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Kemet Coleman admits he wasn’t keen on the taste of beer, or the culture around its consumption, when he became a guest services representative for Boulevard Brewing Company in 2013.“I tried maybe a Boulevard Wheat or something,” Coleman said. “I really didn’t know the difference between any of the styles, or what was possible with beer.”Coleman remembered liking the beer, but the real inspiration to jump into the industry came when he realized the historical connection between Black culture and brewing beer. “When I first discovered that beer was an African invention, that really blew my mind,” said Coleman, who…

“It’s the greatest love story—that movie is emblazoned on us. It romanticizes the decadence and excess that is hip-hop,” DJ Quik says from the Zoom rectangle, holding up a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt featuring the image of one of Al Pacino’s most famous roles, Scarface’s Tony Montana.Though Scarface centers on the rise and fall of a fictitious Cuban immigrant turned Miami cocaine kingpin—a story inspired by Al Capone, an Italian American mobster, and directed by Brian de Palma, who is also of Italian descent—it resonates with Quik, and with me. We are African Americans, born and raised on…

Dominique Morgan, an Omaha native and the national director of Black and Pink, the largest prison abolitionist organization in the United States, will present “The Untapped Power of Blackness — Unpacking the Necessary Inclusion of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Folx in Black Community Building,” as a part of Black History Month today at 11:30 a.m. via Zoom.Morgan’s presentation will discuss the history of the Black Queer experience, the power of solidity and the impact of dismantling perceived roadblocks to Black liberation that are rooted in white supremacy, anti-blackness, transphobia and homophobia.Morgan is the recipient of the “Young, Black and Influential”…

Tiffany Cantlin, who owns Swimbodtee, a plus sized swim suit business, sells her products online and at various pop-ups. But it’s been hard to keep the momentum going. “I feel like people aren’t really spending as they were once before,” she said. Tiffany Cantlin owns Swimbodtee, a plus sized swim suit business. (Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza/WHYY) Like Marrero, the cost of shipping also hit her bottom line. “Everything is going up,” she said. Pamela Thorton, owner of Pound Cake Heaven in Yeadon, said her business survived the COVID-19 pandemic downturn. She was hoping for a respite, but said that there are fewer…

Young black men were again killed by police at a sharply higher rate than other Americans in 2016, intensifying concerns over the expected abandonment of criminal justice reform by Donald Trump’s incoming administration.Black males aged 15-34 were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by law enforcement officers last year, according to data collected for The Counted, an effort by the Guardian to record every such death. They were also killed at four times the rate of young white men.Racial disparities persisted in 2016 even as the total number of deaths caused by police fell slightly. In…

Editor’s note: Today marks the second installment of our two-day series on the Black Leg Ranch, one of the oldest working cattle ranches still operating today. MCKENZIE, N.D. — It is a perfectly still fall day, with a sky so blue that not a single cloud dare smudge it. Beneath that swath of blue sprawls a five-generation ranch that covers 20,000 acres, but which carries an even bigger legacy.The Black Leg Ranch, located 15 miles southwest of Sterling, North Dakota, is one of the oldest working cattle ranches still in operation today. It started as a small parcel of land…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Do you know Black community leaders who are making a mark in areas such as business, art, music, politics, advocacy, activism or education? To celebrate Black History Month 2024, cleveland.com is highlighting emerging Black leaders in a series of profiles.Readers can nominate leaders in Northeast Ohio’s Black community who deserve recognition.Nominees must be 18 or older, and currently reside in Northast Ohio. Employees of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer are not eligible.Please fill out the form below to make a nomination. The deadline is Friday, Nov. 17. Those who are chosen for profiles will be contacted, and…

Standing on the steps of Revolution Hall this summer in Portland, Devin Boss held a bullhorn and spoke to a crowd of thousands packing the streets around the building.“As soon as we lock arms like this night here, we show them they ain’t untouchable. Y’all gonna get touched, y’all gonna see those bars,” Boss said, railing against police impunity. “When MLK was assassinated do you remember how they marched? It wasn’t one day. It wasn’t two days. It was weeks.”Devin Boss speaks to a crowd of thousands gathered at Revolution Hall after a racial justice march through Portland on June…

by Daniel Johnson April 17, 2024 The area the bank is moving to in Roxbury is known as “Nubian Square” and has been the target of a serious investment campaign. OneUnited Bank, the biggest Black-owned bank in the United States of America, announced its intention earlier in April to move its national headquarters from Boston to Roxbury. The move, which is anticipated to be completed in 2025, is expected to provide an example to the Black community in Roxbury and bring it into proximity with its customer base.  As the Boston Globe reports, the move also represents a full-circle moment…

Editor’s note: Clay Cane is a SiriusXM radio host and the author of “The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump,” which will be published in January 2024. Follow him on X. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. CNN  —  From his infamous “what the hell do you have to lose?” remark to his shallow “Platinum Plan” economic agenda for Black Americans, former President Donald Trump’s outreach to the Black community over the years has been little more than political theater, devoid of real substance. But…