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DUBUQUE, Iowa — Jason Greer will never forget what it was like to be a black teenager in Dubuque when it tried to bring about racial healing after several hate crimes in the 1990s. The experience scarred him for life.His father, Jerome Greer, had moved the family here from St. Louis after he was recruited to become Dubuque’s first black school principal in 1991.Vandals burned crosses to show their disapproval, one within eyeshot of Jerome’s school.Dubuque was a nearly all-white city with a long-running reputation for not welcoming blacks. Jason said white children ran away when they saw him, and he was…

Second in a series.  An article about the clipper-schooner Jeanette from the New London (Connecticut) Daily Chronicle, April 25, 1853. South Portland Historical Society image We continue from last week with our look at Black sailors in Maine and New England. In the first half of the 19th century, the docks of Portland were worked by Black longshoremen. Many of these individuals arrived in Portland through trade with the West Indies alongside cargoes of molasses and rum. William Gould, writing in the Portland Press on April 13, 1872, noted that the Black longshoremen were known for their singing which was…

WEBER COUNTY, Utah (KUTV) — A new space will soon be available for Black business owners in Utah to work, network and grow their companies.It’s called the Black Success Center, and it’s inside a Weber County warehouse where Alli Bey runs his defense contracting company, Haight Bey & Associates.He also helps other entrepreneurs. At first, his focus was veterans through the Utah-based nonprofit Warriors Rising.Bey, who served a decade with the U.S. Army, gave Trinidy Johnson, another veteran who was once based at Hill Air Force Base, an office space to launch her human resources business, Pyramid Edge Consulting.Starting a…

Small storefronts sit empty along a block of one of Washington’s historic African American neighborhoods. For decades, Black businesses thrived here, catering to loyal customers. Today, during the coronavirus pandemic, those who once patronized the establishments doubt they’ll ever reopen. “I can’t count the number that closed and were never replaced,” Sam Higgins, an African American resident of the capital city’s Park View neighborhood, told VOA. “We used to patronize these places. I’ve seen Black-owned barber shops, convenience stores and restaurants close. They’ve been struggling before the pandemic and the bad economy forced them out of business.” The padlocked businesses…

This statistic from the DC Office of Police Complaints was higher than a 2022 report, which showed Black people were subjects of 90% of use of force. WASHINGTON — Out of all use of force incidents by police in 2023, a DC government study found that 94% of all the people involved in these incidents were Black, according to a report released on Tuesday.  This statistic from the DC Office of Police Complaints was higher than a 2022 report of use of force incidents, which showed 90% of incidents involved use of force against Black people. Use of force can…

Black Wall Street Festival returns to the New Haven Green Saturday, bigger than ever New Haven Register Source link

Ann Arbor community members gathered in downtown Ann Arbor for the 26th Ann Arbor African American Festival Saturday morning. The festival, held at North Fourth Avenue and East Ann Street, featured an extensive line-up of Black-owned shops, restaurants and community organizations. First organized by Lucille Hall Porter, founder and director of the Community Leaning Post, this annual event remembers the legacy of business and community in the Historical Black Business District that stretched along Ann Street from the 1940s to the 1960s.  In an interview with The Michigan Daily, event organizer Teesha Montague said the festival aims to honor the…

For more stories like this one, subscribe to A People’s History of Kansas City on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Back in the 19th century, before baking powder and other rising agents were ubiquitous, you had to put in some serious elbow grease if you wanted a fluffy, airy dough to emerge from the oven.One of the most laborious recipes of the era was the iconic Southern delicacy known as the beaten biscuit. These tender, flaky hardtack rolls were often made by enslaved cooks and domestic servants, who would spend as much as an hour creating delicate layers in the dough by whacking it with everything…

The shoe brand widely known for equipping Run-DMC with shell-toe sneakers is pledging to economically boost African-American neighborhoods. Adidas North America said Wednesday it will invest $120 million in black communities over the next four years and fill 30% of its current job openings with someone black or Hispanic. In a series of tweets, the Germany-based company said it is “time to own up to our silence” while African-Americans decry racial injustice and police brutality following the recent deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other black Americans. “Black Lives Matter,” the company said.Adidas also recognized the leadership black employees have…

Riyah CollinsBBC NewsbeatGetty ImagesJames Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu won a Mobo Award for their podcast earlier this yearAward-winning podcast duo James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu have apologised for engaging with “racist jokes” on a rival show. James and Fuhad, better known as Shxtsngigs, appeared last month on US comedian Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant podcast.The pair faced backlash afterwards for laughing along with comments Schulz made about black women that were criticised by listeners as being based on racist stereotypes.They opened Monday’s episode of their podcast by saying sorry and that there was “no excuse” for their behaviour.The podcasters, who won a…