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Photographer Rose Smith Offers Glimpse into Vine City Through a Different Lens

Inner City Urban: Vine City, a photographic exhibition by Rose Smith, is currently on display at the Auburn Avenue Research…
Will Anyone Save Black Colleges?

Bennett College needed to collect $5 million to survive. The historically black women’s college in Greensboro, North Carolina, was appealing…
Black Workers Had Long History with Fed Jobs Before Shutdown

For Cheryl Monroe and generations of other African-Americans, federal government jobs have long been a path to the middle class…
What Shaped King’s Prophetic Vision?

An April 30, 1966 file photo of King Jr. addressing a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, AP Photo/JT, File   The…
For Many Towns and Cities, Deciding Which Streets to Name After MLK Reflects His Unfinished Work

More than 1,000 streets in the world bear the name of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. At…
What It Means To Study Food At An HBCU

I stare at a photo of seven women. They are presumably Spelman College students, tilling the soil of the Oval,…
‘Freedom Farmers’ Tells the History of Black Farmers Uniting Against Racism

When Monica M. White was growing up, her family would travel from Detroit to visit her grandparents in Eden, North…
Local Green Atlanta Finds New Home, New Growth With New Season

It’s late November in Atlanta, and the days are chilly, windy and raw. But when you step into Local Green…
Q&A: How Local Health Departments Are Working to Reduce the Incidence of Pregnancy-Related Deaths

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments.  NACCHO’s efforts…
This Week’s Nobel Prizes: A Turning Point in the War on Cancer

There are moments in the history of scientific achievement that benchmark the end of an era and the beginning of…
Some Black Americans See Racial Comeuppance in Cosby Saga

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After spending years building his persona as a model husband and father, Bill Cosby took an abrupt…
Interview: Hill Says Kavanaugh Isn’t a #MeToo Referendum

Her 1991 testimony against Clarence Thomas riveted the nation, but failed to derail his nomination to the Supreme Court. Now,…
Coach with Lifetime of Service to Clark Atlanta University to be Posthumously Inducted into National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame

Leonidas S. Epps, Jr., who served at Clark College (Now Clark Atlanta University) starting in the 1940’s, will be inducted…
How An Iowa Supreme Court Decision Could Impact Driving While Black

Iowa's supreme court heard oral arguments about driving while Black.
Carter, Abrams: Georgians From Two Eras Chase Rural Votes

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s past and its potential future converged in the tiny town of Plains, as former President…
Echoes of Anita Hill in #MeToo allegation against Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh recall Anita Hill’s accusations against Clarence Thomas…