

IBW21 (The Institute of the Black World 21st Century) is committed to enhancing the capacity of Black communities in the U.S. and globally to achieve cultural, social, economic and political equality and an enhanced quality of life for all marginalized people.
“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a global story. By Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times —…
December 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels talks reparations in New York State and opens up the phone lines to callers. Other ways to…
Fostering collaboration with government and civil society to honor history and support people-based democracy and development in Grenada Overview Pursuant to the commitment noted in the Baltimore Declaration from the…
New single features Young RJ (of Slum Village), Ras Kass, Nkechi Taifa, Kymrence Young, and BLIS Co-founder and Guest Rapper Trevor ‘Tricky Trev’ Smith. FirstRepair and the BLIS Collective are proud to announce…
December 2, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest New York State Senator James Sanders, Queens, NY. Topic 1: The New York…
By Black Lives Matter Grassroots (BLMGr) — As we face the reality of another term for blatant racist and adjudicated rapist, Donald Trump, it is crucial to remember that Black…
By Bert Wilkinson, Caribbean Life — This is only the second time that an Indian Prime Minister had visited Guyana since Indira Ghandi in 1968, but Narendra Modi on Wednesday…
By Karen K. Ho, ARTNews — A recent poll found the majority of Britons, 53 percent, support a permanent exhibit at the British Museum about the transatlantic slave trade. New polling data…
November 25, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels reports back from IBW’s town hall meeting on the 2024 presidential election, followed by an open forum. ICYMI…
As a follow-up to the post-presidential election National/International Town Hall Meeting convened by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) in Washington, DC last week, Dr. Ron Daniels,…
Evanston, IL — Robin Rue Simmons, Founder and Executive Director of FirstRepair announced today that more than 150 community stakeholders, reparations advocates, scholars, public interest lawyers, elected officials and representatives…