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‘We didn’t make it for a white audience’: how black theatre took centre stage in Australia
Australian artists can enjoy theater starring and directed by Black talent as more of the diaspora participate in performing arts.
Read MoreAlarming Trend Shows Maternal Syphilis Surging in the U.S.
A report from the United Negro College Fund said high schools need to do more to introduce students to HBCUs.
Read MoreAppeals court rejects DOJ’s emergency bid to arrest Don Lemon, church demonstrators
Lemon, who has been reporting from Minneapolis, was threatened with arrest after following a crowd into a church led by a pastor with ties to ICE.
Read MoreBritish crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals
A new book reveals how much the British monarchy was involved in slavery, despite appeals for them to honor the humanity of enslaved people.
Read MoreBlack man who was executed in Texas 70 years ago is cleared in case marked by racial bias
Walker, who was a young father when he was tried, was exonerated 70 years after his execution, and his son attended the event.
Read MoreWho Knows What an HBCU Is? About 60% of High Schoolers Don’t
A report from the United Negro College Fund said high schools need to do more to introduce students to HBCUs.
Read MoreOpal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, gets her own Barbie doll
Activist Opal Lee is an icon being honored by Mattel with a Barbie doll, who wears her signature outfit and is ready to march.
Read MoreOscar Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Breaks Record With 16
Sinners,’ a 1930’s era horror fantasia grounded in Black culture, earned a record‑breaking 16 Academy Award nominations
Read MorePark Service removes slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia
Park staff dismantled an exhibit about Washington’s slave ownership amid a wider push to remove information on racism, sexism and climate change.
Read MoreWelcoming Tawanda Mutasah as AJWS’s new President and CEO
Zimbabwe-born Mutasah has worked for organizations around the globe, mostly recently Oxfam America, in his quest for human rights.
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