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How ‘voodoo’ became a metaphor for evil
‘Voodoo’ has come to represent something evil when it appears in popular culture. ‘Black magic’, witchcraft – it’s always portrayed as something to be feared. But in reality, Vodou, as it’s correctly written, is an official religion practised by millions … Continue reading
Black Owned – Jackson
Introducing Black Owned, a film series exploring the Black entrepreneurial spirit and its essential contribution to the American economy through the perspectives of business owners.
We All Move Together
INNER CITY x IDRIS ELBA – We All Move Together Detroit Will Breathe are an integrated, youth-led, organization fighting against police brutality and systemic racism in the city of Detroit. To learn more and donate: gofundme.com/f/detroit-will-breathe Dancer – Kenya Sutton … Continue reading
The hidden story of African-Irish children
The mixed-race Irish people searching for their African roots. In the middle of the last century, thousands of students from African countries were studying at Irish universities. Some had children outside marriage, who were then placed in one of Ireland’s … Continue reading
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Frank Bailey — Black British Hidden Stories | Medium
Courtney Ismain Jul 5, 2019·2 min read A defender of black social progression When the government invited subjects of their Caribbean colonies to work in Britain following the Second World War, they expected them to return home after a few … Continue reading
Group Urges Atlantic Seafloor be Labeled a Memorial to Slave Trading
BEAUFORT, N.C. – Before deep-sea mining begins on the seafloor in international waters of the Atlantic Basin, a group of scholars is suggesting that a portion of the seabed be marked on maps and charts as a virtual memorial to … Continue reading
We’re Still Living and Dying in the Slaveholders’ Republic
Ibram X. Kendi Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research He became a founding father. He coveted his freedom. But for most of his political career, he turned away from talk of founding or fathering a new nation … Continue reading
Obama’s Secret Weapon In The South: Small, Dead, But Still Kickin’
October 10, 201212:49 PM ET ROBERT KRULWICH Look at this map, and notice that deep, deep in the Republican South, there’s a thin blue band stretching from the Carolinas through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. These are the counties that went … Continue reading
Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells
Cells from Henrietta Lacks gave rise to a historic cell line from which many have profited — although, for decades, her family were not compensated.Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post/Getty A major biomedical-research organization has for the first time aimed to … Continue reading
The scientist who launched a comic and flew the flag for Black History Month
Self-confessed comic addict Osarenkhoe Ogbeide sees beyond the superhero to the scientist. When he’s not developing printable gas sensors, he’s passionate about celebrating the contributions of black scientists throughout history. Marvel films and comics sparked my interest in science subjects. … Continue reading
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