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Why the metaverse is becoming a popular tool to teach Black history
From watching Martin Luther King Jr. speak to following Black travelers on their journey along Route 66, the metaverse takes users back in time without leaving the present.
The Buffalo Tops shooter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
The 19-year-old white gunman who killed 10 Black people and injured three others at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., last year has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Thomas Commeraw: the Black 19th-century potter who historians assumed was white
The New York Historical Society is hosting an exhibit about acclaimed potter Thomas Commeraw, a Black man long thought to be white.
Missouri man who served 27 years in prison is freed as judge vacates his murder conviction
After 27 years in prison, Lamar Johnson is finally free, thanks to a judge’s ruling that witness testimony was faulty.
Fears of renewed FBI abuse of power after informant infiltrated BLM protests
The FBI used an informant to infiltrate a Black Lives Matter protest and instigate violence. This sparked concern that the federal agency is using its power to oppress and intimidate minorities, something it already has a history of doing.
Before today’s black sports journalists there was the great Sam Lacy
Samuel Harold “Sam” Lacy (October 23, 1903 – May 8, 2003) was an African-American and Native American sportswriter, reporter, columnist, editor, and television/radio commentator who worked in the sports journalism field for parts of nine decades. Credited as a persuasive figure in the movement to racially integrate sports.
ADL Report Shows Widespread Impacts of Kanye West’s Antisemitism
The Anti-Defamation League is following the fallout from rapper Kanye West’s antisemitic social media posts since late 2022.
California’s New Equity Multiplier Still Fails Black Students
The Equity Multiplier, a new source of funding for California’s public schools, will only reach 6% of Black students.
Rihanna rises and shines during Super Bowl halftime performance — and reveals she’s pregnant with second child
Rihanna’s halftime Super Bowl concert also served as an announcement of the singer’s second pregnancy.
Lawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till’s 1955 kidnapping, lynching
Family members of Emmett Till are demanding the arrest of Caroline Bryant, the woman whose accusation led to the boy’s lynching.
GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin’s Black voters
Recent revelations about Republican election strategies targeting minority communities in Wisconsin’s biggest city came as no surprise to many Black voters.
Oldest schoolhouse for Black children in the country moved to Virginia museum
The oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was moved a half-mile Friday to Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African American history.
Why one woman plants crops to fight oppression
Eva Dickerson is intent on battling and revealing food inequalities for what they are: a way for some people to retain control.
Black History Month scrutinized amid conservative backlash to race in education
As teachers conduct their Black History Month curriculum amid the conservative backlash against certain lessons on race, some worry about the future of the annual celebration as well as its place in education.
From Halftime to MVPs, Black History Is Part of the Super Bowl
Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs made history Sunday when two Black quarterbacks faced each other in a Super Bowl for the first time.
Discrimination and caretaking contribute to lower college completion rate for Black students
A new report examines barriers to completing education for Black students, perhaps unsurprisingly finding discrimination plays a role.
This NYC Exhibit Is Paying Homage to Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary
One New York museum is paying homage to the influence of hip hop, a significant Black music genre, in its current exhibit.
The 1619 Project Centers Us and Our Story
Epistemic violence, includ the intentional removal, erasure, or minimalization of contributions to society from a specific group of people. has victimized Black people since the 1400s. Nikole Hannah-Jones’ “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” “aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States’ national narrative.”
The push for a bill that would drive research into reparations for Black Americans
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the effort to reintroduce H.R. 40, a bill that would create a task force to study reparations for Black Americans.
