Documents found by a British researcher and republished by The Washington Post show evidence of the monarchy’s intimate role in the transatlantic slave trade. By Karla Adam, The Washington Post…
Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of Africans. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — Brazilian prosecutors have…
Women make up 51% of the population, and Afro-Brazilians 56%, but no Black woman has ever sat on the highest court. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — A young Black…
By Herb Boyd and Cinque Brath — Traveling from Harlem to the Bronx and then to Brooklyn, even under the best of circumstances, can be challenging, particularly by train in…
By Rafael Bernal, The Hill — A group of Haitian-American elected officials is calling on President Biden to withdraw support for a Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti, which they say will bolster…
President Ali’s appearance is the most recent chapter in the storied Howard-Guyana relationship. By Amber D. Dodd, The Dig at Howard University — On Thursday, September 14, nearly 70 members…
By April Rubin, Axios — President Biden joined striking autoworkers in Detroit on Tuesday, marking what appeared to be the first time a sitting president has ever visited a picket line. Why it matters: The…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this month of our founding 58 years or 232 seasons ago, it is important to reaffirm that our organization, Us, from its inception, has…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Some people first saw civil rights activist Tamika Mallory when she was one of four leaders of the 2017 Women’s March. Her activism hardly began…
Fulfilling its obligation as a Town Committee established by the Town Council and Town Manager Paul Bockelman, the African Heritage Reparation Assembly of Amherst (AHRA) today released its final report…
The harm caused by transatlantic chattel slavery is vast, and its repercussions continue to resonate in the lives of the descendants of the enslaved. Scholars have long worked to document,…
Cattle may have been imported from Africa centuries earlier than historians thought. By Andrew Curry, AAAS — Think “cowboy,” and you might picture John Wayne riding herd across the U.S….