By Joséphine Li Daniel Obasi is Nigeria’s fast-rising Instagram fashion sensation. The multi-talented young creative, at merely 25, has already shot portraits for Billboard and the New York Times, and styled fashion editorials for Dazed and Vogue Portugal. Through Instagram, Obasi has established relationships with […]
His handheld camera in a gold, mirrored corridor, which created a dizzying effect, gave Super Bowl viewers lots of fodder for even more fun. Canadian superstar The Weeknd gave a thrilling performance during the halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl, but one moment has gone viral, gifting […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: The Northern Valley Press Just eight years after a landmark case based the race-based segregation of public schools was finalized in the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), a U.S. District Court lawsuit was filed against a local East Coast public education authority, which […]
(CNN)Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has left the hospital for a rehabilitation center in Chicago after surgery, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.Jackson, the 79-year-old civil rights leader, was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for abdominal discomfort on January 29, according to a statement from the Rainbow PUSH […]
Few words are more heart-wrenching to hear from your child than “I wish I didn’t look the way I do” or “I wish I wasn’t my race.” Those words can spring from a variety of painful experiences: A taunting on the playground for having “different” […]
By Viviane Faver Norwegian Socialist Party member Lars Haltbrekken announced his appointment on Monday: “Abrams’ work follows in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for equality before the law and civil rights. American Woman Says She’s Being ‘Deported’ From Bali […]
Throughout the history of the United States, the collective economic potential of Black America has been under attack in many forms. Even after the legislative abolition of Black slavery (which realistically only occurred on paper), systemic measures were taken by America’s ruling establishment. These measures […]
By Jane E. Brody Melting ice caps, warmer oceans, intense storms, heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires — all these well-documented effects of climate change may seem too remote to many people to prompt them to adopt behaviors that can slow the warming of the planet. […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Winold Reiss (c. 1925) / National Portrait Gallery Langston Hughes (pictured) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was born on February 1, 1901, in Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art […]
Prime Video’s Amplify Black Voices page will be updated starting Feb. 1 to feature a curated collection of titles to honor Black History Month across four weekly themes- Black Joy (week 1), Black Love (week 2), Black History Makers (week 3) and Black Girl Magic (week 4). […]
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