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Black Twitter helped define the internet — so where will the exodus from X lead?
With Elon Musk as the helm, conservative politics and egomania have taken over Twitter, alienating longtime users.
Read MoreThe Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to open its new exhibition “Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876 — Now” this weekend. The exhibit has nearly 200 works made largely by African American artists looking to define their cultural history after the violent severance from their African roots through the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Read MoreDirector of new SPLC Georgia state office ‘there to listen,’ forge bonds
An office in Atlanta’s westside is part of the SPLC’s new strategy to work with community groups on issues that impact them.
Read MoreHoward women’s soccer wins first NEC conference title, qualifies for NCAA tournament
The AFRO highlights Howard University’s women’s soccer team as they make history by participating in the NCAA tournament for the first time
Read MoreAldis Hodge takes on the newest version of detective Alex Cross for TV
Actor Aldis Hodge will play Alex Cross in Amazon Prime’s upcoming series based on James Patterson’s books.
Read MoreRest as Resistance
Tricia Hersey calls on history and guides by example in her new book about the importance of rest in a demanding world.
Read More‘Beautiful pots enhance humanity’: Magdalene Odundo on her quest to make the perfect pot
Kenya born artist discusses her artistic journey from being raised on apartheid orientated education to her rise to the mainstream for her ceramic pots.
Read MoreDead more than a century, now on research shelves, will Milwaukee’s early poor rest in peace?
Forest Home Cemetery will be the new final resting place for 831 souls who were disinterred from the area’s pauper cemeteries for study.
Read MoreThis Date in History: Nat Turner Confesses to Leading Slave Rebellion
It took over two months to Nat Turner to confess to leading a rebellion that resulted in over fifty lost lives.
Read MoreThe Black press democratized America
Ahead of another Trump presidency, the historic Black press can serve as a guiding light for practicing journalism in pursuit of a healthy democracy — or, at least, survival and community.
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