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Mali’s Storytellers: Why Griots’ Indispensable Conflict-Resolution Skills Are At Risk Now
Hannah Armstrong’s experience in Mali allowed her to see into a traditional storytelling and communication role, the griot.
Who Was the First African American?
Henry Louise Gates Jr. dispels a myth about African immigrants to America and introduces readers to the man with the honors of being first.
The Difference Between Equity and Binders Full of Anybody
Rinku Sen minces no words in this opinion piece about who gets a seat at the table–and how much it matters.
Making America America
Many Black Americans don’t feel as if they quite belong, which can have a reaching impact on American life and politics.
Blackface: In 2012, blackface is still popular around the world from Japan to the Netherlands
Blackface might see like a thing of the past, but it still pops up and sometimes in unusual situations, like Lent celebrations.
Students in blackface re-enact Chris Brown beating Rihanna
In an show of racism and ignorance of domestic abuse, high school students wore blackface to reenact abuse between Chris Brown and Rihanna.
What’s wrong with affirmative action – and why we need it
Journalist L.Z. Granderson understands the need for affirmative action–and where these policies fall short.
How Many Slaves Landed in the US?
Henry Louis Gates Jr. examines how many people were kidnapped from Africa and forced into enslavement in the west.
Who Will Mourn George Whitmore?
George Whitmore’s experience in the criminal justice system and court of public opinion, only to be forgotten, leaves us questioning.
Race and College Admissions, Facing a New Test by Justices
A young white woman has become the face of the anti-affirmative action movement in the United States.
Happy Birthday, Faith Ringgold, Boundary-Breaker, Black Artist and Arts Promoter!
Faith Ringgold is an activist who made sure that her art represented and reflected her African heritage.
ABHM’s Brad Pruitt’s Latest Film Premieres Sunday/Monday at the Milwaukee Film Festival
Bending Toward the Light explores the challenges and triumphs of educational systems in the US through the lens of students, parents, teachers, reformers and activists in the country’s heartland – Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Less of an indictment of the education system and more of a dialogue on what can be done to fix its problems,…
Dolce & Gabbana responds to accusations that ‘Blackamoor’ earrings are racist
After outfitting a white model with earrings that evoke a the racial stereotype of the mammy, one design company faces backlash.
Will ‘White’ and ‘Black’ Lose Their Meaning?
As the American population becomes more colorful, we must reexamine what words like “minority” mean and who systems serve.
How White Ideals Color US Race Relations
One author tackles a tired, racism belief about economic disparities and what–if anything–they say about work ethic.
Empty chair ‘lynchings’: Anti-Obama protests gone too far?
Some Americans who oppose Barack Obama have resorted to racist imagery that evokes violence in their protests.
Anti-Amalgamation Law Passed This Day in 1664
More than 350 years ago, Maryland made interracial marriages illegal between white women and Black men with the anti-amalgamation law.
“In My Genes,” Feature Debut By Lupita Nyong’o, Actor in “12 Years A Slave”
Not only a talented actor, Lupita Nyong’o proves she can direct with this full-length documentary film focusing on Kenyans with albinism.
9-year-old Brooklyn rapper pens rap against pants sagging, ‘Pull Ya Pants Up’
Despite being just 9 years old, Amor “Lilman” Arteaga is making waves with his new song, a rant against sagging pants.
