31 May Digitize or Die
Denise Rolark-Barnes acknowledges that print journalism was her first love but confesses to quietly stoking another passion that was less toil than running a weekly newspaper. ...
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17 Jul Paulette Nardal – Birthing the Diaspora
Black Paris in the 1920's was deeply divided by language, culture and ideology. Intellectual Paulette Nardal helped to close the gulf. ...
31 May The Prophet – Molding Wings That Soar
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, unsung Black sculptress, is the first of three-part tribute to Paris Pathfinders by Julia Browne....
16 Feb Lucile Bluford – Recording History and Making It
Lucile Bluford made her mark as a journalist and opponent of segregation in the education system. Now she is immortalized as a branch of the Kansas City Public Library....
11 Mar One Million Black Women
Goldman Sachs is committing $10 billion dollars in direct investment capital to address the racial and gender biases that Black women face. ...
02 May The Bitter Harvest of American Racism
The old saying "When white America catches a cold, black America gets pneumonia” has a new twist: when white America catch the coronavirus, black Americans die. ...
02 May Black People and Vulnerability
The spread of COVID-19 is exposing racial fault lines between African Americans and white Americans, with the former more likely to die from the disease. ...
02 May COVID-19 and Obesity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s list of high-risk individuals includes the severely obese. Some studies on coronavirus are now starting to track COVID-19 patients' body mass index. ...
02 May Medicaid Expansion Could Save Lives in COVID-19 Pandemic
Black residents in the American South face barriers with the GOP-led assault on Medicaid Expansion. ...
03 Aug Magic Eyes That Rarely Close
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in Black Arts, Black History, Moving Pictures, Page and Screen, Photojournalism, Sharon Farmer, Sweet Honey in the Rock, White House Photography, Women Photojournalists
Somewhere between high school bassoon practice and college activism, Sharon Farmer stumbled into photography. A path that would lead to becoming the Chief Official White House Photographer. ...