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Makin Waves with Asbury Park African-American Music Project: Preserving History, Celebrating Community, Cementing Future

The West Side of Asbury Park – a mecca not only for jazz, soul, and R&B, but black entrepreneurship – was burned down by its own residents in protest of racial and economic injustice in the city and throughout the country.

A candid look into the views of Afro-Futurist Scholar Dr. Reynaldo Anderson

His greatest challenge is getting black folks to believe in their capacity to change the world."If you understood who you were, compared to the world. You wouldn't take a backseat to anybody.

Kentucky Derby & More: The history of segregation and racial discrimination

Fifteen of the first twenty-eight Kentucky Derby winners were ridden by African American jockeys. Isaac Murphy, a son of a former slave, is one of the greatest jockeys in American horse racing histor

Beauty in the eyes of Beholding: A step into the face of Vitiligo with model Scooben Von Duben

I wouldn’t consider all the looks I get strange! (Lol) I’ve definitely been in that situation but usually if I do get a strange look, it’s typically from children.

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is dead at 90, following a very blessed journey

The St Louis, Missouri, newly-elected first black female mayor Tishaura Jones took to Twitter: Rest in Power #Desmond Tutu.