An Artist Creates Moments for Play, and Solidarity
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An Artist Creates Moments for Play, and Solidarity

Over two days at the Queens Museum in October 2025, the British Afro-Caribbean artist Sonia Boyce recorded many of the different activities taking place within…

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Blacks in Green opens tourism hub as Obama Center draws thousands to South Side | Evening Digest
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Blacks in Green opens tourism hub as Obama Center draws thousands to South Side | Evening Digest

A West Woodlawn environmental nonprofit launched a new tourism center last week timed to coincide with the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center. Blacks…

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Race-adjusted medical test scores harm Black patients. Why do we still use them? | KGOU
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Race-adjusted medical test scores harm Black patients. Why do we still use them? | KGOU

For decades, the medical standard of care included race-based medical tests — or giving different scores to Black and white patients with identical test results…

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Black Business Expo 2026 in Pensacola
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Black Business Expo 2026 in Pensacola

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Looking for meaningful connections, community engagement, and a chance to support local Black businesses? Join us for the Black Business Expo…

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Documentary chronicling the life of community activist Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur premieres in Detroit | American Black Journal
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Documentary chronicling the life of community activist Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur premieres in Detroit | American Black Journal

This post was originally published on this site. Host Stephen Henderson sits down with Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur, executive director of the Michigan Roundtable for…

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Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day to return as organizers deepen community ties
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Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day to return as organizers deepen community ties

Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland is bringing hundreds of Black LGBTQ+ Chicagoans to 63rd Street Beach this weekend for Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day, an afternoon of…

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A subway tunnel to connect Ruggles to Mattapan Square? Two Boston city councillors say they want Orange Line extension
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A subway tunnel to connect Ruggles to Mattapan Square? Two Boston city councillors say they want Orange Line extension

Above, Councillor Culpepper, left, and Councillor Worrell explain their idea today at a press conference. Gage Vieno photo An ambitious proposal to extend the Orange…

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Saving Sibley Prairie means saving a community’s history too
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Saving Sibley Prairie means saving a community’s history too

June 24, 2026, 5:10 a.m. ET The Black to the Land Coalition is working to uncover the Black and Indigenous history of Sibley Prairie, one…

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6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Irmo honors Black culture, provides community resources
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6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Irmo honors Black culture, provides community resources

The African American Historical Society of Irmo hosted its 6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Moore Park on June 19, which included a concert by a Sumter…

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