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The film “Hidden Figures,” based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly, focuses on three African-American women who were essential to the success of early spaceflight. NASA embraces their legacy and strives to include everyone who wants to participate in ongoing exploration. Hidden Figures is a movie based on actual events. While the movie dramatizes some […]
North Preston’s Trevor Silver released Trev Black History Volume Four earlier this month. For Black History Month, he uses his clothing brand to feature Black public figures from Nova Scotia and abroad who have done great things, says Silver. Every year, he collaborates with someone new. “This year’s design, I commissioned local Black artist Letitia […]
Even as New York’s museums deliver a season of exhibitions in which the Black figure is emphatically, profoundly present, these institutions are reckoning with legacies of absence, invisibility and anonymity. Along with the bold, triumphant portraiture of Henry Taylor at the Whitney and Barkley L. Hendricks . . .
Image: Hasbro Hasbro’s 6″ line of Star Wars action figures, the Black Series, launched a decade ago, and has gone on to give us
CNN — At first glance, you may think you recognize some of these iconic photographs. The poses, clothing, and framing seem familiar, but look again. These faces aren’t from history books – they are self-portraits of renowned photographer Samuel Fosso, and they have earned him this year’s Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Founded by The […]
By Hub staff report / Published May 25, 2023 A leading global philanthropist, a trailblazing national security analyst, a groundbreaking advocate for Black students at Hopkins, an international expert on mood disorders, a pioneering geneticist and immunologist, a renowned law and economics scholar, and a distinguished broadcast journalist received honorary degrees during Johns Hopkins University’s […]
Hong Kong(CNN) A top Cambodian opposition figure was sentenced to 27 years of house arrest on Friday after being convicted of treason in a verdict the United States denounced as a “miscarriage of justice.” Kem Sokha, head of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), is the latest of a long line of government critics […]
Abra Lee is a horticulturalist who studies U.S. gardening history. She fondly remembers her own relatives’ gardens as holding a special place in horticultural history. Carlos Alejandro/Abra Lee hide caption toggle caption Carlos Alejandro/Abra Lee Abra Lee is a horticulturalist who studies U.S. gardening history. She fondly remembers her own relatives’ gardens as holding a […]
By late March last year, barely a month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war was already at a stalemate. And this is where we are now, at the end of the war’s first year. Russia can’t win because NATO has its global standing on the line and will support Ukraine to the end, but […]
Here at WR Immigration, we strive for the pursuit of knowledge and a cultivation of an environment of diversity and inclusion. This foundation informs every aspect of our services as immigration professionals, and we prize a dedication to these pursuits in every employee. This Black History Month, we want to continue our learning by showcasing […]