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Sharpeville: research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

by Nancy L Clark, Louisiana State University and William H. Worger, University of California, Los Angeles On 21 March 1960 at 1.40 in the afternoon,...

New world map makes Africa look bigger: what’s the fuss about? Cartographers explain

by Jack Swab, University of Tennessee and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth...

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

by Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of...

Jason Arday’s death: Black academics need to feel they belong in higher education

by Ifedapo Francis Awolowo, Sheffield Hallam University The death of Professor Jason Arday has left many of us with a profound sense of sadness. For...

Jason Arday and the new politics of plagiarism

by Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis After a meteoric rise to the top ranks of British academia, scholar Jason Arday was found dead at...

Top 10 moments of the 2026 FIFA World Cup

By Itoro N. Umontuen, Black Press USa Sunday, Spain captured its second World Cup title after a dramatic 1-0 extra-time victory over Argentina. But La Roja’s...

The forgotten story of abolition in revolutionary France – the first emancipation

by Jeremy D. Popkin, University of Kentucky On Aug. 21, 1789, just a month after the storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution,...

For Haitian women in Florida, the loss of TPS is more than an immigration law issue

by Ammcise Apply, Binghamton University, State University of New York The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 25, 2026, that the Trump administration may revoke...

Dignitaries, celebrities pack funeral for Khadijah Farrakhan, wife of Minister Louis Farrakhan

By Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader Mother Khadijah Farrakhan was given a grand sendoff in Chicago, where dignitaries, celebrities and members of the Nation of Islam celebrated...

IN MEMORIAM: Tony Brown Gave Black America an Uncompromising Voice

Tony Brown poses in front of the Tony Brown's Journal logo. Brown, who died June 17 at age 93, transformed Black public affairs television...
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