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Paul Schrader couldn't find 'good Black people,' so he built fake ones instead
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (409+ words) OPINION: The acclaimed writer and director came under controversy for his AI-driven pivot for his new movie. That there was zero Black consent highlights a much larger issue. I keep coming back to four words. Not because they were shocking,…...
New photography exhibit at Columbia College imagines life of Emmett Till if he had lived
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (171+ words) What if Emmett Till lived? It's a question Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr. said he asks himself often. "A lot of times we think if we had done this and that, he would be here," he said. Parker is Till's cousin,…...
First contract for AFSCME members who keep the Chicago History Museum running
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (290+ words) AFSCME members who work for the Chicago History Museum voted overwhelmingly last month to approve their first union contract, which includes higher wages, better benefits, improved paid leave, and more. They are members of Chicago History Museum Workers United/Council…...
Play hopes to give a voice to Black man lynched in Broward over 90 year ago
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (490+ words) In 1935, a horde of white people stood around as Rubin Stacy, a Black farmworker, was lynched in Plantation Florida. Now, 91 years later, Stacy’s killing is the subject of a new play by Jeff Rusnak titled “The Resurrection of Rubin Stacy…...
Excavating, Confronting Ancestral Shame of Black Exodus from Gwynn's Island
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1172+ words) In 1910, Gwynn's Island, off the coast of Gloucester, VA, in Matthews County, was home to about 135 black residents – 17 percent of the island's population. "I had heard about it since I was a little girl," Maria Giddens, an ancestor of the…...
‘It’s Heart-Wrenching’: Hundreds of Black Children Buried in Unmarked Graves at Maryland Juvenile Detention Center, New Research Exposes a Dark Past
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (741+ words) A group of lawmakers, local leaders, and citizens are working to investigate hundreds of graves at the site of a former Maryland juvenile detention center. The commission met earlier this month to discuss how to conduct its study. They are…...
African Landing Day kicks off commemoration week in Hampton
3+ week, 1+ day ago (410+ words) Hampton kicked off African Landing Commemoration Week on Saturday with a celebration at the Convention Center honoring the arrival of the first recorded Africans in English North America in 1619. The event marks the landing of the White Lion — the first…...
African Landing Day kicks off week of events honoring 1619 arrival of enslaved Africans in Hampton
3+ week, 1+ day ago (304+ words) HAMPTON, Va. — Hampton kicked off African Landing Commemoration Week on Saturday with a celebration at the Convention Center honoring the arrival of the first recorded Africans in English North America in 1619. The event marks the landing of the White Lion…...
When the Water Gave Him Back: A Letter to White America
3+ week, 3+ day ago (388+ words) You do not know what it is to bury a child and be told to grieve more quietly. You do not know what it is to ask a simple question: "What happened to my son?" and watch an entire system…...
Historic African American art exhibit opens in Hampton
3+ week, 3+ day ago (341+ words) Bluffton Today Historic African American art exhibit opens in Hampton - The Anthony and Davida Artis Collection of African-American Fine Art will be unveiled at the Stanley Arts Center in Hampton, S.C. - An opening reception is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, and…...