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Who preserves the homes of Black literary giants?

Nneka M Okona wonders about the homes of Langston Hughes and Toni Morrison, where art and history were made, after their deaths.

Ireland’s ‘untold black history’ focus of exhibition

A new exhibit reveals the often untold Black heritage of Northern Ireland throughout time, from Vikings to World War II.

A former plantation becomes a space for healing, art and reparative history

A collaboration between Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation and art studio 1504 teaches about history and facilitates conversations.

As DEI disappears from major retailers, Shop Red Bag gives Black-owned brands a new home

Candi Carter’s website Shop Red Bag connects marginalized shop owners and activist buyers while big retailers are rolling back DEI initiatives.

The “Beautiful” Budget Bill Is Pretty Ugly for Black Americans

The deep cuts to federal government programs that Congress is considering will hurt millions–especially in Black communities.

School May Be the Only Doctor Some Black Kids Ever See

If the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill Act is passed, cuts to Medicaid will result in slashed school-based health services, putting health at risk.

Norwalk students receive full scholarships to historically Black college: ‘Truly a gift’

Two high school students will head to Livingstone College this fall, thanks to a scholarship to the historically Black school.

Trappist abbey’s meditation garden honors enslaved people who once worked the land

What was once a plantation is now a Catholic Abby overseen by the first Black Catholic bishop in South Carolina.

They were shot by police at the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. ‘I came home a different person’

Thousands of activists protested after George Floyd’s murder, and many of them bear the scars five years later.

A look at the promise by George Floyd’s family to 38th and Chicago area in the years since grants awarded

Small Minneapolis businsses are among those who received part of nearly $500,000 in grants dispersed by George Floyd’s family.