By Tamara Shiloh It was the early summer of 1980. More than 100 artists converged on an abandoned four-story building at Seventh Avenue and 41st Street...
By Tamara Shiloh Birdwatching is the observation of live birds in their natural habitat. It’s a popular pastime and scientific sport developed almost entirely in the...
By Tamara Shiloh The craft of shoemaking was at one time difficult and manual work. But with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, cobblers and cordwainers...
The City of Sausalito commemorates Juneteenth with a production of “Words That Made the Difference: Brown v. Board of Education,” a play written and directed by...
By Brandon Patterson In February, Hope Chicago, a Chicago scholarship program, made headlines for surprising students at five public high schools in Chicago with full college...
By Tamara Shiloh Some 63 years before Jackie Robinson is credited as the first African American in Major League Baseball (April 15, 1947), Moses Fleetwood Walker...
By Tamara Shiloh Black classical music artists have been performing publicly for more than 500 years. England’s King Henry VII and King Henry VIII were entertained...
By Tamara Shiloh It was during a health careers summer program at the University of Michigan that Alexa Irene Canady (b. 1950) decided to pursue medicine....
By Makiah Hiley Known as “the hood alchemist,” Lilly Ayers founded and runs Oakland’s first Black woman owned crystal botanica, Queen Hippie Gypsy. Located in Downtown...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hannah-Jones, creator of “The 1619 Project,” told the audience, “As a student of history, I know that the work that I do and the life I...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sue Donovan, conservationist of University of Virginia told the reporters that the items, which included books and newspapers, had to be frozen and...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Author Mia J. Davis recalled the incubator in which “The Adventures of Izzy” was born. “While our children were locked down in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The program, which began accepting applications on Sept. 14, will be administered with long-standing partner APIA Scholars to students entering college and current...
NNPA NEWSWRE — While Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail has been largely emptied of its professional class of passengers, reductions in the city’s bus service have made it...
LOS ANGLES SENTINEL — Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ryan Coogler welcomed many to a night of Black excellence as they discussed Coates’ debut novel, The Water Dancer....
ROLLINGOUT — Chicago hip-hop artist Antwone Muhammad was diagnosed with breast cancer in December of 2013. In June of 2014 after surgery and chemotherapy, he went into...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — The murky, muddy waters of the Mississippi River go on for miles and can be seen treading beneath the many boats and barges...
ROLLINGOUT — Many have a deep and abiding love for North Minneapolis and an appreciation of Black literature and Black authors. That love and appreciation spawned...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As for “Young Cyntoia” specifically, “I would tell her, you don’t know half the things that you think you know,” she said. “I...
ROLLINGOUT — Jamaican-born Melissa Hibbért is a makeup artist, author, life coach, and marketing expert. The Fisk University graduate had a 14-year career in corporate marketing. She...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Shocked and saddened by what she was hearing in her classrooms when she worked as a substitute teacher a few years ago, freedom...
DAYTONA TIMES — Families can stop by the John H. Dickerson Heritage Library, 411 S. Keech St., Daytona Beach, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. every Thursday...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — After years of inoperative escalators, the Central Birmingham Public Library downtown will begin construction of a new staircase on Monday, Sept. 16 with a...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Hundreds of people obtained autographed copies of “Behind the Seen” by Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr., at the book release receptions on Sept....
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — Contrary to popular belief, Americans still consume books – they just do it differently now. According to Pew Research, Most (67 percent) have...
