South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ...
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2 autopsies for Black man found hanging in Alabama produce differing conclusions
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A state autopsy has ruled that a Black man found hanging in an abandoned Alabama home in late September died by suicide — a conclusion that contradicts a private ...
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Rare 19th-Century Painting by Beloved Black Artist Found in a Thrift Store
A painting bought for $10 at a thrift store near Philadelphia may be a unique masterpiece by Black painter William Henry ...
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Marvel Comics' BLACK HISTORY MONTH Variant Covers Spotlight Black Panther, Storm, Captain America, And More
Marvel Comics has unveiled this year's Black History Month variant covers, illustrated by some of today's most acclaimed ...
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The Era of Richard Foreman
Foreman was one of the last living crossover theatrical eccentrics, an outsider artist whose philosophically rigorous work ...
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How This Poor Kid Grew up to Be a Billionaire and America's Richest Black Person in 2024
IT entrepreneur David Steward is the wealthiest African American man in the nation. According to Forbes, his net worth is at a record $11.4 billion dollars, making him part of the only one percent ...
African American Civil War hero to be honored outside SC’s state grounds
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ...
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Retired Detroit doctor spent decades collecting African American Christmas memorabilia
To their surprise, this Santa did not look like the ones in holiday movies or books — instead, he was a thin African American man. "This was just totally out of the realm for us. We just couldn ...
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Black men: powerfully reclaiming the authentic narratives that define us
For Black men, what is love without respect? It’s a hollow sentiment, a tool for manipulation, obsession, and abuse. Respect is not merely a virtue; it is the foundation upon which love stands.
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The Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World
“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a global story. By Jennifer Schuessler “In Slavery’s Wake ...