“I have a black wife…I’m used to people being angry and argumentative” – When a former Hawks GM got in trouble for a racial remark
What was supposed to be a fun and wholesome season-ticket holder event turned into a controversial incident when the then–Atlanta Hawks general manager Wes Wilcox made…
Dallas Exonerates Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Executed in 1956 – The New York Times
… newspaper headlines as a Black man peeping inside windows. “That … Black community in Dallas. Image. A group of young Black people stand … Source…
Docomomo Wisconsin and Milwaukee Public Library Present From the Archives Lecture: Wisconsin’s First Black Architect, Alonzo Robinson, Jr. Celebrating Black History Month with an Award-Winning Preservation Story
Docomomo Wisconsin, in partnership with the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) and UW–Milwaukee Cultural Resource Management (CRM), is pleased to invite the public to a special…
Joint Center Featured in Public News Service on Black Unemployment
Joint Center January 22, 2026 Joint Center Workforce Policy Director Dr. Kayla Elliott was quoted in a Public News Service article on the state of…
Man sentenced to nine years for role in fatal Black Creek drug overdose
APPLETON (WLUK) – Cole Simon was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for supplying the drugs used in a fatal drug overdose. Simon, 30,…
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‘Sinners’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Has Become the Most-Nominated Black Woman in Oscars History
NEED TO KNOW Ruth E. Carter has made Oscars history The costume designer earned her fifth nomination on Thursday, Jan. 22, making her the most-nominated…
CARIBBEAN LEADERS WARNED OF FALLOUT FROM U.S. ACTIONS IN VENEZUELA
Geopolitical tensions in the Western Hemisphere are intensifying, and Caribbean leaders are warning that recent U.S. military action in Venezuela could have far reaching consequences…
Black History Month | University of Cincinnati
We welcome submissions from thematic areas that reflect the breadth and depth of the governance–development–environment nexus and beyond. These include: 1. Climate adaptation, extreme weather events,…
Stories for Black Miami | Miami Herald
Melanie Acosta, an associate professor at Florida Atlantic University, is holding an event at the African-American Library Research and Cultural Center focused on the Jeanes…
DA Brooke Jenkins faces backlash over selective trials
Overview: The Kevin Epps murder trial in San Francisco has highlighted the issue of selective prosecution, with accusations that District Attorney Brooke Jenkins protects state-aligned…
