“Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost Lydia Polgreen interviews journalist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates on the enduring legacy of slavery in the US and the inspiration for his new book, The Water Dancer. Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of…
“Montgomery, the majority-Black state capital of Alabama, made history this week by electing its first Black mayor. 67 percent of the city’s voters chose Steven Reed to become their first black Mayor in a historic election in the same year as the 200th anniversary of Montgomery’s incorporation as a city. Mayor-elect Reed spoke with Roland…
“With the commemoration of the first enslaved Africans arriving in Jamestown, Virginia the transatlantic slave trade and its insidious impact has been brought to the forefront for the world to see. Despite having various stories told of the African American experience in the Americas, many do not have a grasp of Blacks’ history in the…
“Over the 20th century, black people in the U.S. were dispossessed of 12 million acres of land. Half of that loss — 6 million acres — occurred over just two decades, from 1950 to 1969, a period largely associated with the civil rights struggle. This mass land dispossession, which affected 98% of black agricultural landowners,…
“The African American community is constantly under fire … by racism, by violence, by the police and countless other situations that happen just because we’re Black. This is the unfortunate reality for many Black Americans today, especially young people. The result is a form of PTSD that most people don’t even know is there. Attorney…
“A House subcommittee held hearings Wednesday morning to discuss paying reparations to African Americans for slavery. The idea is shaping up to be an issue with some of the candidates running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, too. Novelist Sarah Blake has considered why past attempts to secure reparations failed, and she shares her humble…
BREAKING THROUGH Lighting the Way represents 700+ collective years of the lives of twelve African American women in Long Beach who blazed important trails. Known as The Legends, the twelve women’s stories and lives are documented in an exhibition of pictures, historical documents and artifacts. The project was co-curated by award-winning author, photojournalist and producer Sunny Nash and Community Leader…