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Descendants of slave owners in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
From around the year 1500, millions of west Africans were sent to work mainly on plantations in the Caribbean and the ...
The Times of Israel15d
53% of Americans have unfavorable view of Israel, compared to 42% in 2022
A new survey has found that Americans across age groups and party lines feel less favorably toward Israel than they did before October 7, 2023, and over half don’t trust Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Philadelphia Tribune17d
Smithsonian’s African American museum director Kevin Young resigns
Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2021, has stepped down. He announced his departure in a memo to museum staff, said Smithsonian ...
Democracy Now18d
Head of National Museum of African American History Steps Down Amid Trump Attack on Smithsonian
The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture left his post Friday. Kevin Young had led the groundbreaking Washington, D.C., institution since 2021. His resignation ...
The New York Times18d
Black Americans Are Not Surprised
It is not as if Black women have forgotten the principles of linked fate, what the political scientist Michael Dawson described as African Americans’ tendency to keep in mind the consciousness ...
Detroit News21d
Eminem is a grandfather, and his grandson's middle name is Marshall
That's Grandpa Slim Shady to you, because Eminem is now officially a grandfather. Eminem's daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, gave birth to her son on Elliot Marshall McClintock on March 14, she ...
The Advocate22d
ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years
While on his way to work on Monday, the 73-year-old grandfather was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents near his Lafayette home. He is being held in an ICE processing center in ...
New York Post22d
Pan Am founder’s grandson lists NYC home with sweet connection to his famous grandfather
Buying an apartment in this iconic building, at 10 Gracie Square, was a full-circle moment for financier William Douglass, whose grandfather, Juan Trippe — founder of Pan American World Airways, ...
Rolling Out26d
Hidden meanings behind African American braiding styles
Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may ...
The Washington Post27d
Trump’s executive order targeted this museum. Many visitors question why.
As Washington’s famed cherry blossoms burst into bloom on Saturday, the lobby of the National Museum of African American History and Culture bustled with visitors. Hundreds of out-of-town ...
Black Enterprise27d
Sgt. Joe Harris, Member Of U.S. Army’s First All-Black Parachute Infantry Battalion, Dies At 108
As his grandson, Ashton Pittman, told The Associated Press, his grandfather was a very loving ... While Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the American president during most of World War II, faced ...