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Barbershops have long been a cornerstone of the Black community. For many they are a place to socialize and discuss the latest news and current events. For some, talking to your barber can even be therapeutic. Check out our picks for the best Black barbershop in each state, where you can feel welcomed and at home— and of course, get a mean, sharp cut. Faces provides quality barber services for men, women, and children in the Birmingham community. Where: 2426 Green Springs Hwy. Birmingham, AL 35811 Hair Science owner Shawn Idom says that the barbershop defines his identity, a place…

There’s no one to greet visitors at St. Paul’s College — just the wind rustling through chest-high grass. Under fading “no parking” signs, a few security vehicles dot College Drive, their tires flat and rotting away. Stately red brick buildings, many at least a century old, still stand proudly around Academic Square, but vines scramble up their walls and through broken window frames as nature takes back the 184-acre campus. Chris Stephenson wades through the weeds and peers across the fields to the Brunswick County community of Lawrenceville that grew up around the college. He graduated from St. Paul’s in…

Throughout Black History Month, events on the Georgia Tech campus and around the city of Atlanta will celebrate Black culture and engage community members in thought-provoking discussions.    On Campus Black Georgia Tech Renaissance  When: Feb. 3, noon – 5 p.m.   Where: Ferst Center for the Arts  A collaboration between the African American Student Union and the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization, the third annual Black Georgia Tech Renaissance celebrates art and culture, highlighted by the premiere of There Is Something in the Water, a film by Georgia Tech alumna Kamryn Harris. The event will also feature art created by…

Editorial note to readers A version of this study was originally published on June 10. We previously used the term “racial conspiracy theories” as an editorial shorthand to describe a complex and mixed set of findings. By using these words, our reporting distorted rather than clarified the point of the study. Changes to this version include: an updated headline, new “explainer” paragraphs, some additional context and direct quotes from focus group participants. Claudia Deane, Mark Hugo Lopez and Neha Sahgal contributed to the revision of this report. (Illustration by JDawnInk via Getty Images) Pew Research Center conducted this study to explore how…

Yelp’s addition of a ‘Black-owned’ tag led to a slight drop in business ratings in Detroit Phys.org Source link

During sophomore Eve Taylor’s orientation for the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, white students called her hair “unprofessional” for the workplace. Taylor, who is Black, said the white student with straight hair called her own hair more adequate. Taylor was shocked – she had spent a lot of time getting ready for the orientation session.  Over the past several months, Black Business students have spoken to The Michigan Daily about a lack of transparency among diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the Business School. Black students are underrepresented in Ross, as well as the University as a whole. Complaints about…

We Write the Untold Stories of Black America Read them in our free weekly newsletter. Following the racial justice protests of 2020, several financial corporations and foundations promised to make investments to advance racial equality. Companies such as JP Chase Morgan, Mastercard, and Citi Foundation poured millions of dollars into Black community development financial institutions (CDFIs) as white business leaders reckoned with the ways systemic racism has impaired economic progress in many Black communities. But nearly three years later, the nation’s racial wealth gap remains. The median net worth of Black families is about $24,000, in comparison to $188,000 for…

Dionne Sims Credit: Photo by Chris Juhn A community-focused bookstore and a culturally welcoming space When Dionne Sims (DS) decided to launch Black Garnet Books in the summer of 2020, her life was headed in a totally different direction. “I was working in the tech industry in 2020,” said the 30-year-old Sims of her journey to becoming a Black bookstore owner.  “After the murder of George Floyd, I took a break to focus on community work. I was getting involved in protests, rallies and cleanups—things like that. During that break from work, I realized that’s what I really want to…

On April 14, 1906, racial tensions reached a tipping point in the Queen City of the Ozarks. Mob rule and violence ensued, and the lynching that occurred in Park Central Square on the eve of Easter Sunday became a permanent mark on the history of the Ozarks. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, many African-Americans fled Springfield and the surrounding area, leaving only a residual minority presence for the foreseeable future. Those that stayed or eventually returned to the area over the coming decades had the daunting challenge of finding some way to return to a state of normalcy after…

Over the past week thousands of people across Montana turned out for locally-organized rallies in support of black Americans and against police brutality. The rallies drew disparate crowds, and while talk got heated at times, the events remained non-violent.Around 2,000 people rallied at the courthouse lawn in downtown Billings, where organizers said they’d gathered to honor George Floyd and other people who lost their lives due to police brutality and corruption and public injustice.People in cities across Montana took to the streets to demand change in the days following the death of Floyd, a black man who died after a…