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Georgia’s black female mayors and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms honored for achievements
Photo by Laura Nwogu/The Atlanta Voice Black women continue to make history and shatter glass ceilings in local, state, and federal government, especially within Georgia….
Supreme Court seems likely to rule for a Black death row inmate in Mississippi
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to rule for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial…
Hugo Black Lecture Promotes Civil Debate and Democracy
To answer a question about how educators can encourage connectivity and dialogue among students who disagree, Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, told a story. He harkened back to…
Our Health Our Wellness April 2026 Launch/Black Health Matters Foundation National Campaign for Health & Wellness
Our Health Our Wellness (OHOW) is a month-long observance, powered by the Black Health Matters Foundation (BHMF). OHOW is designed to improve health outcomes and…
Sustaining hope: the ongoing journey of Black inclusion in higher education – Black Student Centre
SFU marked Black History Month with an in-conversation event featuring Professor Wisdom Tettey, Chair of the Scarborough Charter Inter-Institutional Forum and President and Vice-Chancellor of…
The Black Veteran Who Desegregated Interstate Buses – Mother Jones
Sarah Keys Evans had never even participated in a civil rights protest—until an encounter on a bus turned her into a trailblazing fighter for transportation…
Melvin Edwards, Sculptor Who Wove Black History Into Art, Dies at 88 – The New York Times
Lynch Fragments, a series of abstract steel sculptures he created starting in 1963, evoked the long, devastating history of violence against Black … Source link
MIOpera features Black stories and voices with ‘I, Too, Sing America’ series
A professional opera company based in Bloomington-Normal is kicking off several months of programming beginning in April, highlighting Black composers and others who wrote operatic…
Black Community Shares Words From the Wise Women Who Shaped Them
By Victoria Mejicanos March 1 marked the beginning of Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate and honor women’s contributions to society as well as continue…
THE MASK IS OFF: Ibrahim Traoré Just Exposed An Underground Plot
The “Humanitarian Mask” has finally been torn away. For years, we’ve been told that Western NGOs are in the Sahel to save lives. But this…
