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Caché McClayBBC News, WashingtonKaren GibbsThere is a photograph of Kamala Harris, taken in 1986, while she was a student at Howard University. She and two other friends, all shoulder pads and plaid, are smiling and laughing, a crowd behind them. It’s a picture brimming with energy and hope. It’s been used a lot in telling the extraordinary story of her rise to become the first black and Asian American woman to be vice-president and the first person who attended one of America’s HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to get to such a position. But this is the story of…

Credit: MGN Another View Last Thursday was the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We need more than a day in March to eradicate centuries of racism, especially in America. Sadly, we still have some who just can’t fathom Black people talking about Black people or anything Black-related whatsoever, and whatever we say or ask is taken out of context and twisted into something that fits nicely into their twisted narrative. The Urban Dictionary in 2016 defined “trolling” as “being a pr*** on the Internet because you can.” A study conducted that same year by three…

After working with dedication and a commitment to excellence at Black Eagle Consulting for fourteen years, Vimal Vimalaraj has risen through the ranks to become vice president. When Vimal Vimalaraj received his undergraduate degree from his native Sri Lanka, he knew pursuing his graduate degree would be essential to following his dreams. He applied to and was accepted by many schools in the United States, but he chose the University of Nevada, Reno on the strength of its civil engineering program. “I had friends at UNR, and I had heard a lot of good things,” Vimalaraj said. “I chose the…

Jake HortonBBC Reality CheckGetty ImagesA year on from the death of George Floyd, there’s a renewed focus on the long struggle by African Americans for equality in the US. In August of 1963 civil rights leader Martin Luther King led the March on Washington to demand racial justice.So how much progress have black people in the US made since the 1960s? We’ve looked at six measures.1. Family wealthIn 2019, the latest data available, the average wealth of a white family was almost seven times more than a black family in the US. The black-white wealth gap was larger in 2019…

As Black History Month gets underway, the accomplishments of legendary Black fashion designer Ann Lowe are being highlighted by The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology’s (EHE) Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection. Widely regarded as the first nationally recognized Black American couturier, Lowe is also the subject of a new book and a recent presentation and upcoming exhibit at the National First Ladies’ Library in Canton.Lowe’s historical significance as the first Black designer to be recognized for her singular style cannot be overstated, said Gayle Strege, curator of the Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection.“There were a lot…

This bibliography lists sources for the history of African-Americans in the city of Portland and the state of Oregon, and less comprehensively, the Pacific Northwest and Far West. A list of Portland and West Coast African-American newspapers and periodicals and a brief list of selected general Portland and Oregon historical studies follow the main bibliography. This document will be updated from time-to-time; corrections and additions may be sent to:Nicholas T. StarinPortland Bureau of Planning1900 SW 4th Ave., Suite 4100Portland, OR, 97201 [email protected]. Books, Articles, Reports, and Theses | Portland African-American Newspapers & Periodicals | Early West Coast African-American Newspapers &…

Mention a Black-owned business and B.J. Joyce’s eyes light up. The native Denverite and East High School graduate is the CEO of Black Biz Colorado, a searchable online directory of Black businesses based in the state. Joyce, who now lives in Aurora, has long believed that economic empowerment is an integral part of helping the Black community overcome the many inequities they face.In 2020, Joyce stumbled upon the Black Biz Colorado Facebook page and immediately saw great potential. As social justice protests swept across the country after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, interest in the page grew…

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Memorial to victims of gun violence in Philadelphia. (Image: Michael Stokes) Majority Black neighborhoods have higher gun homicide rates than mostly white neighborhoods of the same socioeconomic status level, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open by Wharton Professor Dylan Small and School of Arts & Sciences undergraduates Yuzhou Lin and Audrey Chaeyoung Cheon. Wei Wang, a senior research investigator at the Perelman School of Medicine; and David Harding, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, were also co-authors. Utilizing data from the Gun Violence Archive and American Community Survey, the researchers found that,…

It wasn’t supposed to be this way for Emmitt Martin III. He graduated from Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, with a degree in criminal justice and played tight end and fullback on the football team all four years. Friends of Martin said he was a role model to his two younger siblings and regularly posted about his love for his young daughter on social media.Martin told people that when he joined the Memphis police department in spring of 2018, he wanted to make a difference. He was a member of Omega Psi Phi, a historically Black fraternity whose founding principles…