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Black Girls and Women Killed At Rate of 4 Per Day In 2020 As Homicides Increased
The FBI and CDC found that Black girls and women were the most often killed among female demographics last year.
Read MoreAmerica’s 50,000 monuments: More mermaids than congresswomen, more Confederates than abolitionists
By Gillian Brockell, The Washington Post Hundreds of public monuments have come down amid the racial reckoning sparked by the murder of George Floyd last year. Some were toppled by protesters armed with rope; others have been disassembled and carted away by professionals hired by local governments. These removals may seem, well, monumental. But according to a study of U.S.…
Read MoreOba Adefunmi, Spiritual Leader born on this date in 1928
Walter Eugene King was born in Detroit, Michigan. He became the first documented African American to be initiated into the Yoruba priesthood of Obatala. In 1970, along with several other devotees, Oba Adefunmi created the Oyotunji village in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Read MoreMan arrested for allegedly vandalizing George Floyd statue
Michael Beals has been charged with criminal mischief for defacing the bronze-finished bust of Floyd on Oct. 3 in Union Square Park.
Read MoreRapper Noname opens Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles
After several months of construction, rapper Noname finally opened up her Radical Hood Library.
Read MoreHoward U launches $5.4 million Chadwick A. Boseman scholarship
The scholarship, funded by Netflix, will benefit students of the newly reestablished College of Fine Arts, which was named for the esteemed alumnus in May.
Read MoreHenrietta Lacks Estate Sues Company Using Her ‘Stolen’ Cells
The estate is accusing a biotechnology firm of selling cells taken from her in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.
Read MoreAlabama spends more than a half-million dollars a year on a Confederate memorial. Black historical sites struggle to keep their doors open.
By Emmanuel Felton, The Washington Post MOUNTAIN CREEK, Ala. — Down a country road, past a collection of ramshackle mobile homes, sits a 102-acre “shrine to the honor of Alabama’s citizens of the Confederacy.” The state’s Confederate Memorial Park is a sprawling complex, home to a small museum and two well-manicured cemeteries with neat rows…
Read More‘We Can Not Forget’: Miami-Dade County Renames ‘Dixie Highway’ to Honor Harriet Tubman
The Harriet Tubman Highway in South Florida has been unveiled after many county workers and a very determined teenager called for the removal of the road’s previous problematic “Dixie Highway” title.
Read MoreUSDA to Form Commission to Tackle Racial Disparities That Hurt Black Farmers
The agency has long been accused of discrimination against Black farmers regarding loan applications and debt forgiveness.
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