JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A group of young Americans who campaigned against gun violence after surviving a deadly shooting at their Florida school have received a prize from former South African archbishop Desmond Tutu. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, left awards the Children’s Peace Prize to students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High who campaigned against gun violence, from […]
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Time for France to Give Back Looted African Art, Experts Say
By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — African artworks held in French museums — richly carved thrones, doors to a royal kingdom, wooden statues imbued with spiritual meaning — may be heading back home to Africa at last. French President Emmanuel Macron, trying to turn the page on France’s colonial past , received a […]
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Airbnb Offers More than Just a Place to Stay
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After more than a decade in business, Airbnb has gone beyond being recognized as just a worldwide accommodations platform that folks use as an alternative to hotels. The company was founded in 2008 by Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nate Blecharczyk; it’s very first listing was Chesky […]
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Jon Batiste Headlines Event for New Orleans Jazz Museum
By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — “Late Show” bandleader Jon Batiste comes home to Louisiana next month for a fundraiser benefiting the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The Dec. 8 event takes place at the Jazz Museum which is in the old U.S. Mint at the edge of the city’s historic French Quarter. “Late […]
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Zambian Royalty Finds Refuge at HBCUs, But At What Cost?
By Lynette Monroe, Special to the AFRO For many African Americans, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) serve as a place of refuge. A place to reconcile identity in a world that seeks to erase it. A place to learn history removed from textbooks. And a place to marry the complexities of their ancestry with […]
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Tulane Holding 3rd Biennial Black Women’s Health Conference
By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane University is holding a free conference about black women’s health Friday and Saturday. The topic is “Matters of the Heart: Cardiovascular Disease, Health and Healing.” Most sessions of the third Biennial Black Women’s Health Conference will be held at Myra Clara Rogers Memorial Chapel, with the […]
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First Black Female White House Reporter Gets Newseum Statue
By Jesse J. Holland, The Associated Press Journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan triumphed over sexism and racism to become the first black woman accredited to cover the White House. In recognition of her achievements, the Newseum unveiled a statue in her honor on Sept. 21. The sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan is seen during a ceremony at the […]
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Charles White’s Signature Paintings Headed to N.Y.’s Museum of Modern Art
By Charise Wallace, Special to the AFRO An exclusive exhibition known as “Charles White: A Retrospective” will be the first in more than 30 years to be recognized at the renowned Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of artist and activist Charles White (1918-1979), Howard […]
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Former Slave Holding Mansion Now Home to Black Artists
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO About 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. lies an old plantation which once housed slaves that has been transformed into a home for some of the most innovative Black makers and artists the DMV has to offer. Makers In The Mansion: Stories of A Transformed African American Community at […]
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‘Traveling While Black’ guidebooks May be Out of Print, But Still Resonate Today
By Cotten Seiler, Dickinson College (THE CONVERSATION) In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri. Modeled after the international advisories issued by the U.S. State Department, the NAACP statement cautioned travelers of color about the “looming danger” of discrimination, harassment and violence at the hands of Missouri […]
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Are Tolls Coming to the BW-Parkway?
By Hamil R. Harris, Special to the AFRO Traveling along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and I-270 could come with a toll if President Donald Trump and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan have their way. The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Governor have signed an agreement to consider transferring ownership of the BW-Parkway from Uncle Sam to […]
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UK Service Celebrates ‘Windrush Generation’ From Caribbean
By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May joined more than 2,000 people at London’s Westminster Abbey on Friday to celebrate the contribution of immigrants from the Caribbean, 70 years to the day after hundreds of West Indians arrived to help rebuild war-scarred Britain. The former troopship Empire Windrush landed in […]