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From America’s past with Black women such as: Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, JoAnn Gibson Robinson, and Fannie Lou Hamer, to the present day with Black women such as: District Judge of Washington, D.C. Tanya Chutkan, Attorney General of New York Letitia James, District Attorney for Fulton County Fani Willis, to Georgia election workers, […]
CANNES, France (AP) — Molly Manning Walker was still bleary-eyed from six months in the editing suite rushing to finish her first feature film when she arrived at the Cannes Film Festival. “It’s nice to have a deadline,” Walker, 29, said while sipping an espresso. “I work best with . . .
Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker formally entered next year’s race for North Carolina governor on Saturday, saying that he’s best suited to win the seat that has eluded Republicans for much of the past three decades, by attracting a diverse set of voters in the otherwise closely divided state. Walker, a former Baptist pastor who rode […]
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker formally entered next year’s race for North Carolina governor on May 20, saying that he’s best suited to win the seat that has eluded Republicans for much of the past three decades, by attracting a diverse set of voters in the otherwise closely divided state. Walker, a […]
Share this post or save for later Lawrence scholar and author Maryemma Graham during an upcoming talk will delve into her recent biography, in hopes of giving long-overdue flowers to the Black woman who she said revolutionized education and humanities. Graham, who’s a distinguished professor of English at the University of Kansas and the founding […]
Demonstrators take part in a protest held a day after a grand jury voted against indicting police officers in the fatal shooting of unarmed Black man Jayland Walker, in Akron, Ohio, U.S. April 18, 2023. Photo by Dieu-Nalio Chery/REUTERS AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Social justice activists called for widespread police reforms while marching through the […]
An Ohio grand jury declined to bring charges against eight Akron police officers — seven of them white — in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black motorist, officials said Monday. “The grand jury officers were legally justified in their use of force,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced. A […]
Through partnerships with nonprofit organization Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF) and streaming platform MUBI, the Johnnie Walker brand aims to inspire future generations of women storytellers and provide greater access to women-told stories NEW YORK, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Women filmmakers make up only 24%* of the top filmmaking roles in the industry, […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 21, 2023) — The people and places of the Appalachian region have a rich history and culture. According to the Appalachian Regional Commission, the region spans north from New York, down the expansive mountain range as far south and west to Mississippi — with Kentucky in the middle. Many times, lost in the […]
Editor’s Note: Peniel E. Joseph is Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a professor of history. He is the author of “