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‘Unraveling George’ Doc From Exec Producer Mike Tollin And Marlon Wayans To Open Martha Vineyard’s African American Film Festival
Mike Tollin’s upcoming doc, Unraveling George will have its World Premiere at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film ...
The reverse migration: African Americans relocating to Kenya cite heritage and restoration
A growing wave of African Americans are relocating to Kenya, citing the need to connect with their history and culture, or ...
Ralph Lauren pays homage to generations of Black Martha's Vineyard visitors in a new collection
The Oak Bluffs campaign launched last week, arriving as the controversy around American Eagle's jeans ads continues.
A growing number of African Americans are leaving the US. Kenya is welcoming them with open arms
Other African countries have attracted even larger numbers of African Americans. Ghana, which launched a “Year of the Return” ...
Michelle Obama, Spike Lee, and others set to appear at Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival began with a post on a Yahoo! chat room. In 2002, co-founder Stephanie ...
Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival returns with star power and cultural legacy
The Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival is back for its 23rd year, celebrating Black filmmakers, actors and ...
Fewer Americans see discrimination as anti-DEI push gains traction, poll shows
Significant numbers of Americans also think diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, also known as DEI, are backfiring ...
Escaped slave who became lawmaker will be first individual African American honored with statue at South Carolina State House
Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.
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Some Black Americans Are So Fed up With African Braid Shops, They’re Planning a What!?
TikTok creators are dragging African braid shops, sparking heated debates on who holds the power of the Black dollar.
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Not all black people are African American. Here's the difference.
"There are black people in every continent who are all over the world," explained Professor Celeste Watkins-Hayes, an African American studies professor at Northwestern University.
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America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
My dad always flew an American flag in our front yard. The blue paint on our two-story house was perennially chipping; the fence, or the rail by the stairs, or the front door, existed in a ...