September 12 – September 25, 2019
- I Finally Moved into a Black Neighborhood
Over the decades, I have lived amongst many different types of people, in different parts of the world, with at least fifty different nationalities. However, until 2017, I had never lived in a majority African–American community.
- New Study Prompts Questions About Diabetes & Obesity Within Black Churches
Black Americans who are Baptist are more likely to have diabetes than those who are Catholic or Presbyterian and Black men who go to church five or more times a week are three times more likely to be obese than those who seldom or rarely attend.
- Pagan–Christian–Muslim–African–Britain–Gambian–Brexit
Sax suggested that our dead relatives who were neither Christian nor Islamic, were a people with no religion. At that point, I wasn't sure whether to bury my tourist hat or exhume my reporter's cap. I saw a story brewing, so the tourist in me faded away as the publisher of this magazine, restlessly, emotionally emerged.
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August 29 – September 11, 2019
- Pete Buttigieg Campaigns in Black Chicago, But Few Blacks Showed Up
The facility's auditorium holds 1,000 people. Out of the packed, standing room-only crowd, I counted 13 Blacks. Oh wait, it was 14. One was 25 minutes late.
- A Port Of Harlem Fall at the Alexandria Black History Museum
The Alexandria Black History Museum and Port Of Harlem magazine will host three of its most popular programs this fall.
- Indonesian Racism Unleashed on West Papuans & Riots Erupt
Police stormed the students' dorm and used teargas to force them out, while bystanders and officers called them "monkeys," a derogatory term for ethnically Melanesian Papuans.
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August 15 – August 28, 2019
- New Theater Season Opens at Mosaic and Woolly Mammoth to Hattiloo
Woolly Mammoth opens season number 40 Monday, September 9 with "Fairview." The Ensemble Theater opens with a play set in Ghana, "School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play," on Saturday, September 14 . . .
- How Progressive Oberlin, Ohio Got a Trump Supporting Representative in Congress
Congressperson Jordan votes with President Trump 85% of the time and earned a six percent grade from the NAACP, yet he represents historically progressive Oberlin.
- Working While Black Expo
The African/African American Liberation Ministry of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD, Aviva Vacations, and Champion Travel Services have several trips planned to destinations at home and abroad for the coming year. The planned, group tours are open to the public.
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August 1 – August 14, 2019
- Jamestown: The 400th Anniversary, Relevance, Reflections, Myths, & Truths
For years, we were taught that the first Africans in what was to become the United States arrived as indentured servants, but no such indentures have been recorded. They were, instead, enslaved, kidnapped, captives stolen off a Spanish slave ship bound for Vera Cruz, Mexico and boarded by English pirates sailing in two vessels. The Africans were traded for food by the hungry pirates when they reached Virginia.
- Black Historians and Family History Enthusiasts Set to Meet
The conference attracts historians, genealogists, researchers, educators, enthusiasts, and the general public with all levels of experience. Exhibitors usually include the Midwest African American Genealogy Institute, AfricanAncestry.Com, and The Sons and Daughters of The United States Middle Passage.
- From Ghana, Gullah Festival, to Japan, Ready to Go?
The African/African American Liberation Ministry of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, MD, Aviva Vacations, and Champion Travel Services have several trips planned to destinations at home and abroad for the coming year. The planned, group tours are open to the public.
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July 18 – July 31, 2019
- Kamala Harris' History Mind Game
In opposing busing, Harris inferred, Biden opposed Black people's interests in general. More than desegregated classrooms, Black people wanted accessible, well funded, well-resourced public schools. They did not unanimously look forward to desegregation or busing.
- Integration and Busing's Legacy – Lessons We Haven't Learned
The Department of Education reports that over 80% of teachers are White, female, and have over a decade of experience in the classroom. Therefore, the statistics prove that the ones disproportionately disciplining Black and Brown children are experienced White women.
- Black Food Geographies – Race, Self–Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, DC. (Searching for Food Justice)
Anthropologist Dr. Ashante Reese talks about the changes in the grocery retail landscape in a Washington, D.C. neighborhood and other Black communities since desegregation and her book "Black Food Geographies – Race, Self–Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, DC."
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