Reflect

Jermaine Kimbrough is an associate head coach for the men’s basketball team in his third season.  A Cleveland native, Kimbrough has seen first-hand how the sport of basketball has brought people together. What does Black History Month mean to him? In a word: everything. “The future, the past and the present. Every day we are […]

Instead of just focusing on historical figures, for Black History Month, WHYY is telling stories of black people who are breaking barriers in real time. This is the final story in the series. Read the third installment here. — It’s almost like the script of an indie movie that resonates with more and more people as […]

More than 700 Owls will walk across the stage at Tudor Fieldhouse to receive their degrees Dec. 5 during Rice University’s 2023 December commencement ceremony. Making up these graduates is a flock of talented students who will soon go on to become leaders and innovators across the country and the globe, using the knowledge and […]

CNN  —  Lee Vernon Newby, Jr., was still a teenager when he became one of the first African American men to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. “I was young and scared. I was so nervous, but I wanted the opportunity,” he said.

He pointed to six African American Catholics whose causes for canonization are underway in Rome: Venerables Pierre Toussaint, Mother Mary Lange,

The cover of Daughters of Latin America. Harper Collins hide caption toggle caption Harper Collins The cover of Daughters of Latin America. Harper Collins Award-winning writer, editor and filmmaker Sandra Guzmán once heard an alarming statistic: Every 14 days, an Indigenous language dies around the world. That is, in part, what prompted her to seek […]

Hirshhorn Leaders Reflect On Kusama Exhibit’s Impact  DCist Source link

Dr. Shakur was involved in Black liberation organizations such as the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) and the Republic of New Afrika, and he also dedicated his life to holistically treating and transforming the lives of working class drug addicts in the radical Lincoln Detox Center. On the night of July 6, revolutionary and former political […]

Here’s a sentence you see every four years: The United States is a favorite to win the Women’s World Cup. Why should the public not believe the hype this time? The United States’ résumé is top of its class: The team will head to this summer’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand as the No. […]

Tetra images RF/Getty Images According to the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, 20% of justices serving on state supreme courts are people of color despite Black, Latino, Asian American, Native American and multiracial people making up 40% of the US population. CNN  —  State supreme court justices are […]


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