BLACK VC LAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE TO BRING MORE BLACK ENTREPRENEURS INTO INVESTING ECOSYSTEM. Ron Miller October 13, 2020 It is no secret that Black founders face an… Read more “TechCrunch”
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New York Times
Parenting While Black: Titus Kaphar’s Starkly Powerful Works A painter’s new show ventures away from the past, toward contemporary traumas in Black lives. By Roberta Smith Oct. 16,… Read more “New York Times”
Associated Press
RACIAL TENSIONS IN AMERICA’S ‘SUNDOWN TOWNS’. TIM SULLIVAN and NOREEN NASIR VIENNA, Ill. — Ask around this time-battered Midwestern town, with its empty storefronts, dusty antique shops… Read more “Associated Press”
St. Louis American
IT’S BEEN A LONG YEAR FOR BLACK WINEMAKERS. By Chris King of The St. Louis American Oct 17, 2020 When thinking of wine, we tend to think… Read more “St. Louis American”
San Francisco Chronicle
MOVIE THEATERS ARE CLOSING. THAT’S A PROBLEM FOR BLACK YOUTH IN THE BAY AREA. When the late Chadwick Boseman appeared for the first time in a Marvel… Read more “San Francisco Chronicle”
ABC News
DIDDY CALLS FOR BLACK PEOPLE TO ‘OWN OUR POLITICS,’ LAUNCHES BLACK POLITICAL PARTY. By Deena Zaru October 16, 2020 Less than three weeks before the 2020 general election,… Read more “ABC News”
Washington Post
CREDIT SCORES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RACE-NEUTRAL. THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE. Blacks must make extraordinary efforts to overcome the discrimination that is often hidden in financial policies or products… Read more “Washington Post”
NBC News
COUNTRY MUSIC’S RECKONING: BLACK WOMEN FORGE THEIR OWN PATH IN WHITEWASHED INDUSTRY. Women of color in country music are tired of being shut out of their own… Read more “NBC News”
Washington Post
ICE CUBE ONCE RAPPED ABOUT ARRESTING TRUMP. NOW HE’S ADVISING THE PRESIDENT ON POLICY PLANS. By Teo Armus Oct. 15, 2020 The teaser video for “Arrest the President,” Ice Cube’s… Read more “Washington Post”
New York Times
MOTEL 6 AND HOME DEPOT DROP AD AGENCY AFTER ITS FOUNDER CALLS AD ‘TOO BLACK’. Stan Richards, the 87-year-old founder of the Richards Group, criticized the diversity… Read more “New York Times”
Associated Press
BLACK MAN SERVING LIFE FOR STEALING HEDGE CLIPPERS PAROLED. A Black man whose life sentence for making off with hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing… Read more “Associated Press”
National Geographic
THE FIGHT TO SAVE 100 YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY IN GENTRIFYING LOS ANGELES. When a white media mogul bought a historic Black church, it was the ultimate… Read more “National Geographic”
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