist Alonzo Davis, who championed Black American art and culture over a six-decade career, passed away in Hyattsville, Maryland on Monday, January 27 at age 82. Parrasch Heijnen gallery, which began representing him in 2021, confirmed […]
Moustafa Bayoumi: ‘A civil encounter with no overwhelming winner’ The first question the vice-presidential candidates were asked in their debate was, frankly speaking, bonkers: “Would you support or oppose a pre-emptive strike by Israel on Iran?” The vast majority of the globe is waiting for the United States to exercise real global leadership and bring, […]
Senior USAID FSO Griff Davis was an inspiring pathbreaker who brought photojournalism and diplomacy together to chart changing times. BY DOROTHY M. DAVIS Griff Davis stood at the vortex of history and the future as a Buffalo Soldier in Italy during World War II, the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., and the Independence Movement […]
Angela Y. Davis is a scholar, teacher, activist, and organizer. She has published books on race, class, and gender, including Women, Race, and Class (1981); Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday (1998); and Are Prisons Obsolete? (2003). She helped to popularize the notion of a “prison-industrial complex.” In 1969 she came to national attention […]
Elijah Pepper’s 28 points helped UC Davis defeat UC San Diego 70-63 on Thursday. Pepper added five rebounds and five assists for the Aggies (18-12, 13-6 Big West Conference). Kane Milling added 13 points while going 5 of 11 (3 for 6 from 3-point range) while he also had three steals. Ty Johnson had 12 […]
CNN — Despite knowing they would likely be relegated to support roles due to the color of their skin, a father and son chose to make the military their lifelong career. Determined to succeed, they became America’s first Black generals. In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general […]
Patti Davis, daughter of former President Reagan, said the United States should “probably” administer cognitive tests to presidential candidates in an interview that aired Sunday. “Probably,” Davis said, when asked in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” whether she thought cognitive tests should be given to those running for the nation’s highest office. […]
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