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Tony Awards 2014 Belong to Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald became the most decorated Broadway actress of all time with her recent Tony win for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
Jeralean Talley, oldest-living American, celebrates 115th birthday
Discover how Michigander Jeralean Talley lives life as a 115-year-old, having surpassed all other Americans.
News Police: Teacher had sex with student, knowingly exposed him to HIV
A former Louisiana high school teacher and track coach is accused of having sex with a student athlete and knowingly exposing him to HIV.
White Teacher Reinstated After Blackface Lesson
A Michigan teacher was put on paid leave for educating his 8th-grade class about blackface but is back at work.
Dr. Maya Angelou Funeral Details
Poet and activists Maya Anjelou’s passing will be recognized by at a large public funeral attended by dignitaries.
Some Good News about Black Males’ Academic Success!
Check out three inspiring stories of academic success by Black male youths in the United States.
Dr. James Cameron Featured in New Book about Supersurvivors!
Supersurvivors explores extraordinary accomplishments in the wake of catastrophe to explain how ordinary people achieve extraordinary things.
Transgendered Student Denied Equal Treatment
Jayce, a Black trans man attending George Fox University is not allowed a room in the men’s dorms.
Press promotes ‘no snitching’ to slam Sharpton
Al Sharpton has responded to criticism from the press for his previous cooperation with the FBI against a crime family.
Obamacare Enrollment Surging With Last-Minute Sign-Ups
Although registering for coverage through HealthCare.gov has not always been a smooth process, Americans continue to do so.
The Nation’s Most Segregated Schools Aren’t Where You’d Think They’d Be
While many associate the American south with racism and segregation, one northern state struggles with school segregation.
Video: Black Youth, Black Police & Transformative Justice
The Black Youth Project100, youth activists for racial equality, hosts a conversation with a Black officer who was racially profiled.
Google Celebrates Black History Today
Google honored Civil Rights activist Dorothy Height with a “Doodle” on the search page today.
Racial Repair and Reconciliation: A Homecoming
By Dr. Fran Kaplan, Guest Blogger, Wisconsin Humanities Note: Staff of the Wisconsin Humanities Council (WHC) asked ABHM’s Virtual Museum Director to blog about her personal reactions to the Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation that honored the museum’s founder, Dr. James Cameron, in February 2014. WHC funded the Gathering. (…) As I looked around…
Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books?
Walter Dean Myers writes about how children’s books do not often represent the Black children who read them.
Why Black Women Die of Cancer
By Harold P. Freeman, New York Times SINCE the early 1970s, studies have shown that black Americans have a higher death rate from cancer than any other racial or ethnic group. This is especially true when it comes to breast cancer. A study published last week in the journal Cancer Epidemiology found that, in a…
8 Influential Women of 2014
By Charlotte Alfred, HuffingtonPost.com 1. Afghanistan’s first female police chief showed the world what courage looks like. Col. Jamila Bayaz was appointed to run security in the Kabul’s District 1 in January, becoming the first woman in such a senior frontline role. The mother-of-5 is responsible for policing an area of the Afghan capital that…
12 Years a Slave Best Film of 2014
By Christopher Rosen, HuffingtonPost.com A little more than six months after “12 Years a Slave” debuted at the Telluride Film Festival, Steve McQueen’s slavery drama has been named Best Picture at the 2014 Oscars. Based on the memoir by Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841, “12 Years a Slave”…
A Frank Talk About Race
America’s Black Holocaust Museum hosted a frank discussion about race that attracted participants of many races.
ABHM Celebrates Dr. Cameron’s 100th Birthday with Racial Reconciliation Gathering
America’s Black Holocaust Museum’s celebration of founder Dr. James Cameron’s 100th birthday was an opportunity for racial repair.
An African American Justice System
By Ashley Woods, HuffingtonPost.com Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told a crowd of 18,000 in Detroit on Sunday that African-Americans should set up their own courts after being failed by the U.S.’ own justice system. “Our people can’t take much more. We have to have our own courts. You failed us,” Farrakhan said during the…