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Word In Black - June 28, 2025

Black women don’t just save the culture — they are the culture (Photo Credit: Dwayne Joe/Unsplash). By ReShonda Tate This post was originally published on...

Black Puerto Rican tells there’s a deeper truth to America’s storytelling “A Royal Decree”

BlackNews.com - June 7, 2025

Nationwide -- A Royal Decree. It all started with a bold move by King James I on April 10, 1606. He gave a group...

Commemorating the 1919 Chicago Race Riot: How public art and the Chicago Defender keep the story alive

Tacuma Roeback, Managing Editor - June 2, 2025

The Chicago Defender Aug. 2, 1919 edition that chronicles the Chicago Race Riot. As we embark on another Chicago summer, we revisit one of the...

Mae Reeves used showstopping hats to fuel voter engagement and Black entrepreneurship

The Conversation - March 28, 2025

Mae Reeves and her husband, Joel, pose with her hats at Mae’s Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of...

Bloody Sunday at 60: This Is Not a Celebration

Courier Newsroom - March 11, 2025

BLOODY SUNDAY—In this March 7, 1965 file photo, state troopers use clubs against participants of a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. At...

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