“In North Carolina, the Winston-Salem Forsyth County School Board of Education voted against a proposed mandatory African American history class. The vote was 7-1 against the class even though during the four hour Council meeting, 28 people spoke in favor of the class, including one city councilperson. Teachers complained that they teach British literature even…
“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…
“Imani Lateef is a designer and founder of the Black Comix Arts Fest, an annual celebration of black comic book artists and their collections, as well as Peep Game Comix, a digital comic website that exclusively sells independent comics by international black authors. In this talk, delivered at TEDxToledo #WhatNow, Imani presents the current landscape…