University of Nebraska-Lincoln Offers New Online Database of Court Cases of Enslaved People Seeking Their Freedom
Worldwide – According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently debuted an online database of more than 500 court cases in which enslaved persons had sued to gain their freedom….
DOCUMENTARY: “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project” Tells Story of Marion Stokes, Activist and Archivist Who Single-Handedly Preserved Over 30 Years of TV History
Marion Stokes privately recorded television twenty-four hours a day for over thirty years. Stokes is the subject of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, a new documentary that highlights her work as an archivist, but paints a complex picture of a woman who was brushed off…
Lonnie Bunch to Become New Secretary of Smithsonian
Washington, DC – Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), was appointed the new Secretary of the Smithsonian on Tuesday. According to dcist.com, Bunch is the fourteenth person to hold the position in the…
Innovative Format is Key to Reaching and Educating African Americans About Prostate Cancer
Nationwide — The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) is currently debuting its Broadway-style stage play Daddy’s Boys at national churches, venues and theaters around the country to packed houses and sell-out crowds. The show focuses on the often-overlooked prostate cancer crisis in the African American…
A Brief History of the Origin of Soul Food
Nationwide — The mention of soul food evokes an image that instantly invigorates each of your senses. You imagine the most satisfying of comfort foods, like fried chicken, corn bread, and collard greens. A very rich culture surrounds soul food, and its history runs deep….
LeBron James Opened School for District’s Most Hopeless Students – Their Latest Test Scores Are Astonishing
Akron, OH – All of the students at this experimental Ohio school had been declared “irredeemable” because of their behavioral issues or social circumstances – but their latest test scores showed that they just needed a little bit of love. The I Promise School, which…
Once Homeless, This Entrepreneur is Now America’s Favorite Black Luxury Fashion Designer!
Houston, TX — Isaac & Moore Luxury Fashion, is the brainchild of entrepreneur Isaac Moore. The up and coming Black American luxury designer, who went from homelessness to becoming a successful fashion designer, is well aware of the struggles a minority desiring to make it…
This 11-Year Old Has Helped 20,000 Homeless People By Giving Them “Blessing Bags”
Chicago, IL — Jahkil Jackson, an 11-year old boy from Chicago, has already helped over 20,000 homeless people in his city by giving away ‘Blessing Bags’ through his organization Project I Am. At the young age of 8, he started helping people through small ways…
New Basquiat Exhibit at Guggenheim in NY
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) New York, NY – An exhibition of rarely-seen work by famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will be on display at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York from June 21 to November 6 this year. The Basquiat’s “Defacement”: The Untold Story exhibition will…
Principal in PJs reads bedtime stories to kids on Facebook Live. ‘This is just more love’
Texas elementary school principal Belinda George wanted a way to show students she cared. The first-time principal at Homer Drive Elementary in Beaumont, Texas, told USA TODAY that her students gave her her “dream job.” “I guess it’s kind of like the people at Disney World and Google (who)…
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