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Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker: A Monumental Effort for A Black Hero, Here is a valentine of sorts from a couple of “she-ros,” District historian Louise Hutchinson and community activist Peggy Seats. They have been trying to erect a monument in the nation’s capital to Benjamin Banneker, America’s first black man of science, whether they get help from Read More…

War on drugs victimized millions of Black Americans

As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of North Carolina and take him around the world. In the late 1980s, he was the right-hand man to his musical best friend, Youtha Anthony Fowler, who many hip-hop and R&B heads know as DJ Nabs. But rather than jet-setting with Fowler, Read More…