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Oscar-winning Screenwriter from Milwaukee to Direct “The American Way”

John Ridley, who won an Academy Award for writing “12 Years a Slave,” is adapting his “The American Way: Those Above And Those Below” comic series exploring racial issues through the superhero genre.

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Help Bring ABHM Home! Museum’s New Space Rises in Bronzeville

ABHM announces its restoration as a physical museum. A $7 million capital (building fund) campaign will enable the museum to be housed on its former site but on the ground floor of a brand new apartment building in Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood.

Alderwoman Milele Coggs (L) and Maures Development's Melissa Goins proudly announce the historic redevelopment project in May 2016.

ABHM: A Key to Revitalization of MKE’s Historic Bronzeville

Restoring ABHM to the new Griot Building is a key element in the planned redevelopment of a block of abandoned buildings. The $17.4 million project led by Wisconsin’s only female and minority-owned development business, will transform the site into a vibrant mixed-use campus as a catalyst for the reestablishment of the historically black Bronzeville neighborhood’s culture and entertainment district.

Tech’s Whiteness Is the Problem. Are We the Solution?

By Amy L. Alexander, The Root Last week, Twitter said it was “pausing” to reconsider the process by which it bestows the blue checkmark denoting accounts that had been “verified,” and on Wednesday the company announced it was yanking the designation from some users who occupy the neo-Nazi or nationalist bucket of grassroots white activism.…

Sway Calloway speaks on stage at VH1 Save the Music 20th Anniversary Gala in NYC. (Jason Kempin via Getty Images)

Why Music Education is Essential for Underserved Schools

Music education often suffers when budgets shrink, but some argue that it’s critical to build young minds and encourage creativity.

Racism is behind outlandish theories about Africa’s ancient architecture

Seemingly, African intelligence and innovative inventions such as the pyramids of Giza, still haunt the psyche and mindset of the narcissistic beliefs that guide white supremacy and world domination. Especially and more so does this hatred and racist behaviors delve into and at, abuse for the bodies of the African; mind, spirit, body, intuition prowess and soul, if allowed to continue its evil reign worldover over. Therories allowed to float throughout the worlds rhetoric unchecked and never validated is sad for those that perpetrate such nonsense and imposed disbelief in the strength and superiority of another culture other than white, definitely perceived as a threat unstoppable.

A Tale of 2 Mich. Water Crises

By K. Araújo, The Root On Oct. 23, 12 Oakland County, Mich., communities spent roughly nine days without water after a major water main break. Almost 305,000 people were affected by the break. Oakland County and the Great Lakes Water Authority worked nearly around the clock to ensure that the residents in those communities had safe,…

The War in Africa the U.S. Military Won’t Admit It’s Fighting

By: Bryan Maygers  huffingtonpost.com “What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things — especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa.” So writes investigative reporter Nick Turse in his latest book, Tomorrow’s Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa….…

Black Protester Hugs Squirming Nazi, Quips, ‘Why Don’t You Like Me, Dog?’

By Breanna Edwards, The Root The black protester who was caught on viral video hugging a squirming and uncomfortable neo-Nazi outside white supremacist dump truck Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville on Thursday is acknowledging that he could just as easily have hit the guy (an act in which someone else…

Why TV Writer Angela Nissel, Black Females in Hollywood Need to be Heard

By Yesha Callahan, The Root If you took a look at the writers’ room of some of your favorite television shows, you’d be hard-pressed to find a black person, and even harder pressed to find a black woman. But for the last decade, Angela Nissel has been leaving her mark behind the scenes on shows…

Somebody lied: Education alone can’t dismantle white supremacy

By: Andre Perry: hechingerreport.org Americans like to think that if individuals are educated in great schools, they can pull themselves up by their proverbial bootstraps and bring their families with them. No matter if obstacles such as bad policing, weak labor markets and discriminatory housing policies litter our path. We believe that a good education can…

Colin Kaepernick’s Jersey Hangs in the Same Museum as ‘Starry Night’

by Priscilla Frank, HuffPost Black Voices One of the most recent additions to the halls of New York’s Museum of Modern Art is a red San Francisco 49ers jersey. The same jersey worn by Colin Kaepernick between 2011 and 2016. Kaepernick’s sports jersey hangs with four others featured in the ongoing MoMA exhibition “Items: Is Fashion Modern?”, which…

Boy’s Near-Hanging Compels Town to Open Discussion on Racism

By Michael Casey, The Grio/Associated Press CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) — In this struggling mill town in western New Hampshire, racism was never something people talked all that much about. There were people who drove around Claremont with Confederate flag bumper stickers in the mostly white town of 14,000 and some instances of high schoolers using…

Racial Slur Scrawled on Black Military Cadets’ Doors–Academy Response Weak

By Jason Johnson, The Root This week five African-American students at Air Force Academy Prep School in Colorado found the words “Niggers Go Home” scrawled on the dry erase boards outside their dorm rooms. Once the school became aware of the racial graffiti the school superintendent Lt. General Jay Silveria rattled off a statement to the…

What Are Black Journalists Allowed To Say About Race?

Julia Craven, HuffPost Black Voices Jemele Hill said what she said. In a series of tweets stemming from an odd conversation about Kid Rock, the co-host of ESPN’s “SC6” called President Donald Trump a “white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.” “Trump is the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime,” she wrote. “His…

Mich. Teacher Drags Student From Seat After Not Standing For Pledge

Breanna Edwards, The Root Everybody is all about freedom of speech and expression until a black person (hey, Colin Kaepernick; hey, Jemele Hill) decides to exercise his or her right to do so. And in this particular case, a black sixth-grader out of Michigan says he was assaulted by his homeroom teacher all because he…

L’Oréal Fires Its First Trans Model After She Called Out White America’s Racism

By Lilly Workneh, HuffPost Black Voices L’Oréal Paris has fired its first transgender model to join the brand just days after announcing the partnership. L’Oréal released a statement on Twitter Friday morning saying the company “champions diversity” but decided to cut ties with Monroe Bergdorf, saying her comments calling out white America’s racism in a recent Facebook…

Philando Castile’s Legacy Of Helping His Students Pay For Lunch Lives On

Monique Judge, The Root Philando Castile was known as a caring man at the St. Paul, Minn., school where he worked as a cafeteria supervisor. He cared so much for the children he served that he often paid for their lunches out of his own pocket when they were unable to, and now, thanks to…

A rally outside the Supreme Court in support of affirmative action on Oct. 31 2022. (Allison Shelley)

Under Trump, Justice Department Resumes Fight for White Privilege

Affirmative Action, which benefits the disenfranchised, is again the subject of debate about discrimination against whites.

Many Black students never make it college after graduating high school (Fotolia)

Blacks underrepresented at top colleges despite affirmative action

Affirmative Action laws haven’t been able to combat enrollment disparities between Black and white college students.

Low wages disproportionately impact people of color (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Why Black Women Are — And Should Be — Leading The Fight For $15

Black women have a high stake in the fight for fair wages; they make up a large portion of those working “unskilled” jobs for low wages.