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Black History Month

HBCU Pride: Why More Students Should Consider Historically Black Colleges

Famously portrayed in Black family sitcoms and movies of the 1980s and 1990s, Historically Black Colleges and Universities were on display on mainstream tv...

Black History Facts of The Week

  Willie Christine King, born in September 1927, in Atlanta, Georgia, was the oldest sister of Martin Luther King, Jr., and was a professor...

Queen Things: Regina King’s ‘Shirley’ Biopic Centers on Chisholm’s 1972 Presidential Campaign

Regina King will always be queen. From her impeccable acting chops to her leading the way -- this four-time Emmy Award winner is set to...

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee knows that there has never been another time in which she has...

‘The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song’ Premieres on PBS Tonight

PBS and ESSENCE are joining forces tonight for the premiere of The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, which airs...

Black History Facts of The Week

In the United States and Canada, Black History Month is celebrated in February. In the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands, they honor...

What Nik Ate: Fried Chicken and Caviar

I’m Nik Renee’ Cole. Lifetime Detroiter. Black woman chef and an anomaly in the food industry. There aren’t many chefs that look like me...

Breaking the Generational Curse: The History of Poverty in Black Detroit  

  *The Michigan Chronicle is discussing generational poverty in Detroit, and its history at large in America, in this four-part series during Black History Month....

Social Justice Starts at Home: Michigan Liberation Grows a Local Movement for Prison Reform

Michigan Liberation is a nonprofit organization that has about 40 volunteers who tirelessly work toward helping residents and their families dealing with incarceration. Photo provided...

Black History Facts of The Week

  The sanitary pad was developed by a Black woman named Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner. She also co-invented, with her sister, the bathroom tissue...

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