His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?
BLK News Now!By Philip Nel, Kansas State University Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color? If you’ve bought any of the “Harold” books published in…
Bronze statue of civil rights icon John Lewis replaces Confederate monument in Georgia
DECATUR, Ga. -- A controversial confederate monument has been officially replaced after a 12-foot bronze statue of late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis was installed on Friday. The statue…
Biden to sign proclamation designating site of Springfield race riot a national monument
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Friday to officially declare the site of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois a national monument. A ceremony will…
Even fictional presidents don’t look like Kamala Harris − although Black men and white women have been represented in the Oval Office
By Peter Kastor, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis The United States had its first Black president and its first female president over a half-century ago. They…
Developers halt Louisiana grain elevator project that would disrupt Black historic sites
The grain terminal was the subject of a May 2022 ProPublica investigation that revealed how a whistleblower’s findings had been buried. This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Seth…
Georgia refuses to provide funding for AP Black studies classes
ATLANTA -- Georgia's decision to withhold funding for a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies is one of the latest efforts by Republican-led states to potentially block students…
10 must-have dishes for every Juneteenth celebration
Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It is celebrated on June 19th every year and is a time for reflection, education, and…
Saying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’
By Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University In 1959, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev visited San Francisco and members of the International Longshoreman’s Union greeted him with cheers, newspaperman Frank Coniff quipped:…
10 important facts about the history of the Juneteenth holiday
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It is celebrated on June 19th every year…
What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
By Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac UniversityThough Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist to visit Ireland in the decades prior to the American Civil War, he was not the only one.…