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Women of Color Were Shut Out of Congress For Decades. Now They’re Transforming It.

Black families, especially mothers, are struggling economically with the CoVid-19 pandemic.

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Pastor Of Black Church Vandalized After Pro-Trump Rally Hopes More Christians Speak Up

Far-Right protestors vandalized an historically Black church in Washington D.C. due to the church supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Systemic Racism 201: The advantages Whites have felt entitled to for generations

Most conversations about systemic racism center the stories of the harms to people of color while ignoring that White people benefit tremendously from it. This is a tough pill to swallow. Few people are willing to go down the proverbial rabbit hole Morpheus spoke allegorically about in that scene from the Matrix.

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Black Art and Poetry Elevate a Tribute to Civil Rights Leaders

With the unprecedented times of CoVid-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement, black artists are honoring civil rights leaders while celebrating African-American contribution to art and culture.

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How the Charlottesville Rally, the Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot, Etc. Underscore the Threat of Far-Right Extremists

A panel of experts warns that Charlottesville was not an isolated or unplanned spontaneous incident, but a harbinger of much organized white supremacist terror to come.

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Black Fashion Insiders On Breaking The System

The fashion industry has a long history of African-American oppressions and suppression. However, influential African-American artists are speaking up.

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Three of the World’s Most Influential Empires: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

These West African empires controlled more wealth and conducted more global trade than did any European power during their time in history. They also left lasting, influential contributions to the world’s knowledge base, art, culture, and religion.

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Annotated Bibliography – Whiteness: Framed, De-framed and Counter-Framed

This annotated bibliography includes a thorough listing of works about the concept and experience of being white in America. It contains many nonfiction books, but also autobiographies, novels, stories, articles, and videos.

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Stories Behind the Postcards: Paintings and Collages of Jennifer Scott

The Brother

This series of six paintings and three collages is the response of Chicago artist Jennifer Scott to souvenir lynching postcards. She thought about what she did not see in the postcards: the family members left behind to take down the victim, to mourn and bury the remains-if there was enough to bury.

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In NYC, how a new generation of Afro-Latinos celebrates their Blackness

The 2019 Afro-Latino festival was in full swing last week in NYC, drawing crowds from around the country to celebrate their culture.

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