| 单词 | Black American |
| 例句 | We have a saying among Black Americans which describes Momma’s caution. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Black Americans sent up a cheer of jubilation, and the ruling provided momentum and hope to grassroots civil resistance and social movements throughout the land. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “She not only recruited the first Black American to be launched into space, Guion Bluford Jr., but also Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z By the time I hit graduation, I felt confident and comfortable with who I was, as a Black American woman and as a Muslim American woman. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Black Americans knew, and they answered as they had each time their country called: for democracy abroad and at home. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He was the son of a Black American GI and a Vietnamese woman, airlifted out of Saigon on the very last flight, because, as a mixed-race child, his life there was no longer considered safe. Reckoning with an Upbringing in a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of a Family, With ‘Two of Every Race’ 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z And, in a tribute to a pillar of Black American life, he is often surrounded by a chorus. At the Spoleto Festival, Opera Is an Act of Liberation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z ‘Americans,’ rather than ‘African Americans’ or ‘Black Americans’ because nationality is a statement of fact, while racial identity is a question each artist answers in his or her own way, or not at all.” ‘What does it mean to be an American’? Black artists explore question in new exhibit at TAM 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Singing in Sanskrit while accompanying herself on organ, Coltrane beautifully combines two great sacred music traditions: Hindu devotional songs and Black American gospel. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Why is James, class of 2006, the first Black American legacy? A Black Graduate of an Elite Boarding School Gets Real 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that Black Americans, even free ones, were not entitled to rights of citizenship — indeed, according to the majority, “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” On Governors Island, a Machine That Jolts History 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z In her essay for Eater, writer Mikki Kendall said the lyric was the singer’s way of talking to the Southern and Great Migration Black Americans listening. From unicorn desserts to pumpkin spice, here are the most memorable food trends of the 2010s 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z But he knows that Black American history is also a series of profound land-related ruptures, starting with enslavement and forced agricultural labor on territory inhabited by — and taken from — Native peoples. How Black Foragers Find Freedom in the Natural World 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z The French philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir both championed the book, as did the Black American writer Richard Wright, who had moved to Paris in 1946. George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Swimming is joyful, but what swimming looks like in America reflects the history of pools and beaches as white-dominated spaces of privilege and exclusion, especially for Black Americans. Water Dance 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The resulting news photograph of Roosevelt and Anderson helped to dispel the notion that Black Americans were unfit to fly aircraft — and encouraged many to apply to the program. 10 inspiring facts about the Tuskegee Airmen 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z While this is reflective of an overall decline in religious affiliation in America, surely there are reasons unique to young Black Americans that merit an expanded airing. PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Moreover, after a summer of racial reckoning for the country, Wilson’s tragic story of Black Americans navigating a rigged system has become only more relevant. First Look: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The 253 galleries in the Miami Beach Convention Center this year featured several first-time participants of color, including four galleries owned by Black Americans, three from Africa, eight from Latin America and one from Korea. Signs of Sea Change at Art Basel Miami: More Galleries of Color 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z That, and a willingness to listen to abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, whose devotion to emancipation and equality for Black Americans, free or formerly enslaved, helped shift Lincoln's political fortunes and his views. "Abraham Lincoln" and "Lincoln's Dilemma" clarify a few things about uncomfortable history 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z She takes on the mocking voice of a Black classmate who expresses gratitude to the trans-Atlantic slave trade for sparing Black Americans the fate of being an “African Booty Scratcher” like Kamuyu. ‘A disguised welcome …’ Review: Finding Home 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z But when we say stories are not well known, I would say the story of the Draft Riots is well known to Black Americans. Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z She says it’s essential to “confront the pain” of the past in order to understand the present state of Black Americans — and address police brutality and social injustice. Horrors of slavery at center of Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum’ 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z All of the infighting among Black Americans over the polls and celebrity endorsements is an illusion that dilutes our focus on Trump's trail of lies, broken promises and failures. On Ice Cube, Donald Trump, and the question of what my vote is really worth 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z “The book overall is a gracefully written, scrupulously balanced and quite satisfying account of what Obama meant for Black Americans,” our reviewer Orlando Patterson writes. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z A group of N.E.C. alumni followed with a forceful letter of its own, co-signing the students’ ultimatums and adding more — including that the jazz department be renamed the department of Black American music. Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z At the time the piece was written, he meant Black Americans like Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Michael Brown — a list that has only continued to grow. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in October 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z “But also, to be quite frank, as a Black American, I wasn’t taught much myself about the Holocaust in school,” said Joseph. Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z In late May, a wave of protests around the world began, prompted by the killings of Black Americans by police officers. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Was Their Ticket. Then 2020 Happened. 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z He voiced his concerns for Black Americans killed in cities led by Democrats. Perspective | Trump’s convention speech was selling a fantasy version of himself 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z It found that just 11 percent of acquisitions at U.S. museums were by female artists and only 2.2 percent were by Black American artists. Art Critics: Next Endangered Species? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z He also objected to certain elements of a separate essay by Hannah-Jones last summer advocating reparations for Black Americans. One of the voices objecting to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s hiring at UNC: A newspaper baron — and major donor 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z And Black Americans are among their most faithful customers. Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z In February, Simon was at the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the first appearances of his “Four Black American Dances,” a romp through a ring shout, a waltz, a tap dance and a praise break. The Composer Carlos Simon Is Busier, and More Honest, Than Ever 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience,” Bell wrote on Instagram. Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell Leave Voice Roles as Black Characters 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Douglass, as part of a delegation of Black Americans that visited the White House to argue for Black suffrage, told Johnson, “You enfranchise your enemies and disfranchise your friends.” When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Seattle Arts and Lectures presents the author of "Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present" and, most recently, "A History of White People." The Week Ahead: Trombone Shorty, 'Rock of Ages' are Seattle arts highlights 2011-02-02T23:54:05Z However, for Black Americans, those privileges come with a different set of problems. Our group chat is a sacred space to talk openly about being Black in America 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z More than one reader underscored the film’s status in contemporary Black American cinema. The Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Has Always Had Game 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Barnett names Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” and Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy” — both about the mass incarceration of Black Americans — as influences. The Injustice Deep Within the Justice System 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Wilson, who died in 2005, is perhaps best known for his series of 10 plays called the American Century Cycle, which detail the various experiences of Black Americans throughout the 20th century. Denzel Washington Honors August Wilson’s Legacy at House Opening 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Putnam notes in two nuanced chapters that race and gender don’t quite fit his larger narrative: Black Americans were never welcomed into the overall “we.” The D.I.Y. Way to Heal the Social Fabric: Don’t Do It Yourself 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But praising Europe for offering a platform for the music of Black American composers omits an important part of the story. When Europe Offered Black Composers an Ear 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z So many Black Americans who are wealthy are in very visible businesses — media, entertainment — the things we see all the time. From Master P to Uncle P: Music mogul has turned his focus to popular line of grocery staples 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z As a Black American who’s developed a near obsession with the African diaspora, I’ll admit that I would have asked her the same question had we met under different circumstances. A Journey Through Black Nova Scotia 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Black Americans’ exercising the rights of citizenship, the show makes clear, also prompted immediate and furious pushback. How Black Citizenship Was Won, and Lost 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Goosby’s upward trajectory was turned into something like an uncertain spiral in 2020, as the tumult of mounting protests against racial injustice and police brutality against Black Americans overlapped with the turmoil of the pandemic. Perspective | With ‘Roots,’ violinist Randall Goosby makes a first impression with lasting impact 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z She was Black and she didn’t apologize for her Blackness, and she didn’t pander and she didn’t temper the painful reality of Black American history, in a country that often seemed keen to minimize it. ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z But Black Americans were among the earliest purveyors of counter-mapping, deploying this alternative cartography to serve a variety of needs a century ago. How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Her commitment to diversity was clear by her second season, in 2012, when artists from the Cape Town Opera were on the summer roster along with a number of Black American singers. She Made Glimmerglass a True Festival. Now She’s Moving On. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z This statement is the crux of the conflict between how Asian and Black Americans interact. My fellow Asian Americans, we must address the anti-Blackness rampant in our community 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z As many as 300 Black Americans were killed, and nearly 10,000 were left homeless. Greenwood Rising Links Tulsa’s Tragic History to Today’s Struggles 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z That’s a lot already: a stylistic tour of Black American religious music, mostly in the hands of women, going back more than 50 years. Solange Curates Powerful Performances of Black Joy and Pain at BAM 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Black Americans, immigrants and liberal women are crowded into the Democratic Party, while white Americans are more likely to be Republican. Are We More Divided Now Than Ever Before? 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The effects of these government programs, along with a variety of other exclusionary tactics used by agents and white residents — what we now call “redlining” — put many Black Americans at a disadvantage. When Black Characters Double-Deal to Make Ends Meet, It’s Never Enough 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The feature-length film, assembled from interviews with contemporary artists, curators and scholars, was inspired by a single 1976 exhibition, “Two Centuries of Black American Art,” the first large-scale survey of African-American artists. ‘Black Art: In the Absence of Light’ Reveals a History of Neglect and Triumph 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z As the performers improvise around the original material, they attain a communion with Dvorak’s love of Black American music that most other interpreters fail to achieve. Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Mitchell’s world — self-assured, calm — suggests an alternate timeline for Black American life, one not waylaid by the constant grinding of racism and recrimination. Tyler Mitchell: ‘Black Beauty Is an Act of Justice’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z That pairing might have been something — Baldwin’s middle age meeting Boseman’s, the actor’s dexterous way with dignity approaching the thinker’s never-ending demand that the country respect the dignity of Black Americans. It’s Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way. 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Many Black Americans, especially those who hail from oppressed communities, don't care for the song. "What is American music?": Ryan Coogler leads a fresh exploration of the national anthem 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Certainly Black Americans have laid out in the park and let the sunshine wash over them before. Tyler Mitchell: ‘Black Beauty Is an Act of Justice’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Obama recognizes, during his run for president, that while special-interest politics — by ethnic groups, farmers, gun-control enthusiasts — is the norm in America, it is only Black Americans who practice it at their peril. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Black Americans have never been a monolith, despite frequent efforts to portray us as such. John Lewis’s Sequel to His Award-Winning Graphic Memoir, ‘March’ 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z After a year of disproportionate loss from the pandemic and the continuous threat of police violence, on top of centuries of discrimination and disenfranchisement, what does healing look like for Black Americans? Four Studies of Black Healing 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Conservative officials across the country are trying to ban access to books such as “Maus” and the “The 1619 Project,” which puts Black slavery and Black Americans at the center of U.S. history. Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Since Black Lives Matter and the death of George Floyd, the art and museum world is finally opening up to Black American art. A Chicago Roofer’s Legacy Finds a Home in the Serpentine Pavilion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z This book subtly draws upon the mythic power France once held for Black Americans. Viet Thanh Nguyen Packs Plenty of Action and Outrage Into ‘The Committed’ 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z The celebrity encounters are memorable, but for Dr. Harris, the test kitchen’s magic was its ability to educate the world about Black American foodways. The Ebony Test Kitchen, Where Black Cuisine Was Celebrated, Is Reborn 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z “Vivian did a great job in touching on the emotions wrapped up in that specific experience, which translates across the board for any Black American, and Black women specifically.” Inspired by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a new play ponders race, gender and inclusion 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z She felt removed, too, from tendencies toward conceptualism in Black American art at the time. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, roughly 40% of Black Americans are vaccinated. Nicki Minaj's vaccine skepticism wins her praise from Fox News, right-wing pundits 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z At first, Diggs was hesitant to record a track reacting to the spate of police killings of Black Americans this year. 2020 Is Chaotic. Clipping’s New Horror-Rap Album Captures It. 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z The Black American couple have arrived in Africa after an initially unexplained incident in Alabama forces them to flee. A Multitude of Hauntings 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The former first lady wore a purple, almost burgundy overcoat by Black American designer Sergio Hudson for Wednesday's event, completed with a matching belt cinched at her waist with a gold circle buckle. Former first lady Michelle Obama's outfit earns praise on Twitter as 'best look of the inauguration' 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Dawes took home an individual bronze for her 1996 floor exercise performance, becoming the first, Black American woman to medal in her sport. Olympic gymnasts sound off on the evolving leotard: 'Power and prestige goes with those leos' 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Though born in Copenhagen, Denmark he is the son of a Black American mother who's an opera singer touring abroad, and an Italian carpenter. From Gus Fring to Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Giancarlo Esposito plays "the humanity of all people" 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z When it was built a half-century ago, the Ebony kitchen was at the heart of Black American food culture in the media. The Ebony Test Kitchen, Where Black Cuisine Was Celebrated, Is Reborn 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Black Americans are at the bottom of every indicator of wellbeing, and it's not because there's something wrong with Black people. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The tandem ends up living a luxury lifestyle as “Black American Princesses” while caring for an elderly Beverly Hills millionaire. ‘B.A.P.S.’ star Natalie Desselle Reid dies at 53 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The book’s back matter touches lightly on the relationship between Black Americans and Indigenous peoples. Comics That Dismantle the White Cowboy Myth 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z It promised to be a special show: the debut couture collection for Jean-Raymond, the first Black American designer asked to join the couture calendar. Storms thwart outdoor Pyer Moss show, forcing postponement 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Much of O’Grady’s philosophy is informed by her sense of self as a Black American woman with Afro-Caribbean and Irish roots. Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Harris’s racial makeup evokes the connection between Black Americans fighting for their rights and those who resisted colonialism overseas, according to Shilpa Davé, an American studies professor at the University of Virginia. Americans are still figuring out how to talk about multiracial identity. Kamala Harris’s nomination is a perfect example. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z When Hookey and Simmons converse, their exchanges seem permeated by a broader awareness of the bridges connecting Aboriginal Australians’ and Black Americans’ ongoing struggle for equality and social justice. Two Artists, Continents Apart, and a Shared Language of Struggle 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z On Monday, Akon said he hoped his project would provide much needed jobs for Senegalese and also serve as a “home back home” for Black Americans and others facing racial injustices. R&B singer Akon moves ahead with ‘Akon City’ in Senegal 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z But at BAM Fisher on that Friday night, I believed in a song of community, of strength and beauty and Black life despite whatever funereal tune is forced upon the lives of Black Americans. In ‘What to Send Up,’ I See You, Black American Theater 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z However, a number of Christian denominations, and even individual churches, are committing to reparations by way of financial investments and long-term programs that benefit Black Americans. "We are complicit": Only some churches are offering real reparations and repentance for slavery 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z In the book, she shares the origins of Watch Night, when Black Americans congregate at church for song, praise and prayer before the stroke of midnight. Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z "Many students like me were told that the lynching of Black Americans was tragic but not that these public murders were commonplace and often lauded by local papers and law enforcement," Hanks wrote. Tom Hanks calls out our whitewashed education and entertainment, citing Tulsa massace erasure 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z But in a year marked by pandemic and protests over racial injustice, the series also offers respite and nuance — an alternative to the relentless imagery of a Black American experience bounded by anguish and rage. ‘Black Love’ Keeps It Simple: Honesty, Not Antics 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z But for Simon, carrying meaning as a Black American man amid enduring racism also means taking on a heavy weight at times. The Composer Carlos Simon Is Busier, and More Honest, Than Ever 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z And you can’t cruise without good music, so Motown and other Black American music became the soundtrack of choice. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Now, a new dictionary — the Oxford Dictionary of African American English — will attempt to codify the contributions and capture the rich relationship Black Americans have with the English language. Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z In that regard, the shows mirror the reality facing many Black Americans who have dared to dream of financial success. When Black Characters Double-Deal to Make Ends Meet, It’s Never Enough 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z But he is absolutely the correct person for this job of conveying the broad story of Black American food to audiences of all backgrounds. The Profound Significance of ‘High on the Hog’ 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z A version of this review appears in print on February 12, 2014, on page C5 of the with the headline: Exploring Black Americans’ Opinions of Same-Sex Marriage. Movie Review: In ‘The New Black,’ Yoruba Richen Reveals Diverse Views 2014-02-11T22:58:29Z “For me, moving forward at the UM, I want to ask: what does a Black lens look like across all kinds of different bodies of work, not only Black American artists?” Underground Museum Looks to Philadelphia Curator 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Black Americans would only forge a new and authentic sense of themselves, he argued, by pursuing artistic excellence and insisting on physical mobility. The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z They are also Black American men living the future for which the famous orator and abolitionist fought, and they demonstrate an acute understanding of what it means to be his inheritors. HBO's "Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches" makes the 19th century agitator the star he always was 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “Black American music has always insisted upon soul, the value of the human spirit,” he writes. To This Essayist and Cultural Critic, the Black Tradition Is Resistance 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The artist-in-residence program at the Studio Museum in Harlem is an institution — an early-career incubator whose alumni list, in annual cohorts of three, reads like a canon of a half-century of Black American art. Studio Museum in Harlem Names Artists in Residence 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Baker was among several prominent Black Americans, especially artists and writers, who found refuge in France after the two World Wars, including famed writer and intellectual James Baldwin. Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France’s Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z It looks at this pioneering muralist who created the Wall of Respect in 1967 on Chicago’s South Side in collaboration with the Organization of Black American Culture. Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright: A Broader View of Art in Chicago 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Tens of thousands of people — particularly brown and Black Americans — are still incarcerated for low-offense drug crimes such as possession of cannabis in the United States. What's actually the difference between CBD and THC? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “They are a wonderful people,” he says of Black Americans. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z I think he kind of sheltered me, or tried to shelter me, from the hardships of being a Black American. These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The Stones began, Watts said, “as white blokes from England playing Black American music” but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z But is also stretches further back and forward to consider all forms of racist restrictions of movement for Black Americans, spanning Jim Crow-era laws to ’60s bus boycotts to contemporary policing. New this week: David Byrne, ‘The Amazing Race’ & Tommy Lee 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Since the end of slavery, law enforcement officials “have not only failed to reliably protect Black Americans against violence in their communities but, all too often, have contributed to it.” America’s Refusal to Address the Roots of Violence 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z The filmmakers hope “In the Heights” can be for Latinos what “Black Panther” was for Black Americans or what Chu’s own “Crazy Rich Asians” was for Asian Americans. ‘For the culture’: The moment arrives for ‘In the Heights’ 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Douglass also fought for civil reforms, including equal treatment for Black Americans and women, free public education, and the end of capital punishment. Black history through the years: 10 famous figures in the US 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z This season, it appears that at least some of the Black characters’ story lines are being written with a bit more awareness about the challenges specific to many Black Americans. ‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2 Recap: Relationship Place 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “My challenge,” she added, “was: ‘How do I tell the truth about this Black American woman who is a brilliant icon? In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z In addition to being an elite improvising pianist, Jason Moran is a keen programmer; his Carnegie survey of Black American music from the Great Migration was a well-attended success. Carnegie Hall’s New Season: What We Want to Hear 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Ford called on Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history," as History.com noted. Black History Month facts: 10 things you should know 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z She also recently began hosting "That Blackass Show" a podcast in which and other Black creators and performers discuss their TV series and films reflective of the Black American experience. Dulcé Sloan is not here for your excuses that you "didn't know" about the depth of U.S. racism 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z We as Black Americans, we live it, we know it. "It's blood memory": Jurnee Smollett on how the horrors in "Lovecraft Country" are felt in real life 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z It tells the story of a queer studies doctoral student who returns to his family home in Kolkata, India, with his Black American boyfriend and makes an unexpected discovery. New Soho Rep Season Spotlights Emerging Artists 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Black Americans were hobbled as entrepreneurs, but not as consumers, as multinational companies began targeting them or creating separate products of sometimes unequal quality. Buying Black, Rebooted 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Black Americans have endured this type of force and oppression for generations. The duty and burden of the black police officer 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z While they focused primarily on the question of Black writers in American literature, they also considered the status of Black Americans. Onstage This Fall, the Enduring Friendship of Baldwin and Hansberry 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z But she shares the screen with African and Black American faces: dancers, tribal elders, city hustlers, judges in wigs and robes, hoop-skirted debutantes and their beaus. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In 1962, he was the first Black American to publish a children’s book as both author and illustrator. Creativity may be key to healthy aging. Here are ways to stay inspired. 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Jenkins reminds viewers that for Black Americans – both then and now – this prospective peril can be particularly pronounced. "The Underground Railroad" attempts to upend viewers’ notions of what it meant to be enslaved 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z A social worker, chef and scholar, Mendes had tired of the “implication of white authorities that Black Americans had no culinary past.” Black recipes matter, too: Why I wanted to break the Jemima code 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “We should be questioning our education system. Is it working? Is there a pipeline into the university for indigenous Black Americans to play their music, and learn their music? I don’t think that exists.” Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Generations of Black American women recall weekend afternoons spent watching an iron comb glow like molten lava on the stove burner. One Last Takeaway From ‘The Slap’: Leave Black Women’s Hair Alone 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z But the nuances of Ali’s relationship with Louisville — where Ali faced discrimination as a Black American and controversy for his refusal to be drafted — tend to get lost in the celebration of civic pride. ‘City of Ali’ Review: A Final Round for a Champ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Here’s an Asian American performer whose shtick is a kind of Black impersonation, pretending to be a computer-generated bird, rhythm-rapping with a Black American man pretending to be a Caribbean crab. ‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: The Renovations Are Only Skin Deep 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Hewlett would take over the role of Richard and later tour the country performing Shakespearean monologues, making him the first Black American Shakespearean actor. A Black Theater Flourished in New York. 200 Years Ago. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z A full production of his “Treemonisha” — one of the first operas by a Black American composer — had proved elusive during his final decade, when he lived in New York. A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z When it premiered in 1931 in Rochester, N.Y., it was the first symphony by a Black American to be performed by a major orchestra. When Europe Offered Black Composers an Ear 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z It played in silence in our grand theater which only amplified the gasps, oohs and awe of audience members as they watched the first documented on-screen kisses between Black American performers. Where is the love?: Seeking intimacy in Josephine Baker's films 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z However, when the statement was changed to "Black American" protesters, 54% agreed. Myths about Martin Luther King Jr. damage and diminish his legacy 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Black Americans' contribution to the culinary art and tradition has progressed over time, spanning generations, and is still recognized today. A brief history of the American cookout 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z She, an American daughter of Korean refugees, and he, a Black American, were outliers in a crowd of white people. Two Musicians of Color Are Creating Their Own Space 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z One percent of Black Americans identify as Jewish, but in younger generations, that percentage is increasing, and young American Jews overall are a far more diverse group than their older counterparts. ‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder’ 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The difference is that this version of the Black American Network is slicker than the public access-looking jokey-joke version seen in the first season. Sometimes we can go home again: “Atlanta” comes full circle in its final season, only richer 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Already during a visit to United States in 1906, he voiced his esteem for Black Americans struggling to live dignified lives within “a civilization they are grudged and denied.” Review | H.G. Wells wanted to change the world. A new book explores the author’s outsize ambitions 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z What I rarely get to see are works about Black American life that are defiantly not problem plays. Review: In ‘Chicken & Biscuits,’ a Sweet but Dated Comedic Recipe 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The Center for Policy Research polled 500 Black Americans and 500 white Americans and found that many people were saddened by “Roots.” The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z As Black Americans, an almost indescribable feeling set in once they landed there. Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z According to researchers, the incidents may contribute to 1.7 additional poor mental health days per person every year, or 55 million more poor mental health days every year among Black Americans across the United States. White spaces, white privilege and white fear: Negrophobia still contaminates America 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “As Black American people, we are very aware of our marketability, and as Black American artists, we are maybe even more aware of our marketability.” In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z He sincerely believed that the book could be instrumental in healing a divided nation through its recognition of the enormous contribution of Black Americans to America. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Along with a handful of other young artists, he helped define what Black American art would be going forward. David Hammons, Body and Soul, at the Drawing Center 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s a thankless job, and one that, to some extent, all Black Americans are qualified for, just by the nature of our presence in a country that disregards us. Review: A Poet’s Urgent Questions Fuel ‘November’ 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z All activists agreed that Black Americans deserved liberty and property. The Twists and Turns of Black History 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The term describes the foods and foodways of Black Americans, as well as the reclaiming of African roots. The Southern and Low Country pantry ingredients one cook can’t live without 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Or Frederick Douglass: “I heard a rumor … that Black men will vote and that, before the year 1900, 1,500 Black Americans will hold office including seats in the House and Senate.” When Blackness Is a Superpower 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Lewis, determined to strike a blow against racism, scoured the country interviewing Black Americans, from servants and manual laborers to ministers and educators. The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z “The Rise” joins other recent cookbooks, notably by Toni Tipton-Martin, in celebrating the diversity of Black American food, and by making Black chefs and cooks the center of the story of American cuisine. The 14 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2020 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z As such, a lot can be learned about the holiday — as well as Black American culinary traditions — by using food as a lens. The connection between Black cooking and Juneteenth 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z She started drafting sketches for songs, with sounds rooted in Sufism and South Indian Carnatic and Black American music, and sent them to would-be collaborators. Esperanza Spalding’s Quest to Find Healing in Music 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z As King said, Black Americans were sent to “guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia which they had not found in southwest Georgia and East Harlem.” Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views, Even in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Bookending segments and interstitials feature the former professional football star contemplating how turning points in his high school sports career and social life relate to struggles Black Americans have always faced, including its luminaries. Netflix's new Colin Kaepernick series is as ambitious but not quite as successful as its subject 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z “That was a show that represented what my Black American culture looked like. I thought they got it right!” A Groundbreaking Cartoon Family Returns, ‘Louder and Prouder’ 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z On the other hand, I feared that Lee, despite being a Black American with a powerful, necessary voice, would, in the end, be an American. Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views, Even in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The influence of blues artists — especially Black American blues artists — looms large over the Stones’ entire discography. The Rolling Stones Played Old! They Played New! 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z And a week or two ago I opened a book on Charles White’s portraits of Black Americans to be confronted again by the Trenton Six. Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Black Americans, in the White American imagination, are still seen as anti-citizens who are not “self-reliant” or “productive.” "Joker": A harsh indictment of neoliberalism and gangster capitalism 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z For Ms. Momperousse, there’s also the added responsibility of speaking for so many people — as a woman, a West Indian woman, a Black American woman and, most important to her, a Haitian American woman. Black Women Make Waves in Hair Care 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “We’re interested in Black American stories, but we’re also really interested in Black stories from the continent and the Caribbean, Latin America and Canada.” At the BlackStar Film Festival, a Revelatory Understanding of Cinema 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Thomas J. Calloway organized a display of charts and photographs about the African-American experience to counter depictions of Black Americans at the world’s fair in Paris. How Can Blackness Construct America? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Black Americans and other people of color often talk about how there is one legal system for “them” and another for “us.” #CrimingWhileWhite does pay: Ammon Bundy and weaponized white privilege prevails again in Oregon 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z She learned that the Old Dawn School, as it was known in the early 1900s, is also an important part of Virginia’s Black American history. She found her father’s segregated schoolhouse decaying in the Va. woods. Now, it is on the way to being saved. 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z A brief listing of notable Black American inventors. The iconic American inventor is still a white male — that’s an obstacle to race and gender inclusion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Johnson's tune was written as a source of empowerment for Black Americans after the American Civil War and the 1896 ruling of Plessy v. "Do football, not wokeness": Conservatives angered over Black national anthem sung at the Super Bowl 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Maybe she wanted to signal to Black Americans that President Biden was serious when he said his administration would not abandon them. Where Jill Biden drops by for a cup of coffee can make quite a statement 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z It is a traditional part of the Black American experience. America is not on trial. Derek Chauvin is 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z This “absorbing” biography of the first Black American fighter pilot “reads like a picaresque novel,” our reviewer, Thomas E. Ricks, noted. New in Paperback: ‘All Blood Runs Red’ and ‘Frankissstein’ 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Black Americans are not a monolith, the Borg, or a hive mind. Black America is so very tired of explaining and debating 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z In examining the meaning of the Obama presidency for Black Americans, Clegg shows that Black voters were steadfastly committed to the administration while the community’s leaders were often frustrated and disappointed. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Cream of Wheat is one of many food brands to face criticism over racial stereotypes amid protests over racial injustice and the deaths of Black Americans like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Cream of Wheat removing Black chef from packaging following branding review announced in June 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “Homecoming is a lifestyle,” said Michiel Perry, the creator of Black Southern Belle, a website focused on Black American women in the South, and a graduate of Howard University. H.B.C.U. Homecomings Are Canceled, but Students and Alumni Will Feast Anyway 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z For some Black Americans, Canada seemed like a bit of a promised land after the 2016 election, and they weren’t alone. A Journey Through Black Nova Scotia 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z It “commemorates our generation’s hero — August Wilson. August Wilson House belongs to the Hill, to Black Americans, and because his stories are American stories of triumph under oppression, it belongs to all of us Americans.” Denzel Washington Honors August Wilson’s Legacy at House Opening 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z As it evolved, jazz remained a resistance music precisely because it was the sound of Black Americans building something together, in the face of repression. Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z This day is loaded with jubilation and pain for Black Americans. In case you missed them: the Guardian's unsung heroes of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z She added that “there is an incredibly rich culture” in the South that draws heavily on the history of Black Americans there. New Funding Offshoot Expands Grants to Arts Groups in the Southeast 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the seventh episode of Atlanta’s first season, BAN, shows an uninterrupted broadcast of a Charlie Rose-style talk show on the fictional Black American Network, and features only one of the main characters, Alfred. Why TV's brightest shows are turning episodes into standalone stories 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z With Black History Month officially underway, the review website is paying homage to Black American business owners by highlighting the popular U.S. businesses, which span beauty, home, food and restaurant categories. These are the Black-owned restaurants to watch in 2021, according to Yelp 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z There are also African dance and twerk yoga classes, and the Black American Music Series features performances every second Sunday of the month. 8 Places Across the U.S. That Illuminate Black History 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z It involved translating dozens of Black American art songs from English into German. When Europe Offered Black Composers an Ear 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z "Black American Again" debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200 charts. U.S. rapper Common on teaming up with '13TH' director 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Our experiences, they're different than Black Americans', but there are a lot of parallels that unite us. Hari Kondabolu: "It works in the interest of those with power" to divide people of color 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z He liked to remind us the ancestors of Black Americans, unlike those of other immigrant groups, were brought here in chains. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Years later they realized their growing collection could help other families, Black and white, learn more about the under-acknowledged contributions of Black Americans in the U.S. The Kinsey Collection fills in blanks where Black Americans are left out of U.S. history 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Leon said the renewed focus on diversity and equity following a series of deaths of Black Americans in encounters with police catalyzed the production. ‘Ain’t Supposed to Die’ Plans a Broadway Return 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z “There isn’t a country today whose youth haven’t been influenced by this movement. And it all started here, in New York City, by a talented Black American with very few resources.” A Rapper’s Delight: Hip-Hop Memorabilia Goes Up for Auction 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “Pose like a Black American. Sad and strong.” The Performance of Racial Passing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z As a student and young actor, I was astonished that the canon of Black American writers and artists that so richly shaped my artistic life were mostly unknown and so poorly understood. LaChanze on the Personal Resonance of Alice Childress’s Timeless Words 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z One in three Black Americans who need mental health treatment actually receive it, and we are more likely to rely on religious guidance and faith-based practices when working through relationship issues. Why Black Women Struggle More With Domestic Violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z “He keeps right on fighting to improve the lives of Black Americans. He works night and day. He never stops. He leaves nothing on the field.” Trump and Biden are both courting the votes of Black men. Will it make a difference? 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z "When the deceased is laid to rest — or they 'cut the body loose' — the mourners 'cut loose' as well," wrote Eileen Southern in her 1971 book "The Music of Black Americans." “I said goodbye like a lover": Sending off problem foods like a New Orleans jazz funeral 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z She has called for reparations for Black Americans since 1998 when her book “Healing the Soul of America” was published. Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The election of the 44th president of the United States was not only a nationally historic event but, for Black Americans, a transformative moment. What African Americans Thought of Barack Obama 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Their style as a trio suggests a continuum from post-bop through vintage soul into a kind of modern fusion: Black American Music, according to Mr. Payton’s preferred term of art. Jazz Listings for July 3-9 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z I first read “Trouble in Mind” — along with a wide range of works by Black American playwrights — as a student at Morgan State University in Maryland, one of our nation’s historically Black colleges and universities. LaChanze on the Personal Resonance of Alice Childress’s Timeless Words 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Black Americans have long felt ambivalent about “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Anthem of Freedom: How Whitney Houston Remade “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z It's equality and social justice and equal access to public education, or not accepting that it's OK that we're continuing to lynch Black Americans, with police officers doing just that. "Roy Cohn" filmmaker Ivy Meeropol on her new HBO doc about the man who killed her grandparents 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Horton regained his freedom later that summer, and this question of citizenship would be crucial for Black Americans, as would the question of what citizenship entailed. A Powerful New Framing of America’s First Civil Rights Movement 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Making sense of how they drew from what she calls the “technology” of Black American soul music is a part of her current project. Anohni Isn’t Afraid of the Darkness 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z It seemed at first like a joke on the movies’ ongoing obsession with stories about exceptional Black Americans or like Hollywood was too lazy to imagine anyone else inhabiting the exceptions. It’s Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way. 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Tubman established a home for aging and indigent Black Americans, many of whom, like her, had little means of support during their last years. Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland’s Eastern Shore 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Payton’s vision for BAM — for “Black American Music,” his approved term of art — pointedly does away with genre classification. Nicholas Payton Trio Features Payton Mostly on Piano 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z For many Black Americans, the holiday is a time for bonding, joy and repose. Five Kwanzaa Celebrations Around the Country 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Said proposition was enough to lure us in but is an insufficient foundation upon which to build an origin story for a Black American superhero. The forging of a Black Captain America by battling supremacy in "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z It's not a competition, but acknowledging that leadership is a huge step in fighting racist stigmas that make life more difficult for Black Americans. On Father's Day, Black dads and the fragility of our fortune 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Hospital work was labor intensive, and it opened a job market for those Black Americans, including domestic workers, who were the first to be displaced by automation and industrial decline. How Health Care Became the Big Industry in Steel City 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Another movement is named for the musicologist Eileen Southern, whose landmark 1971 book “The Music of Black Americans” is, as Mr. Smith puts it, “a literary national park.” Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z I learned about Black Americans during Reconstruction, poor drug policy, and how toxic Ronald Reagan really had been. College was necessary for me. Will my own child need it like I did? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In both this work and her captivating 2020 play “Stew,” a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize, Howard writes her characters into a Möbius strip of trauma and injustice that is Black American history. Review: In ‘Hang Time,’ Lynched Men Tell Finely Tuned Tales 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The Stones began, Watts said, “as white blokes from England playing Black American music” but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The vignettes explore race in America; Green described it as “nothing less than a spiritual portrait of Black American life right now, with all its terrors, hopes and contradictions.” Imagining an Exodus: ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ to Take Flight on Broadway 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Black Americans have found celebration in other foods, too. Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z The rebellions, she argues, add a missing layer to the story of how Black Americans — particularly the young and impoverished, whose voices are often missing from traditional archival sources — reacted to the escalation of policing. Unearthing the Roots of Black Rebellion 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis apologized after having to remove a menu item for its upcoming Juneteenth Jamboree: watermelon salad, which reinforced a racist stereotype that all Black Americans like watermelon. Juneteenth is growing. Some Texans worry it’s losing meaning. 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Later that month, the orchestra will perform “Four Black American Dances” by Carlos Simon, alongside Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No. 5 and Gershwin’s Concerto in F, both featuring the pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Tanglewood’s Summer Season Blends Familiar and New 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z At certain moments, more than a few times, there is a broad-brush characterization of the American spirit or temperament or enjoyment of liberty that clearly did not apply to Black Americans, a caveat Andersen omits. Kurt Andersen Asks: What Is the Future of America? 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z This has meant Black Americans, who were disproportionately targeted in the “war on drugs”, are thought to be missing out on the opportunities created by legalisation. Marijuana millionaires cashing in on cannabis legalisation 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z White European support of and advocacy for Black American musicians has often come at the expense of their own Black populations. When Europe Offered Black Composers an Ear 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “There is no / way not to like Black Americans,” she writes in “Lemonade Grows From Soil, Too.” Nikki Giovanni, Finding the Song in the Darkest Days 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The agenda is to take the story of Black Americans in slavery, from being an asterisk to being marginal to being central to how we understand our country. The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z An enthusiastic traveler and “leading home economist,” Ms. DeKnight traveled throughout the United States to learn the culinary traditions of Black American home cooks, and to gain a deeper understanding of international cuisines and flavors. The Ebony Test Kitchen, Where Black Cuisine Was Celebrated, Is Reborn 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z The chef’s cooking celebrates the food of Black Americans and the African diaspora. The News Cycle Is Crushing Seattle’s Vibrant Restaurant Scene 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Within that fraught atmosphere, Italy’s composers were also keeping an ear on music made by Black Americans. The Enduring Appeal of Italian Composers’ Dramatic ‘Library Music’ 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z “The new immigrants were often seen as better than Black Americans,” Bunch says. Perspective | Maybe it’s time to admit that the Statue of Liberty has never quite measured up 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z And yet, I bet that even today, most Black Americans have witnessed or participated in a minstrel show of some sort — a performance of Blackness that simplifies and debases it. Review: In ‘Tambo & Bones,’ a Minstrel’s Guide to Making Money 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Recently, an entire body of scholarship has formed to probe the parallel racism and classism levied against both pit bulls and Black Americans, and especially the Black Americans who own pit bulls. The changing face of “America’s dog” — and what it says about us 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Black American resistance to white supremacy becomes sharper and more potent when blended with Latinx and Native American resistance narratives. Ta-Nehisi Coates blazes a singular intellectual path in 'We Were Eight Years in Power' 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The choice of greens, usually cooked with pork for flavor, comes from the perception among Black Americans that folded collard greens look like paper money, said Adrian Miller, an author and food scholar. Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Righttocomplain’s purpose has just ended, though, hence the funeral: It is Nov. 4, 2008, and Barack Obama has been elected president, ushering in a promising new era for Black Americans. ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z And then there is the Black American practice of applying familial words to friends who are like family, like auntie or brother. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z There’s an element of fraternity, but one of the youths’ heavy chain necklace places the image within the continuum of Black American subjugation, from slavery to sharecropping to the prison labor of the chain gang. Tyler Mitchell: ‘Black Beauty Is an Act of Justice’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Black Americans sang of the Genesis flood-myth, which drowned worldly wickedness to clean the slate. Noah Purifoy's smoldering work of art, 'Watts Riot,' is a powerful reminder on the 50th anniversary 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Adams added that he would no longer "help Black Americans" and advised white Americans "to get the hell away from Black people." In defending "Dilbert" cartoonist, Elon Musk calls media "racist against whites & Asians" 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z We debate how Black Americans protest police brutality and systemic racism. Together. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z During Hailstork’s piece — structured as a Black American history lesson given by a character named Toil — I felt that some sparer moments were less than ideally balanced in the auditorium. Review: The Philharmonic Departs From Business as Usual 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “For far too long, our country has neglected to celebrate the contributions of Black Americans to the extent that is deserved,” Darius Himes, Christie’s international head of photographs, said in a statement. A Rapper’s Delight: Hip-Hop Memorabilia Goes Up for Auction 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The exhibition, held in 1976, was “Two Centuries of Black American Art.” Perspective | The bright light shining on America’s best Black artists has a fascinating backstory 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z As an ancestral source for Black American culture and history, African representation is important, and the variety of styles in “Coming 2 America” was intended to honor that legacy. In Films and on TV, a New Openness to Natural Black Hairstyles 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “In the Southern Breeze” pays tender tribute to previous generations of Black Americans and bears unblinking witness to the white violence that has marred and menaced them. ‘In the Southern Breeze’ Review: A Dark Night of the Soul 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z There are clear parallels between the Black American experience and the story of Passover. ‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder’ 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Black Americans are the moral conscience of the United States. Black America is so very tired of explaining and debating 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Marshall is also continuing a well-traveled theme in Medieval and Renaissance art history, making both the Christ story and the art history alive to the position of Black Americans now. Teaching a New Inclusiveness at The School 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z She brought awareness to an issue that's been on the forefront of Black American minds for the longest time. The dangerous spectacle of racist violence viral videos: Who are those images for? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Black Americans don’t need reflexive, trite gesturing on race. Nine black artists reflect on the question: “Is America at a point of reckoning?” 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Though New Year’s culinary traditions persist across the South, Frederick Opie, a professor of history and foodways at Babson College in Massachusetts, noted that they can take on particular significance for Black Americans. Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z As white America shows signs of starting to understand the economic disparities and injustice endured by Black Americans, it is vital they also recognize the specific and historic challenges and burdens Black women contend with. 5 films to watch that proclaim Black Women's Lives Matter too 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z As Mr. Robinson said, Black American history is a combination of “hood and country.” How Black Foragers Find Freedom in the Natural World 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z They debuted the app in May 2016, calling it EatOkra in a nod to their Southern heritage and the ingredient's literal and symbolic role as a binding agent and connector of Black Americans. EatOkra aims to be the next Amazon for Black-owned food businesses 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z In Pew’s coronavirus vaccine survey, Black Americans were less likely than White, Asian or Hispanic Americans to say they planned on getting a vaccine. Perspective | Why might women be less eager to get the coronavirus vaccine? An investigation. 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Mythic language will forever find a home in the Black American experience. A Cabdriver Who Also Ferries Souls and Ghosts? Just Another Day on the Job. 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Spurned by the barriers white-dominated institutions placed on them in the United States, Black American composers and musicians have long perpetuated the idea that European audiences were more welcoming. When Europe Offered Black Composers an Ear 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Drawing verbatim from the debate transcript, the play ends with an imagined conversation between Baldwin and Hansberry that was inspired by a 1961 discussion about Black Americans in culture. Onstage This Fall, the Enduring Friendship of Baldwin and Hansberry 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z At another point, we were invited to write messages to Black Americans — they would join the scores of postcards with messages from other audience members that adorn the walls of the theater. In ‘What to Send Up,’ I See You, Black American Theater 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z “It's a reference to a cultural connection, one that spans the diaspora of Black American identity,” Kendall wrote. From unicorn desserts to pumpkin spice, here are the most memorable food trends of the 2010s 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z She wanted to transform the book into a kaleidoscopic performance piece, a choral work that would translate one man’s words into a collective Black American experience. ‘Between the World and Me’: From Page to Stage to Screen 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z She had arrived on a charter flight with over 200 other Black American artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, scholars and cultural activists. A Shining Moment of Pan-African Promise 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Another very popular choice was Peele’s horror film about white liberals and Black Americans. Readers Would Add These African-American Directors to the Criterion Collection 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z During the great migrations of the 20th century, Black Americans from Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas settled in New York City, Los Angeles and Detroit. When Only Homegrown Sweet Potatoes Will Do 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Since then, Black Americans have been able to persevere despite enormous challenges throughout the nation’s history and have been able to leave their mark on American culture. Black history through the years: 10 famous figures in the US 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Malachi said she will still attend the parade but will be handing out her own fliers that encourage Black Americans to remember Juneteenth’s purpose. Juneteenth is growing. Some Texans worry it’s losing meaning. 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z "We're also in the middle of an economic and health crisis, and it's disproportionately affecting Black Americans." "There is no revolution without art": Kendrick Sampson on activism & his new film "Miss Juneteenth" 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z I think the Black American community would benefit immensely from adopting it. Black Vegans Step Out, for Their Health and Other Causes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The half-decomposed body being consumed by the snake symbolizes the polarity of living as a Black American. Nine black artists reflect on the question: “Is America at a point of reckoning?” 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z And Babalola blends the vernacular and rhythms of Black American music with Black British culture, and its fusion of Pan-African influences, making the text even richer. So You’re Rivals? And You’re Fake-Dating? Classic. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z It will transport you straight back to the era of the interview, when Giovanni and the expatriate Baldwin were determined that Black Americans should take rightful ownership of their white-run country. ‘Lessons in Survival: 1971’ Review: The Past Echoes in the Present 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Black Americans protested, leading an early push for civil rights. The Twists and Turns of Black History 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z It is a tale of struggle and liberation — the same kind of liberation that Black Americans experienced after the Emancipation Proclamation, and still seek today. ‘Blackness Deserves a Seat at the Seder’ 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s heavy stuff, a nightmare fed by civil unrest incited by police killing unarmed Black Americans, against the background simmer of a global pandemic. The Many Lives of Martine Syms 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The documentary reflects on the role of faith for Black Americans. Summer Movies 2023: Here’s What’s Coming to Theaters and Streaming 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z She described her artistic process as one of “taking scraps, ephemera, rumors, stories” — the artifacts left to Black Americans as part of a fractured, suppressed historical record — and fleshing them out. Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z For many Black Americans, July Fourth is not the most important holiday celebrating freedom. Juneteenth: An emancipation celebration 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Tyler Perry accepted the Governors Award, which recognizes “extraordinary” or “cumulative” accomplishment, and gave a heartfelt speech that tied a story about his grandmother to the experiences of Black Americans. Emmy Winners 2020: The Full List of Awards 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z Some feel it is too quickly applied to situations involving Black Americans. Riot? Insurrection? Words matter in describing Capitol siege 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Black Americans are seen as less than and Asian Americans are seen as perhaps more capable, but never fully American. Hari Kondabolu: "It works in the interest of those with power" to divide people of color 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z It is hard to put sugar on daily mass shootings, the stripping away of healthcare rights for women, police killingss of Black Americans or a white supremecist coup attempt. How late-night political comedy needs to evolve: Be more subversive 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z As “Marvin” explained: “My identity as a Black American…was not affected unduly because to be of mixed racial ancestry…does not place you outside of the Black group.” Genetic ancestry tests don’t change your identity, but you might 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z She was a cleaning woman at Duke University and she was of that generation of Black Americans whose occupation all too often belied both their ambition and their abilities. Perspective | André Leon Talley became an icon by never losing faith in the glory of fashion 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Du Bois used his education and talents as a writer and editor to address race relations in the U.S. and advance rights for Black Americans. Black history through the years: 10 famous figures in the US 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z On the contrary, McCarthy says, Black Americans today “are once again trying to save the country.” To This Essayist and Cultural Critic, the Black Tradition Is Resistance 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Harris-Perry is not the only one paying tribute to the lives of Black Americans lost due to police force. Melissa Harris-Perry delivers an impassioned tribute to unarmed black me killed by police 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z White readers, fingers crossed, are going to read it and, in Ruffin's words, "maybe walk away with a different point of view of what it's like to be a Black American in the twenty-first century." Amber Ruffin's hilariously horrifying book about everyday racism shows this is indeed who we are 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Black Americans would not be driven from their property and homes and sent anywhere. To This Essayist and Cultural Critic, the Black Tradition Is Resistance 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z This book breaks that mold, said Toni Tipton-Martin, the editor in chief of Cook’s Country, who traced the history of Black American cooks in “The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks.” A Cook Who Never Used a Cookbook Now Has Her Own 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z So, earlier this year, he turned to the screen and produced a dance film that spoke to the beauty and burden of Black Americans. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z We cannot raise another generation of Asian Americans, second- and third- and fourth-generation immigrants, to uphold and support white supremacy, to literally stand by while Black Americans are murdered. "Sesame Street" talked to our kids about racism. Parents need to keep teaching those lessons 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z I started collecting vintage movie posters, of all-Black cast movies, and from there I slowly moved into art — mostly emerging and midcareer Black American artists. David Alan Grier on Navigating the Art World as a Black Collector 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z A final point: I wish the book had included more about the allies of Black Americans who fought against slavery or its ongoing aftermath. A Landmark Reckoning With America’s Racial Past and Present 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z At least two movies were made about government agencies harassing — and, in Fred Hampton’s case, shooting to death as he slept — prominent Black Americans. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Black Americans spend upward of $63 billion dollars annually on travel. Black & Abroad founders encourage African Americans to visit their ancestral continent 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z For Ms. Rose, Black Americans have been right on the forefront of all kinds of humanitarian movements around the world. Tracey Rose, Artist and Provocateur, Gets a Major U.S. Retrospective 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Cornbread became integral to American cuisine, particularly in Black American culinary traditions. The truth behind my grandma's (not-so-secret) corn casserole 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z He grew to be a Black American icon on the national stage, and then an ambassador for the best of American culture around the world. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “The truth of the Black American experience is that without any of the supernatural stuff, it’s already pretty horrific.” ‘Bad Hair’ movie explores Black women and hairstyle messages 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Partly as a result, the music has become inaccessible to, and disconnected from, many of the very people who created it: young Black Americans, poorer people and others at the societal margins. Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Jafa is adamant that the disaster that set forth Black American existence is also foundational to Black creative genius, and thus warrants unflinching examination. At His Moment of Triumph, Arthur Jafa Is Looking for Trouble 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Many of their successors on the faculty advocated segregation, the inferiority of Black Americans "and openly embraced the ideology of the Lost Cause of southern slavery." "We are complicit": Only some churches are offering real reparations and repentance for slavery 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z I cringed with recognition as Chude-Sokei attempts and fails to escape American racism by embracing his African forebears’ prejudice against Black Americans. ‘Too African for Jamaica, Too Jamaican for America, Too American for Nigeria’ 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “Building, finding, adapting,” Dyson said, describing how each of these Black Americans took stock of the coercive structures around them, and used them to find their way out. An Artist’s Gateway to Freedom and Possibility 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z To Black Americans in the 1960s who were targeted and harassed by the police, 21-year-old Fred Hampton was an empowering figure. ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’: What to Know About the HBO Max Film 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z They don’t talk purely in the expected dialect of stage slaves, but in an anachronistic mix of that with modern Black American vernacular. Review: Martha Washington, Hilariously Haunted by Her Slaves 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z As film professor and author of Contemporary Black American Cinema Mia Mask tells me: “African American cinema is a metaphor for black experience because it is a history of the struggle for inclusion.” The slow rise of black cinema 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Thanks to his rich catalog of symphonic and chamber music, Still, who died in 1978 at 83, was widely known as the pathbreaking “dean” of Black American composers. A Black Composer’s Intense Opera Gets a Rare Staging 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z She described one scene, for example, in which Wailes signs in Black American Sign Language, or BASL, which relies in a unique way on body language and rhythm. How These Sign Language Experts Are Bringing More Diversity to Theater 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Perkinson’s music evoked centuries of Black American music, between lavish pizzicato sections which called to mind the connections between the American banjo and West African plucked string instruments and bluesy slides from note to note. Review: In ‘Difficult Grace,’ a Cellist Moves Beyond Classical Confines 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Because of this, barbecue became a major part of Black American food culture. A brief history of the American cookout 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z The most head-scratching moment, however, occurred when Chappelle declared, "I know the Jewish people have been through some terrible things all over the world, but you can't blame that on Black Americans." "Blacks and Jews" authors on Chappelle, Kanye caught in the "face of Black antisemitism" loop 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “Calling someone a ‘streetwear designer’ is a way to dismiss them,” said Tremaine Emory, the founder and designer of Denim Tears, a brand that uses jeans to tell the story of the Black American experience. Streetwear Is Dead 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Black Americans tend to celebrate the achievement of a top-rated show featuring a black cast in a positive light. Ask an Ethicist: Can I Still Watch The Cosby Show? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z And what does the “protective pessimism” of so many Black Americans, people convinced he would be killed for daring to run for president, say about America’s imaginative poverty on the subject of Black people? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z This novel follows a Black American professor for two decades as she frequents a haunted summer mansion that her rich Italian husband built in Madagascar. New in Paperback: ‘Klara and the Sun’ and ‘The Committed’ 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Created with the composer Michael Schachter, that show traced the social, political and musical histories of Black Americans with grace, wit, resilience and ferocity. Review: Davóne Tines Hones the Recital Form to a Fine Point 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z She's a Black American woman sitting in a chair that's been held by two white men and a biracial South African man. Leslie Jones blazed brightly on "The Daily Show." But is a star really what its new era needs? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Yet this book too is driven by a serious historical purpose, showing us the micro-changes in the landscape of Harlem and the prospects of Black Americans in the North in the 1960s. Colson Whitehead’s Warmhearted Novel of a 1960s Crime Caper in Harlem 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z He has done more for Black Americans than any president since Abraham Lincoln, he has said. Perspective | Trump’s convention speech was selling a fantasy version of himself 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The nature of being Black American is to always be reintroducing yourself to your history. The Profound Significance of ‘High on the Hog’ 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Du Bois once called the “talented tenth,” those exceptional, well-educated Black Americans who will “guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst.” Review | ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ is the kind of brilliant epic that comes around only once in a decade 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Gates believes that the latest chapter in his ever-expanding study of the Black American experience may be his most important. PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z We should be guided by Black Americans in Kentucky and beyond, whose views on "My Old Kentucky Home" have been roundly ignored. The corrupt nostalgia of “My Old Kentucky Home” 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z And that to really reinforce this idea that there is no America without Black Americans, that the America that we all live in has been shaped indelibly by the contributions of Black Americans. "Justice requires repair": Nikole Hannah-Jones on why Hulu's "1619 Project" is essential viewing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Public lynchings in the late 1800s and early 1900s were used as a method to maintain racial conformity by terrorizing and instilling fear in Black Americans. The dangerous spectacle of racist violence viral videos: Who are those images for? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Even now, one year from its official establishment as a federal holiday, the shortened explanation of Juneteenth is that it commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans and celebrates our resilience. How (not) to do Juneteenth 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z “I was very vulnerable, to the point where I had nosebleeds from being unable to fight back like Black Americans taught me later on to fight back.” Haile Gerima and his landmark film ‘Sankofa’ are being rediscovered. Finally. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z For decades, rappers have offered vital and enduring documentation of the criminal justice system’s fraught relationship with Black Americans. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Now in book form, the project has become a touchstone for America’s reckoning over slavery and the reverberations for Black Americans. The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Thompson is, of course, not the first Black American to play Shylock in a professional production. Artistically in Sync, and Reunited for ‘The Merchant of Venice’ 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z In the play’s most unexpected and moving moment he speaks with reverence about the courage and defiance of the Black Americans he is supposed to be trying to subvert. ‘Russian Troll Farm’ Review: Clock In, Undermine Democracy, Clock Out 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Before getting into this, I think it is only reasonable to acknowledge that I am a Black American and I speak from my perspective. Kanye West proved white lives matter. Now what? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Not every Black American could secure a letter from a state governor to the president of the United States; and such arguments didn’t always work. A Powerful New Framing of America’s First Civil Rights Movement 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z When she teaches “Blues People,” a book she finds continually rewarding and challenging, Hadley emphasizes Black Americans’ “ongoing engagement with Africa and African music, generations after enslavement ends.” Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Why, then, was a show like “Two Centuries of Black American Art” necessary? Perspective | The bright light shining on America’s best Black artists has a fascinating backstory 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Many Black Americans, I wager, will find little about our country to surprise them here, though there will be much to interest them in seeing America’s race problem situated within a global context. What Do America’s Racial Problems Have in Common With India and Nazi Germany? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Not long after, Europe brought his 125-member Clef Club Orchestra — and the syncopated styles of Black American composers — to Carnegie Hall. Jason Moran Pays Tribute to an Early Jazz Ancestor 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Ueno writes a new setting of “Strange Fruit,” the powerful song, made famous by Billie Holiday, that portrays violence against Black Americans and that, in part, led to Holiday’s prosecution by the U.S. government. Review: Musicians of Color Reclaim Control in a White Space 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In her 1892 pamphlet "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases," anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells used question marks in parentheses on four occasions to interrogate descriptions of crimes supposedly committed by Black Americans. How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Finally, I thought, a defining chapter in the lives of so many Black Americans was being told in a big, big way. H.B.C.U.s Have a Spirit All Their Own. Pop Culture Is Paying Attention. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z This refers to the dissonance between the bloody defense of the American dream as white people accept it, and the shared struggle that is the Black American experience. "Between the World and Me" transforms a father's letter to his son into a chorus for a people 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Like all of Wilson’s plays, “Jitney” is keenly interested in the economics of Black American life, and the intertwining of love, money and loyalty. 5 Seattle-area arts events to look forward to in 2020 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Protesters chanted this refrain this year after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, unarmed Black Americans killed by police. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z For more than 30 years, when a slain Black American ushers in national tragedy, anyone looking for explanatory art could always find clarity in “Do the Right Thing.” 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z And this has been a tough year overall, for people everywhere — the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed Black Americans at a disproportionate rate, has left thousands of families in mourning. On Father's Day, Black dads and the fragility of our fortune 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z For many Black Americans, grooming and styling choices are intertwined with a desire to buck what is considered normal or acceptable by wider society. EXPLAINER: Alopecia ‘strips people of their identity’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Butler, based in New Jersey, works in fabric, creating complex quilted textile portraits of what she calls the Black American story. From 2 Artists, 2 Ways to Tell Stories of Black America 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z As this nation struggles with the shared legacy of its racist culture, white Americans must leave this song to Black Americans to do with as they please. The corrupt nostalgia of “My Old Kentucky Home” 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Rooted in the north of England, they were shaped in Germany and deeply indebted to Black American music. Get Back: The Beatles rocked the rooftop 50 years ago 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z She honed her art in the writing workshops of the Organization of Black American Culture, a prominent arts collective. Carolyn Rodgers, Poet, Dies at 69 2010-04-19T04:28:00Z All too often, both he and Thomas say, Black Americans are portrayed as mere victims of inequity and injustice, even though historically they’ve shown a capacity for transcending their circumstances. 'Black to the land' farm leans into African American heritage to fight climate change 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z But Williamson worries that negative perceptions detract from her policy positions, which include financial reparations for Black Americans and creation of a Department of Peace. Bestselling spiritual author Marianne Williamson presses on with against-the-odds presidential run 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Immigrants from Europe and Black Americans from the Jim Crow South migrated to isolated hills and hollers and made homes. Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West Virginia Democrats who promoted coal interests 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z But as the Western Front continued to churn out the dead, France welcomed a group of Black Americans in 1918 to fight under their country’s banner. A celebration of Black military heroism comes to Inglewood 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z The Freedmen's Bureau, in place to help Black Americans after the Civil War, put out a call for medical personnel. The U.S.’s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z In this moment, we have plenty of things on the negative side in this moment, but we still have Black Americans, people of color, and women who do actually still get to have a say. "We have been here before": Heather Cox Richardson on how to save our republic 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Today, she proposes creating a council of Black academic, cultural and political leaders to disperse at least $1 trillion to Black Americans over two decades. Bestselling spiritual author Marianne Williamson presses on with against-the-odds presidential run 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Biden's campaign is actively targeting Black farmers with a new television ad that will run in Raleigh, North Carolina and on national cable news, the third campaign ad targeting Black Americans. Biden kicks off rural America tour in Minnesota 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z On a post of a news story about Black Americans moving out of the U.S., he replied with a meme that read, “Well… … bye.” North Dakota GOP party leader resigns 1 week into job after posts about women, Black people 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Annis takes up this other way of knowing when she connects to spirits, and this invocation points out how this book is in conversation with the Black American canon. An enslaved woman charts a path in Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Let Us Descend’ 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Often, these are neighborhoods in which Black Americans and other minority groups were forced to live throughout much of the 20th century, because of laws and racist lending practices known as redlining. Seeking the ‘Right’ Customers, an Insurer Is Accused of Discrimination 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z She also carried a legacy of car factory jobs and union wages that allowed generations of her family to enjoy middle-class lifestyles and that for years had been unattainable for many Black Americans. Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Less than 1 percent of Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and 7.6 percent of Black Americans, had received the vaccine as of Oct. Few Americans Have Gotten the New Covid Shots, C.D.C. Finds 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Black Americans and baby boomers are the least likely adults to celebrate Halloween, but for different reasons, recent market data shows. Market research finds Blacks, baby boomers least likely to celebrate Halloween 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Black Americans are over three times more likely than White people to experience kidney failure. Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Black Americans are over three times more likely than white people to experience kidney failure. Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z That day, Rose joined a long list of Black Americans attacked by police dogs, a history well documented by journalists, academics and filmmakers. Police dog’s attack on Black trucker in Ohio echoes history 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Black Americans are more likely than Americans overall, as well as more likely than white or Hispanic adults, to have hardly any confidence in the nation’s highest court. Americans’ faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn’t helping 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z According to researchers who conducted the survey of 3,883 adults in March, Black Americans check out due to perceived racism at Halloween activities, including revelers wearing blackface. Market research finds Blacks, baby boomers least likely to celebrate Halloween 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z According to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit that analyzes capital punishment, Black Americans are overrepresented among death row populations across the nation. Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z ‘I’m not captive any more,’ says a Californian now living in Costa Rica — one of many Black Americans citing racism as why they’re leaving the U.S. After the Maui fire, some Hawaiians rethink aloha spirit. Is it for tourists, family, everyone? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z When Jordan took grief for voting against a bill that would protect voting rights, especially of Black Americans, he sniped, "Only Americans should vote in American elections." Jim Jordan: MAGA's version of Jesus 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z With this chapter, “Tremor” becomes more than the experience of Black Americans. How Teju Cole's new novel literally reframes the Black experience 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Mitchell, who is Black, said he is indeed an advocate for finding public health solutions to problems that have disproportionately affected Black Americans. ‘Fight is what killed him’: Medical expert testifies Tacoma police killed Manuel Ellis 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z “There is no doubt in my mind that I was stopped, and subjected to racial profiling because I am a Black American,” the statement reads. Former and current Black LAPD cops claim they were profiled by Beverly Hills police; A lawsuit seeks $500 million 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z That lack of surprise is the scar tissue that Black Americans have built up — the knowledge that the worst is always possible. Medical ethics, racial exploitation and the RSV vaccine | Charles M. Blow 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Preliminary efforts to develop state guidelines for the ethnic studies curriculum focused largely on the experiences of four U.S. racial and ethnic groups — Black Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and Native Americans. Whose stories do we tell? Israeli-Palestinian tensions polarize an Orange County school district 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Most were too preoccupied about real-world issues to spend much time reveling in another Black American blazing trails: high gas prices, the soaring cost of housing, homelessness, the neglect of the city’s Black business districts. Black Angelenos greet California's new senator with delight, wariness and high expectations 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z As governor and president, Carter set new marks for appointing Black Americans to top government posts. Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z People with disabilities and Black Americans are more likely to have significant medical debt, the analysis found. Consumer Agency Moves to Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z In these post war years, the early stages of Reconstruction were marked by rapid change and a concerted effort to expand the rights of Black Americans. Reconstruction Helped Her Become a Physician. Jim Crow Drove Her to Flee the U.S. 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Two-thirds of Black Americans believe news coverage of Black people is often more critical than coverage of other racial groups, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Free Press roundup: Black Americans' news experience, streaming up | Brier Dudley 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z She supports solidarity among Black Americans, but has been shunned in return. Black Angelenos greet California's new senator with delight, wariness and high expectations 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Tim Black, a political commentator from Waldorf, Maryland, whose weekly podcast focuses on issues impacting Black Americans, said he stopped voting for Democratic presidential candidates in the general election when President Obama left office. Biden eyes growing general election threat from Green Party’s Cornel West 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z He is a grumpy president whose motive is to keep Black Americans as angry and resentful as possible. Democrats’ plan of transitioning America to a one-party state 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The earth is rapidly shifting under the feet of Black Americans. Reconstruction Helped Her Become a Physician. Jim Crow Drove Her to Flee the U.S. 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The study of Black Americans’ experience with news raises important questions for a news industry struggling to maintain trust, increase newsroom diversity and broaden coverage. Free Press roundup: Black Americans' news experience, streaming up | Brier Dudley 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z But ordinary Black Americans in Los Angeles either weren’t aware of the behind-the-scenes intrigue or didn’t seem to care. Black Angelenos greet California's new senator with delight, wariness and high expectations 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Cheryl Thornton, a public health worker in San Francisco, said she strongly favors the state giving reparations to Black Americans as a way to make amends for decades of systemic racism. Most Californians want reparations for slavery, but don’t want to pay cash. Now what? 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z They used a wide-ranging forum at the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation as a call to action to ensure that the interests of Black Americans are not further eroded. Black leaders say threats to undermine US democracy appear aimed at their community 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z She picks up a yam, also a staple in Black American kitchens, and expounds on its use in African cooking. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Local news was the most frequent source of news for Black Americans, with 41% saying that’s where they get news extremely or fairly often. Free Press roundup: Black Americans' news experience, streaming up | Brier Dudley 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z For Black Americans, that number fell from 48 percent in 2021 to 43 percent. UAW's high-stakes gambit: This strike is a "potential paradigm shift" 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The March on Washington took place during a nationwide civil rights movement in which Black Americans were fighting to receive the same treatment as white Americans. 1963 March on Washington 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z She noted how Black Americans had once been denied even the ability to learn to read and write. Black leaders say threats to undermine US democracy appear aimed at their community 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z She marvels at the way enslaved Africans — her ancestors and the forebears of most Black Americans — sustained themselves by transforming the worst cuts of meat into flavorful meals. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Pew found that just 14% of Black Americans believe it’s extremely or very important for news, regardless of topic, to come from Black journalists. Free Press roundup: Black Americans' news experience, streaming up | Brier Dudley 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z After slavery was abolished, Black American hair became political. A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn’t discrimination 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z One hundred years after emancipation, Black Americans, he said, were still not free. 1963 March on Washington 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z It’s an issue largely for working-class white people, Black people and Hispanics, albeit most prevalent among Black Americans. The one privilege liberals ignore | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z And yet, it feels to her as though some Black Americans look down on Black newcomers and resent them for taking opportunities they fought long and hard to get. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Music icons Alicia Keys and Grandmaster Flash soon will be recognized by the Black American Music Assn. for their creativity and contributions to the music world and Black culture. Alicia Keys, Grandmaster Flash among Black American Music Assn.'s inaugural honorees 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z At the same time, the official poverty rate for Black Americans dropped to its lowest level on record and income inequality declined for the first time since 2007 when looking at pre-tax income. Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z For instance, according to a Harvard University study, Black Americans are over three times more likely to be killed by police than white Americans. 1963 March on Washington 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z That goes back to 1965, when Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a prescient report about the decline of marriage among Black Americans. The one privilege liberals ignore | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Even so, some in Jamaica believe Black Americans have lost touch with this shared heritage as they’ve fought to achieve racial progress. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z “This celebration is a testament to the power of Black American music in shaping culture and inspiring generations.” Alicia Keys, Grandmaster Flash among Black American Music Assn.'s inaugural honorees 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is overstepping its bounds in its attempts to check whether banks and other financial firms are discriminating against Black Americans and other minorities. Federal Court Says Consumer Watchdog Can’t Check Banks for Discrimination 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “While many can empathize with the plight of Black Americans, not all of these feelings will translate into support for policies that address longstanding racial harms,” said Ms. Mora. California voters oppose cash reparations for slavery descendants by 2 to 1: Poll 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z It helped greatly that eminent Black American sociologist William Julius Wilson of Harvard later conducted research in this area and praised Moynihan’s work as “prophetic.” The one privilege liberals ignore | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z During two separate focus groups this summer with immigrants from the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa, several said they too have been dismayed to find that Black Americans treat them more harshly. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z BAM is self-described as being “dedicated to preserve, protect and promote the legacy and future of authentic Black American music.” Alicia Keys, Grandmaster Flash among Black American Music Assn.'s inaugural honorees 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Research shows more policing has reduced homicides, which disproportionately affect Black Americans. Do ‘elites’ really know best? | Pamela Paul 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z It was the first Grand Slam quarterfinal between two Black American men since the Open era began in 1968. Who is Ben Shelton? His phone celebration at U.S. Open shows he's 'dialed in' 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Avant liked Clinton and thought he really cared about helping Black Americans, rather than just making empty promises on the campaign trail, Bakewell said. Clarence Avant's political power: The 'Black Godfather' had the ear of three presidents 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z “I’m from Trinidad!” he says, between rhythmic knee lifts, to Pendergrass and me, a Black American reporter. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Measuring the cascading consequences that financial precarity has brought on to generations of Black Americans is even harder to quantify. Renton brothers seek reparations decades after sale of family land 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Black Americans are about 13% of the population but make up more than half of homicide victims. Do ‘elites’ really know best? | Pamela Paul 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z But Frederick Gooding Jr., an African American studies professor at Texas Christian University, said untold more Black Americans have worked just as hard as Scott but struggled against invisible barriers. Tim Scott is the top Black Republican in the GOP presidential primary. Here’s how he discusses race 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z With a laser focus on fundraising, he leaned on his vast social and professional networks to help elect politicians who pursued economic and social progress for Black Americans. Clarence Avant's political power: The 'Black Godfather' had the ear of three presidents 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Black American civil rights leaders, entertainers, artists and educators in the 1960s and ’70s saw hope for racial uplift in the liberation of nations such as Jamaica, Ghana and Kenya from white colonial rule. Black immigrants face more discrimination in the U.S. The source is sometimes surprising 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z While there’s limited precedent, families, activists, academics and government agencies across the country are investigating what a system to compensate Black Americans for centuries of enslavement, racial discrimination and economic oppression might look like. Renton brothers seek reparations decades after sale of family land 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z In deBoer’s view, this misplaced enthusiasm for police abolition is largely a result of the economic and cultural gulf between elite activists of all races and the vast majority of Black Americans. Do ‘elites’ really know best? | Pamela Paul 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The unemployment rate for Black Americans historically has risen before an approaching recession and typically has turned higher before that of other groups. Jobless rate for Black Americans drops as others rise 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z “With hate crimes on the rise across the country, including against Black Americans, it is understandable that any community would be concerned by an armed individual terrorizing a place of worship,” Deluzio wrote. Shotgun-wielding man reported outside a Black church in Pennsylvania arrested, police say 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Cellini believes that Black Americans aren’t the only ones who want or need to know the full story. 10 million enslaved Americans' names are missing from history. AI is helping identify them. 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Houses of worship, grocery stores and other public spaces have historically been targets for acts of domestic terror against Black Americans. After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns, remain vigilant 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z What’s easy for radical activists and academics to write on a placard turns out to be hard for many Black Americans to actually live with. Do ‘elites’ really know best? | Pamela Paul 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z “It’s really about understanding my life as a Black American, making sense of that and putting that into a film.” You're about to hear a lot about Roger Ross Williams. He's ready for his moment 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden is using the march anniversary to promote his economic vision and efforts on behalf of Black Americans, a key voting bloc for Democrats. Biden hosts King family, civil rights leaders on 60th anniversary of March on Washington 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Black Americans are a crucial voting bloc for Democrats and could decide if Mr. Biden wins reelection. White House promotes Bidenomics on 60th anniversary of March on Washington 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Through major legislation and executive orders, “we’re advancing equity in everything we do making unprecedented investments in all of America, including for Black Americans,” he wrote. Biden and Harris will meet with King’s family on 60th anniversary of the March on Washington 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z As deBoer notes, “significant majorities of Black Americans want not less policing but better policing.” Do ‘elites’ really know best? | Pamela Paul 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z ‘Stamped’ was about my own journey to understand the negative feelings I have about myself and that other people have about me as a Black American. You're about to hear a lot about Roger Ross Williams. He's ready for his moment 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Republicans also say so-called woke policies tend to cast Black Americans as victims in need of a helping hand instead of self-sufficient Americans. Biden hosts King family, civil rights leaders on 60th anniversary of March on Washington 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Past shootings targeting Black Americans include one at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in 2022 and a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015. Sheriff provides first details of white man who fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z “For generations, Black Americans haven’t always been fully included in our democracy or our economy, but by pure courage and heart, they have never given up pursuing the American Dream,” Biden wrote. Biden and Harris will meet with King’s family on 60th anniversary of the March on Washington 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The White House says Black Americans are also benefiting from Biden’s economic and other policies, including low unemployment. Biden and Harris will meet with the King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s a look at racial disparities in sleep disorders and evaluates sleep epidemiology among Black Americans. American sprinter Gabby Thomas well-researched in power of sleep, even writing paper on rest 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z He sees clear progress from the time when Black Americans largely had no guarantee of equal rights under the law. At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z She won a MacArthur “genius grant” for her work making sure the contributions of Black Americans aren’t ignored in the history of folk and country music. Rhiannon Giddens is as much scholar as musician. Now, she’s showing her saucy side in a new album 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z At least three other planes flown by Tuskegee Airmen remain in Lake Huron, according to Diving With a Purpose, a Tennessee-based group that focuses on the maritime history of Black Americans. Wreckage from Tuskegee airman’s plane that crashed during WWII training recovered from Lake Huron 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Jim Ross, a public education watchdog, noted that AP European History would continue to be offered in the state, and described the dropping of the Black American history course "racism pure and simple." “Racism pure and simple”: Arkansas rejects credit for AP Black History — but Europe history is fine 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Overdose fatality rates among Black Americans have climbed substantially in recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a study last year. Addiction Treatment Eludes More Than Half of Americans in Need 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z King also said America had given Black Americans a check for equality that had been marked “insufficient funds” in the bank of justice. At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z At age 68, he believes hip-hop culture tilled the ground for the election of the first Black American president in 2008. Hip-hop and justice: Culture carries the spirit of protest, 50 years and counting 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z These habits show themselves in many ways, including contemporary legal and legislative activity that have made it more difficult — again — for Black Americans to exercise their right to vote. The past isn't dead: Teaching the truth about America's racial history is critical 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z In response, College Board adjusted the course so that it could align with Florida's law restricting the teaching of Black American history. “Racism pure and simple”: Arkansas rejects credit for AP Black History — but Europe history is fine 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z While in the White House, Trump was a man who unleashed and normalized a new wave of hate against many communities, but particularly against Black Americans. Column: Black people presiding over the downfall of Donald Trump is poetic justice 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Today, Black Americans are more educated, they are less disproportionately incarcerated, and they are in more positions of power than they were 60 years ago. At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z She also boasted of the administration’s record promoting Black Americans, which includes Ms. Harris becoming the first person of color to serve as vice president. Kamala Harris uses Biden’s vacation week to audition for his job 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z They said underrepresentation in the biomedical sciences could damage medical research and care for Black Americans. Black students over 50% likelier to drop out of M.D.-Ph.D. programs 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Voters like him were a key piece of Biden’s winning 2020 coalition, which included majorities of young people as well as college graduates, women, urban and suburban voters and Black Americans. Joe Biden, America’s oldest sitting president, needs young voters to win again. Will his age matter? 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Asian Americans were likelier to give to disaster relief and children’s education, while Black Americans were the likeliest to donate to social justice causes. Survey finds inflation is killing charitable donations 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Black Americans and other nonwhites live disproportionately in communities plagued by climate disasters and exposure to pollution that shortens their lifespans and depresses their property values. At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z And something I hadn’t experienced before, Black Americans and white Americans not mixing; that hadn’t been my experience at school in England. He's been a king, chemist and ad exec. But Jared Harris wouldn't mind more physical roles, too 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Horsford said Thursday that what is happening in Florida highlights what many caucus members see as an attack on the rights of Black Americans across the country. Black lawmakers press Justice and Education Departments to investigate Florida’s race curriculum 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z State Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, a task board member himself, talked about how the nation’s past prevented the development of generational wealth to benefit Black Americans of the present and the inequity that has created. Turning the reparations movement into a unifying force for good | Tom Philp 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Smith's target letter reportedly cites statutes that were used during Reconstruction in an attempt to protect Black Americans from the Ku Klux Klan and other racial terror groups. Norman Eisen: Why Trump must face trial before the 2024 election 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Job attainment, income inequality and poverty continue to greatly impact how differently Black Americans and other people of color experience life in the U.S. compared to many white people. At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Gutfeld made the comment while defending Florida's new and controversial history education curriculum, which will endeavor to teach children that slavery provided Black Americans with "personal benefit" by helping them develop skills. “Any other place, his career would be over”: Fox colleagues disgusted at Gutfeld’s "useful" Jews jab 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z But he saw some of Florida’s adjustments as going too far, de-emphasizing the violence and inhumanity endured by Black Americans and resulting in only a “partial history.” DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black History 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The Reparations Task Force made meticulous calculations if California chose a path of financial reparations for the medical and sentencing disparities that have faced Black Americans. Turning the reparations movement into a unifying force for good | Tom Philp 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z This group includes majorities of college graduates, women, urban and suburban residents, young people and Black Americans. Top progressives are backing Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign. But some activists have reservations 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Cullen Jones, the groundbreaking Black American swimmer whose four Olympic medals include a pair of golds, is a big fan of the Soul Cap. Soul Cap approved for swimming’s biggest meets but real impact expected at the grassroots level 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z In particular, private, state and federal entities must immediately address the vast disparities in educational resources, at all levels, for Black Americans and other racial minorities in the U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Have Affirmative Action Solutions. But They Need Help 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Black Americans are especially pessimistic that any more progress on racial equity will be made in the coming years, a poll finds. He was making a documentary about police brutality. Then the LAPD tased him in his home 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Black Americans make up nearly 90% of adults who are newly unemployed since April, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Black Americans make up 90% of recent unemployment surge, but agency hesitant to call it a trend 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z “I am encouraging more Black Americans and Black Democrats in particular – you might have this coat on, but I suggest you look at the lining. See what’s on the inside,” she said. Georgia Democrat Mesha Mainor, at odds with her party, switches to Republicans 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z For example, the American Heart Association notes that high blood pressure among Black Americans is among the highest globally, with disproportionately higher rates of severe high blood pressure. Key steps to achieving health equity | Provided by Providence Swedish 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The U.S. government, as the body crucial to the suppression of African American education, has a responsibility to invest in the education of Black Americans. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Have Affirmative Action Solutions. But They Need Help 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Some Asian Americans believe college officials will find ways to get around the ban and ensure they admit enough underrepresented students, including Black Americans and Latinos. High-stakes, high-stress college essay stirs more anxiety under affirmative action ban 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z “While millions of Black Americans were hired, the efforts often stopped there,” Mr. Dilan said in an email. Black Americans make up 90% of recent unemployment surge, but agency hesitant to call it a trend 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z User @forthecomments1 declared Scott’s rendition the new “Black American National anthem!!” Jill Scott's remixed national anthem goes viral after performance at Essence Festival 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z She introduced a resolution in May in support of a bill to study reparations for Black Americans. ‘Squad’ Democrats Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman blast America on Fourth of July 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Whitehead said Black Americans deserved reparations, particularly since the country had paid others that it harmed, but did not see it as a way to solve racism. One Black Family, One Affirmative Action Ruling, and Lots of Thoughts 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Landownership has been the primary engine of wealth in the United States, and the denial of access to it for Black Americans is the foundation upon which the wealth gap exists today. For Black Americans, a Long Road to Reparations 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Historically, Black Americans have made up most workers in low-wage jobs, employment experts say. Black Americans make up 90% of recent unemployment surge, but agency hesitant to call it a trend 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z But she said the news left her disheartened at the future for Black Americans like herself, especially coming a day after the court ruled against affirmative action in higher education. Supreme Court ruling brings bitterness for borrowers counting on student loan forgiveness 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Even as they appeared to agree over the policy’s aim — remedying the longstanding discrimination and segregation of Black Americans — they drew opposite conclusions on how and what to do. In Affirmative Action Ruling, Black Justices Take Aim at Each Other 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Jackson traced the history of racism that persisted from slavery to the present day, preventing Black Americans from gaining wealth and excluding them from opportunities in education and professional life. US Justices Jackson, Thomas illustrate heated US debate on race 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Landowning restrictions left Black Americans collectively with less rural land than the country’s five largest landowners, all of whom are white. For Black Americans, a Long Road to Reparations 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “Black Americans are more likely to be in occupations where they compete with illegal immigrants,” Mr. Ruark said in an email. Black Americans make up 90% of recent unemployment surge, but agency hesitant to call it a trend 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z It came down to a perception that Black Americans do not deserve remedies, he said. California's reparations proposal moves to Newsom, state lawmakers 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z “As she sees things, we are all inexorably trapped in a fundamentally racist society, with the original sin of slavery and the historical subjugation of Black Americans still determining our lives today,” he wrote. In Affirmative Action Ruling, Black Justices Take Aim at Each Other 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Under this so-called “colorblind” theory of the Constitution, the 14th Amendment, drafted and ratified to protect formerly enslaved Black Americans, can be used to block descendants of those freed people from attaining social equality. Affirmative action is radical Supreme Court's latest casualty | Noah Feldman 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Six million Black Americans were forced to flee the terror of the Jim Crow South, and many of them left behind farms, homes, shops, vehicles and other economic assets. For Black Americans, a Long Road to Reparations 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Part of that family history is the magic of hoodoo, a form of spirituality practiced by enslaved Black Americans that appears subtly in “The Shadow Sister.” Tacoma author blends fantasy into contemporary debut young adult novel 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “By standing for reparations he establishes his national leadership to Black Americans in California and beyond.” California's reparations proposal moves to Newsom, state lawmakers 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He continued, “I cannot deny the great accomplishments of Black Americans, including those who succeeded despite long odds.” In Affirmative Action Ruling, Black Justices Take Aim at Each Other 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z But there is another reason Black Americans use crowdfunding less, Fields and others said: a sensitivity about being judged for seeking help. ‘We’re not doing that’: Why a Black couple wouldn’t crowdfund to pay off medical debts 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Others contend that the country paid its debt in blood during the Civil War, and that Black Americans have benefited from social programs like affirmative action, which the Supreme Court recently ended for college admissions. For Black Americans, a Long Road to Reparations 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “Hoodoo was used especially by Black Americans in slavery as a way to find strength and power in their hopelessness,” Meade explains. Tacoma author blends fantasy into contemporary debut young adult novel 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z When the doors are open, all are welcome to reckon with a fuller truth of the Black American story, said Matthews, the museum president. At International African American Museum opening, a reclaiming of sacred ground for enslaved kin 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Johnson built the brand into the leading TV network for Black Americans in hopes of creating content geared toward jazz, comedy and gospel. Ahead of the BET Awards, a look back at how the work helped hip-hop grow and thrive 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z And Black Americans are 50% more likely than white Americans to go into debt for medical or dental care. ‘We’re not doing that’: Why a Black couple wouldn’t crowdfund to pay off medical debts 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Some insist that Black Americans today are better off in the United States than they would be in Africa. For Black Americans, a Long Road to Reparations 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “It deals with a lot of Black history and modern-day issues that affect Black Americans. But it’s not solely an ‘issue book’” — something she sought to demonstrate by including elements of the supernatural. Tacoma author blends fantasy into contemporary debut young adult novel 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Black Americans are more likely than white Americans to develop Alzheimer’s disease, and less likely to be diagnosed and treated. Family of famed zookeeper Jack Hanna says he doesn't know he has Alzheimer's 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Williams already has exciting plans in motion, including a collaboration with Black American artist Henry Taylor, featuring Black faces lined up like the iconic Louis Vuitton monogram. Pharrell fuses entertainment and fashion for confident Louis Vuitton menswear debut 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Black Americans use GoFundMe far less than white Americans, studies show. ‘We’re not doing that’: Why a Black couple wouldn’t crowdfund to pay off medical debts 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Black Americans have made a renewed case for reparations that would redress slavery, post-Civil War landowning restrictions for the newly freed, Jim Crow laws, redlining, discriminatory lending practices and employment discrimination. For Black Americans, a Long Road to Reparations 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Disney's "The Little Mermaid," released last month, featured Black American singer Halle Bailey as Princess Ariel, highlighting the firm's effort at promoting diversity. Disney's diversity chief Latondra Newton leaves firm - Variety 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z For generations, Black Americans have recognized Juneteenth, but it only became a federal holiday two years ago. Americans mark Juneteenth with parties, events and quiet reflection on the end of slavery 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z But as he writes in the book, Black Americans who fought for change did so over and over, for hundreds of years, too often without popular support and facing often deadly organized violence. How to make the most of Juneteenth at a critical moment 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z |
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