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Artwork from the Black Lives Matter memorial has a new home: the Library of Congress
For months after the 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Washington DC, signs and posters hung near the White House. The Library of Congress has now added images of some of these works to a digital collection.
Read MoreBlack Olympians to watch during the Winter Games
Seven talented Black athletes will don their gear and step into the cold to represent Team U.S.A. at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Read MoreMiami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel ought to know why he’s being asked about race
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, hired by a team that’s been accused of discriminating against Black men, doesn’t describe himself as Black even though, according to the American rules of race, he is. McDaniel was born in the United States to a white mother and a Black father, which, according to the way race is understood here, makes him Black. That means that the National Football League can conceivably use his hiring as a kind of rebuttal to Brian Flores, the head coach the Dolphins just fired.
Read MoreMom and 6-Year Old Son Write Black History Activity Book For Kids
Author Andrea Stephenson announces her sixth book, an educational activity book for children that focuses on black scientists in history and cultivates interest in STEM fields. Just 6 years old, her son Corban helped bring the book to life.
Read MoreThe growing movement to save Black cemeteries
Greenwood Cemetery was the first commercial cemetery serving the black community in St. Louis. But without dedicated caretakers, it fell into neglect and attracted vandals. The Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association has taken up the cause, like similar organizations around the nation, of preserving these pieces of history.
Read More10 young Black changemakers across history
These 10 black youths made waves with their bravery, activism, and ingenuity, and the ripples can still be felt around the world.
Read More10 Black Women Innovators and the Awesome Things They Brought Us
From a better hairbrush to modern 3D technology, ten things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women.
Read MoreWhat Happened After LA Schools Cut Police Funds and Hired Mental Health Staff for Black Students
For years, black students have struggled to feel safe at school with police watching their every move. The Los Angeles Unified School District responded to months of protests by slashing the school police budget by $25 million to fund a plan dedicated to black students’ mental and academic well-being. It’s now been in place for a year.
Read MoreBlack History Can Do More Than Counter White Racism
Black history is a movement of ideas targeted to redress the long history of anti-Blackness. Anti-Blackness is a totalizing system of thought that positions Black people, including their bodies, culture, and value systems, as bad or dysfunctional. But Black history does more than counter anti-Black ideologies; it also documents the social contexts, experiences, aesthetics, and intellectual pursuits of African Americans. This idea of both countering white racism and writing and creating from one’s standpoint—removed from the white gaze—is central to Black history.
Read MoreIn ‘South to America,’ Imani Perry travels below the Mason-Dixon to shed light on the soul of a nation
By Elaina Patton, NBC News In her new book, “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Imani Perry engages with the long literary tradition of writing about one’s travels through the South. Joining writers such as Albert Murray, James Baldwin and V.S. Naipaul, the Alabama native charts…
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