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Ray Francis, Celebrating Blackness

A founder of the Kamoinge Workshop, he made lush, powerful photos that document and honor members of the African diaspora.

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Why Black Democrats Are Unlikely to Aid Haley in South Carolina

Nikki Haley could use crossover support in her fight against Donald Trump, but she has alienated the Black voters who…

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The Met Aims to Get Harlem Right, the Second Time Around

Notoriously, in the winter of 1969 the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its first exhibition devoted to African American culture,…

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Charles V. Hamilton, an Apostle of ‘Black Power,’ Dies at 94

He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 that was seen as a…

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Prominent Black Church Leaders Call for End of U.S. Aid to Israel

The African African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishops Council says American financial assistance to help Israel fight its war in Gaza…

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‘No Beginners Allowed’: A Midwestern Paradise for Skiers Who Dare

On Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula: bottomless powder and nostalgic chairlifts that deliver expert skiers and snowboarders to an ungroomed landscape…

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‘No Beginners Allowed’: A Midwestern Paradise for Skiers Who Dare

On Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula: bottomless powder and nostalgic chairlifts that deliver expert skiers and snowboarders to an ungroomed landscape…

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Pushing for Recognition Took Billy Dee Williams to the Stratosphere

His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the…

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What Is Black Love Day?

On Feb. 13, 1993, Ayo Handy-Kendi, a community organizer and native of Washington, D.C., created the holiday to celebrate communal…

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What Do We Owe Black Americans?

In my debut novel, a family retraces their lineage in order to be eligible for the nation’s first federal reparations…

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