Elizabeth Catlett in studio. (Photo credit: The Museum of Modern Art) Written by Ashley Brown The North Carolina Central University Art Museum is celebrating the 90th anniversary of Elizabeth Catlett’s impactful teaching career in Durham with an exhibition dedicated to her legacy. The exhibit ran through March 16, 2025, and was open to the NCCU […]
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Posted by HBCU Editors Fisk University Bulldog Gymnastics Team made history on the final day of Black History Month, achieving a groundbreaking victory that continues to cement their legacy in sports history. Fisk University Bulldog Gymnastics Team made history on the final day of Black History Month, achieving a groundbreaking victory that continues to cement their legacy
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Remembering the First Political Prisoner of the Ferguson Movement “I want you to chant Free Sundiata, I want you to chant Free Mumia, Free Leonard Peltier and so on. I want you to chant the names of every political prisoner still behind the walls.” These are the words of freedom fighter and revolutionary Assata Shakur
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Aria Springfield, museum educator at the National Constitution Center, talks about one of the exhibits honoring abolitionist Harriet Tubman. — TRIBUNE PHOTO / ABDUL SULAYMAN By Sherry Stone TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER The phenomenal courage of one Black woman who led slaves to freedom will be honored across the nation Monday on National Harriet Tubman Day.
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BRIAN SNYDER | CNS A man pays his respects outside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. Nine Black people were shot to death by white supremacist Dylann Roof at an evening Bible study inside the church June 17, 2015. The 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church was
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314 Day Mural by Taylor Marrie at the City Market at Sophies Artist Lounge on 3/14/25. Credit: Photo By Taylor Marrie by Zaria Mac | The St. Louis American How did you spend your 314 Day? Among the variety of activities was the 314 Day City Market at Sophie’s Artist Lounge. Also produced in part by Walls off
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BOSTON, MA – JUNE 11: Healthcare workers at Boston Medical Center hold an an 8 minute 46 second moment of silence in memory of George Floyd and other members of the Black and brown community who have lost their lives to police violence on June 11, 2020 in Boston. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe
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Talia Boone (center), owner of Postal Petals, at a DIY flower arrangement event. PHOTO: Courtesy of Talia Boone Talia Boone, a Los Angeles native, has arranged flowers for years as a way to relieve stress. Whenever anxious thoughts creep in, she heads to the vast L.A. Flower Market, a wholesale market that caters to professional
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Photo Courtesy of Afro News by Tashi McQueen AFRO Political Writer Carole Simpson Born on Dec. 7, 1940, in Chicago, Carole Simpson is known for being the first broadcast journalist to hold the title of “news anchor” for a major media company. According to Simpson’s autobiography, available on her website, she first took interest in media
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