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For most of American history, Black children rarely saw themselves in children’s literature, and even when they did, the depictions usually were condescending, paternalistic or outright racist. Amanda Gailey, associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, traces her interest in this subject to her time at Washington University in St. Louis, where a colleague approached her with the idea of creating a digital collection of children’s literature that would address how race was communicated to children. “I found this very intriguing,” Gailey said. Amanda Gailey Gailey has studied the period that began roughly during post-Reconstruction to World War II. Copyright issues…

Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the state. When it comes to racial equality, much of Nevada’s 150 years as a state has a shameful record. And Las Vegas was no stranger to discrimination. “As a rule of thumb, if an African-American went into a casino, they were escorted out,” said Michael Green, a College of Southern Nevada history professor. “It just depended on the casino and the operator on how you were escorted out. In that period, African-Americans knew the code (the casinos) ran by.…

EAST ORANGE, NJ — A renaissance of Black-owned restaurants continues to blossom in East Orange.On Tuesday, the city welcomed yet another culinary success story to its borders, hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for Gaby To Go at 305 Park Avenue. According to city officials, the Black-owned business has an inspiring origin:“Guerline Gabriel and her husband Pierre came to the U.S. in 2003 and settled in Essex County to raise their family of four children. Known for her love of cooking, Guerline chose East Orange to establish her business due to the Haitian population base and the opportunity to share the…

A medical professional administers a coronavirus test at a drive-thru testing site run by George Washington University Hospital, on May 26, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images A medical professional administers a coronavirus test at a drive-thru testing site run by George Washington University Hospital, on May 26, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Note: This page is not being updated. Find a more up-to-date version of this data here. In April, New Orleans health officials realized their drive-through testing strategy for the coronavirus wasn’t working. The reason? Census tract data…

A building that once was the heart of Charlotte’s Black business community has been reborn as the Brooklyn Collective, where small businesses, nonprofits and local artists come together to serve the community.Jason Wolf did not know about the rich history of the three buildings he purchased six years ago when he was looking to invest in a commercial building. Jason Wolf, owner of the Brooklyn Collective, at the Brush Strokes & High Notes event on Feb. 18 He loved the feel of old churches and heard about the last remaining buildings from the former Brooklyn neighborhood.Brooklyn was located in uptown’s…

The Ivy League is taking the A-train to Harlem after a court in 2010 upheld Columbia University’s plan to build a $6.3 billion satellite campus in the storied neighborhood. While many areas might welcome financial investment from an Ivy League outsider, Harlem residents fear it will irrevocably change the neighborhood’s special character, with gentrification squeezing out long-standing Black-owned businesses. While Black businesses contribute greatly to the economy, they face daunting barriers that directly hinder their upward mobility – not least gentrification. This burden adds an additional layer of stress that Black business owners need to navigate while going against larger…

The U.S. Custom House is on the National Register of Historic Places. So is the Sengstake Building.The Golden West Hotel, which stands directly across a street from each of those buildings (and is older than both), is not.One reason for this: The Golden West hid in plain sight for years.The Portland building, at Northwest Broadway and Everett, catered almost exclusively to Black guests in the early 1900s, a time when people of color weren’t welcome in much of the city. In a very real sense, it was an unseen place, one that most Portlanders — as well as the city’s…

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Business leaders and community members seek to revitalize what was once Baltimore’s thriving entertainment district.Walk through the doors of The Avenue Bakery, and you’ll find a gem that looks less like an actual bakery and more like a museum. The bakery is on Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore’s Black arts and entertainment district. The avenue is not the thriving area it once was decades ago, and several business owners and residents are trying to change that.James Hamlin told 11 News that owning The Avenue Bakery in the neighborhood where he grew up wasn’t a childhood dream of his. It’s simply a means…

Despite the population of people of color growing in Rhode Island over the last decade, those who go on to own their own businesses continues to lag the national average.Only about 7.4 percent of the state’s 21,000 businesses have BIPOC owners, which is less than half of the nation’s 18.3 percent average, according to a study commissioned by Rhode Island Commerce in 2022.Here are some BIPOC-owned businesses that you can support all year long.What are some BIPOC-owned restaurants, cafés, bars, and food trucks in Rhode Island?Four/29 Brunch and Supper Club is a food-service management and catering company with the mission…