Posts by Nicole Martinez
Labor board: Home Depot violated labor law by firing an employee who drew ‘BLM’ on work apron
The labor board finds that a former employee of The Home Depot has a right to organize for better work conditions, including racial equality.
Read MoreBlack Women Are Murdered 6 Times More Than White Women
Research from Columbia University confirms what many people know: Black women are more likely to be murder victims than white women.
Read MoreNational Black Movie Day is a celebration — and a call for action
A growing appreciation of Black film is a start, but equal representation among filmmakers and stars has yet to be achieved.
Read MoreTwo new studies document effect of police violence on Black Americans’ health
New studies show that sleep patterns of Black Americans are impacted by interactions with police–but not white Americans.
Read MoreSilent Cavalry review: Howell Raines’ fine work on southern resistance
A journalist’s new book reveals a part of Civil War history that is not ignored but overwritten through a family history narrative.
Read MoreU.S. museum returns artifacts to Ghana that were looted 150 years ago by British forces
A museum at UCLA is the latest to return artifacts stolen from Africa to their rightful owners, this time to Ghana.
Read MoreHow Black Americans View Success in the U.S.
Recent Pew research shows that while many Black families have achieved some leve of success, they still struggle financially across incomes.
Read MoreMet officers investigated after black boy, 16, stopped six times in five months
The Metropolitan Police are accused of racial profiling after stopping on Black teenager multiple times in a short timeframe.
Read MoreIntroducing a New Way to Browse ABHM’s Online Exhibits
At America’s Black Holocaust Museum, our website serves as the virtual counterpart to the physical museum, which is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The backbone of our virtual museum is our online galleries that explore issues such as slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, Reconstruction, racial repair, and lynching, among other topics. In an effort to make…
Read More‘MLK/X’ aims to offer a fuller picture of the two icons and their wives
A National Geographic series will look at the lives of two prominent activists, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
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