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William Bullard, Thomas A. & Margaret Dillion Family, about 1904; printed 2016, Facsimile produced from glass plate negatives lent by Frank Morrill.
Jan 2

Long Lost Photographic History of People of Color on Display in Worcester

'It isn't often that black Americans can connect the pictures to the stories that we were told by our elders.'
By Margaret Carrigan
Man has his hair cut in Miami, Florida.
Jun 8

Does Changing Style of Hair or Dress Help Black People Avoid Stigma?

Research on how black people try to avoid racism in their daily lives shows that following white, mainstream standards can have mixed results.
By David Crockett
Councilman Andrew King.
Mar 24

Bronx Pol Demands the Death Penalty for White Supremacist Who Murdered a Black Man in Manhattan

"An eye for an eye. If you think it's okay to kill somebody, you shouldn't go to a country club upstate, get three meals and a cot and be taken care of. No, you should be executed if you want to execute somebody. That's real talk."
By Madina Toure
People dressed in black clothes rally to support the Black Lives Matter movement on July 17, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. The rallies were organised in support of the Black Lives Matter following a spate of police shootings of African American people in the United States last week. The rallies are also aimed at highlighting Indigenous Australian deaths in custody. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Feb 21

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Urges Black Communities to ‘Rise Up’ Against Trump

By Madina Toure
Media Buzz / Fox News
Jan 9

Trump’s Bulldog Press Secretary Visits Fox’s Howard Kurtz to Release a Skunk

By Joe Lapointe
Rev. Al Sharpton at a National Action Network event.
Dec 6

Sharpton Demands ‘Answer’ From Sessions on Charges Against Cop Who Shot Walter Scott

By Madina Toure
Former Mayor David Dinkins , left, and Congressman Charles Rangel, right, the only surviving members of the Gang of Four, listen during the power breakfast and tribute.
Nov 3

Retiring Congressman Charles Rangel Says Fear Not, He ‘Ain’t Going Nowhere’

By Madina Toure
Yusef Salaam, one of five men wrongly convicted and imprisoned in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, speaks during a Facebook Live chat.
Oct 25

Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam Wants Voters and Pols to ‘Just Dump Trump’

By Madina Toure
Travis Ballie holds a sign that reads (Diversity Works) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Sep 21

Affirmative Action: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

By Vijay Jojo Chokal-Ingam
Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Studio), 2014. (Purchase, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Gift, Acquisitions Fund and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Multicultural Audience Development Initiative Gift, 2015, )
Feb 2

One of the Great American Artists Gets an American Retrospective

By Ryan Steadman
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 28: Police officers secure a shooting scene where 5 people were reported to have been shot, including an 11-month-old infant, on September 28, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, like many major cities in the United States, has experienced a surge in shootings this year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Sep 30

Hidden Agendas Delegitimize Israel—and Black Lives

By Paul Miller
LISLE, IL - JULY 22: Attorney Cannon Lambert, center, speaks to the mother of Sandra Bland, Geneva Reed-Veal, left, and sister Sharon Cooper, right, before a news conference at DuPage AME Church on July 22, 2015 in Lisle, Illinois. Sandra Bland found dead in her cell at the Waller County Jail after she was found hanging from a plastic bag 3 days after she was pulled over by a Texas State Trooper officer for a traffic violation. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
Jul 23

Sandra Bland Should Not Have Even Been Arrested

By Michael Sainato
The Confederate flag is seen next to the monument of the victims of the Civil War in Columbia, South Carolina on June 20, 2015. The racially divisive Confederate battle flag flew at full-mast despite others flying at half-staff in South Carolina after the killing of nine black people in an historic African-American church in Charleston on June 17. Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old white male suspected of carrying out the Emanuel African Episcopal Methodist Church bloodbath, was one of many southern Americans who identified with the 13-star saltire in red, white and blue. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Jun 23

Let the Confederacy Finally Die

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Sep 5

Bill Thompson Campaigns Uptown With African Leaders

By Jill Colvin
Reverend Butts poses with mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson today in West Harlem.
Aug 30

‘The City Needs the Right African-American’: Rev. Butts Endorses Thompson This Time

By Kamelia Kilawan
Aug 14

Battle for the Black Votes: Democratic Mayoral Hopefuls Press Their Case

By Ross Barkan
Eliot Spitzer collecting petition signatures. (Photo: Getty)
Aug 14

Spitzer Widens Lead in Poll as Stringer Goes on Air

By Ross Barkan
Jeff Koons H&M
Jul 28

Bill Thompson Gives a Big Speech on Race Relations

By Colin Campbell
The 'selection.' (YouTube)
Apr 1

Harlem Mother Fights Mattel for Daughter’s Right to Black Barbie-Themed Fifth Birthday

By Anna Silman
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