Stanford Professor Adam Banks regularly flies from California to Cleveland to teach free African American studies classes at UnBar, a Black-owned coffee shop, to create a safe space for Black people to engage with their history, culture, and identity.
Toni Morrison
Posted inArtists
Artist’s collages tell nuanced stories in ‘GIANTS’ exhibit
Deborah Roberts, a mixed media artist, contributes her powerful narratives to the “GIANTS: Art from the Dean Collection” exhibition, which aims to inspire important dialogue between art, culture and identity while supporting emerging and established artists.
Posted inEducation
Teaching the teachers
Timothy Berry, a lifelong Minnesotan, is helping prepare future school principals and district superintendents, while also celebrating Black culture through his talents in music and the arts, and using both roles to remember and build on those who came before us in the effort to move ourselves forward.
Posted inOpinion
Kamala Harris trounces Trump in debate
Kamala Harris delivered a highly impressive debate performance, while Donald Trump made baffling claims.
Posted inOpinion
Kamala Harris and Black joy: Why the vice president’s laughter matters
Vice President Kamala Harris is paving the way for Black women to embrace joy.
Posted inArts + Culture
Howard University revokes Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ honorary degree as mogul’s legal troubles grow
Howard University has revoked the honorary degree awarded to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in 2014 due to allegations of abuse.
Posted inArts + Culture, Featured
Gone but not forgotten: entertainers who left us in 2019
Here we’ve highlighted a few notable stars who left this world—but not our hearts—in 2019.
Posted inArts + Culture, Books
Remembering the incomparable Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison helped to challenge and dismantle society’s concept of Black identity as being less-than, brilliantly expressing the joys and pain of the Black experience.