1 hr ago | Metro Weekly
ACTing Out: African-American Collective Theater presents its 15th DC Black Pride production
With all the events that make up the DC Black Pride weekend, quite a few people from workshop coordinators to town hall facilitators to speed-dating overseers will have that well-known phrase in mind at some point: ''It's showtime!'' In the case of Alan Sharpe, however, not only will he bring the phrase back to its roots, he'll use it twice.
6 hrs ago | Creative Loafing Atlanta
Do black arts festivals have a future?
LEAPS AND BOUNDS: Renowned Philadelphia dance company Philadanco performs a 40th anniversary show set to the music of George Clinton at the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts during the 2010 National Black Arts Festival.
9 hrs ago | Examiner.com
Mountaintop, about Dr. Martin Luther King, debuts at The Unicorn in Kansas City
Travel back 45 years to April 1968 when America stood divided on the big social issue of the day, Civil Rights and an inspirational Black minister, Dr.
11 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press
Helping Detroiters find work and a DIA gala, on DPTV's 'American Black Journal'
On the latest episode of Detroit Public Television's 'American Black Journal,' Free Press Editorial Page Editor Stephen Henderson talks about a new nonprofit that is helping connect Detroit job-seekers and employers, and also the Bal Africain, a gala at the Detroit Institute of Arts that supports African and African-American art at the museum.
Court Strikes Down At-Large Voting In Fayette County
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Jewish group denounces Farrakhan comments in Detroit
The leading Jewish civil rights group in the U.S. slammed anti-Semitic comments made in a Detroit church by Minister Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam.
Baltimore City Fire Department Promotes First African-American Female Battalion Chief
The promotion of Captain Charline B. Stokes makes her the first African American female to attain the rank of battalion chief in the 154-year history of the Baltimore City Fire Department.
E.W. Jackson: Nothing 'to Rephrase or Apologize For'
E.W. Jackson, Virginia's new Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, said he has nothing to apologize for regarding his startling past comments about abortion, race and homosexuality.
Racism reported at Braddock Hills fire department
Last month, a house caught fire across the street from the Braddock Hills Volunteer Fire Department.
African-Americans more financially confident, but underserved
While the average African-American is feeling more financially secure, many still feel neglected by the financial industry, new research shows.
Re: Obama Morehouse Speech: President Talks Racism, Choices &...
US President Barack Obama is presented with and honorary doctor of law degree after delivering the commencement address during a ceremony at Morehouse College on May 19, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Activists Cornel West And Carl Dix Hold Mass Incarceration Dialogue In N.Y.C.
Freedom fighters Carl Dix and Cornel West held an intense dialogue about mass incarceration on the Upper West Side Monday evening.
Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: Minorities Don't Need Single Party Rule
For decades, African Americans have voted more reliably Democratic than any other ethnic or special interest group.
Watch Louis Farrakhan deliver speech at Detroit church, address city's perceived 'death, demise'
DETROIT, MI - Video surfaced Tuesday of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressing a Detroit church last week and it gives his take on the city's challenges and what needs to happen for residents to overcome them.
Isle of Wight officials apologize for distributing racist emails but don't resign
Byron Bailey Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors vice-chairman Byron Bailey, right, speaks with his attorney, Robert Jones, before going into a private meeting on Monday, May 20.
Throughout American history, restrictions on voter registration were a major tool of disenfranchisement.
AfriCOBRA when it was poised to strike
"Into the sixties a word was born . . . BLACK." The poet Haki R. Madhubuti composed this line for a poem he wrote decades ago, but when he read it aloud at the South Side Community Art Center recently, the words still reverberated.
Educational Speaker Series, May 30 through June 27, 2013
Join us for eight terrific events in our speaker series this May and June. These public presentations and discussions focus on the cultural creativity, history, and heritage of the societies and pottery enterprises that flourished in the landscape of the Edgefield District of South Carolina.
Proximity Of Fast Food Restaurants Has Impact On Body Mass Index Of Low Income African-Americans
African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and this association was particularly strong among those with a lower income.
Court won't get involved in Miss. redistricting
The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting.
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