ShaQuanda Cotton, who in 2006 was sentenced to up to 7 years confinement at a Texas juvenile detention facility as a black teen following accusations that she pushed a white teacher’s aide, announces the release of her new book, ‘Memoir of a “Teacher Slapping” On September 30, 2005, 14-year-old ShaQuanda Cotton attempted to enter a Read More…
“Miss Maggie” Walker, the daughter of a former slave, who in 1903 became the first woman of any race to found and become president of an American bank. Three of its branches still operate. Maggie Walker also founded a newspaper and a department store called “Saint Luke’s Emporium.
How the Red Summer of 1919 relates to 2020 and 2021 – Racial Violence and A Pandemic: Racial strife flaring across the United States. Black Americans standing up to societal structures in unpredictable ways. And people enduring months of a deadly pandemic infecting millions worldwide, shuttering businesses and heightening fears of a lengthy economic downturn. Read More…
The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), and Princeton University have, for decades, manhandled the remains of 12-year-old Tree and 14-year-old Delisha Africa in the name of “anthropology,” i.e. colonial scientific study. Physical anthropologist Dr. Alan Mann, a former UPenn professor now at Princeton, stole these children’s remains, traveled with them across state lines and used them Read More…
What’s better than one Black future billionaire? Two. Tech star Angel Rich is having the best year ever. On July 11th, the Black wealth visionary got engaged. “I was speechless for at least 3 minutes,” she said. The Hampton Alum, who has maintained a private personal life, says that she is very excited to announce Read More…
‘Woke’ is a call to activism for the young: Poets have historically been on the forefront of social movements. “Woke: A Young Poet’s Guide to Justice” is a collection of poems by women that reflects joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination, empathy and forgiveness to acceptance and speaking Read More…
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