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Music education often suffers when budgets shrink, but some argue that it’s critical to build young minds and encourage creativity.
Read More >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…
Read More >NAACP and Airbnb launch a new collaboration of partnership to bring forth and create an atmosphere of inclusion with the African-American community throughout the United States. This partnership will include greater participation in all aspects from vending and supply services, to increasing the volume of African-American hosts. The efforts also endeavor to rid the Airbnb platform of those hosts that desire to be discriminatory against African-American patronage. Additionally, to assist with aiding African-Americans with keep their homes by educating homeowners how to become an Airbnb host. Enabling many to earn money renting their homes and rooms, helping them to maintain their mortgages.
Read More >Procter & Gamble have joined the movement of self-love by dedicating their latest campaign to uplifting black children. This particular ad is dedicated to “The Talk” and letting children know that their black is beautiful.
Read More >Racist emails show Chicago official joked about “safari tour” to see violence in black neighborhoods
The prevalence of racism as an imbedded culture in the workplace, continues to rear its ugly head in Chicago’s Water Department. Using company computers for personal expenditures and defamatory, derogatory, and insensitive emails is now a subject of investigation of staff of the Chicago water department.
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A listing of talks by ABHM griots (oral historians/public speakers) in July 2017, including topics, dates/times and addresses of event venues, and more information.
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A listing of events in July 2017, including a description of the speakers and topics covered, date/time and addresses of the presentations.
Read More >An ordinary Mississippi citizen who is also an attorney seeks the permanent removal of a long-standing symbol of white supremacy, the Confederate flag, from the state flag of Mississippi. His case is pending review by the US Supreme Court.
Read More >Glory Edim saw the importance of creating a space in which black women could express their “bookish magic” based in Brooklyn, New York. Read the article to find out more.
Read More >New Orleans removes four Confederate monuments from public spaces, despite death threats. Read about the debate surrounding their removal and listen to the mayor’s honest and touching speech explaining the importance of acknowledging and repairing our country’s flaws.
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