What does utopia look like for Black Americans? It’s the question at the heart of essayist, editor, and translator Aaron Robertson’s The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America, which explores the history and meaning of Black freedom movements in the U.S. The topic is a personal one for the author, whose paternal grandparents had a plot of land in Promise Land, Tenn., the historic all-Black town founded in 1870, five years after the Civil War ended.
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Fueled by Black women, sewing machines, and a mission, members of the Pan-African Sisterhood Health Initiative, or P.A.S.H.I., gather every Wednesday at the Ujima Friends Peace Center. There, they ...
12/27/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link - Actor Olivia Hussey, star of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Black Christmas,’ dies at 73
Olivia Hussey, who rose to fame in the 1960s as a teenage Juliet and starred as a scream queen in the iconic ’70s horror film “ Black Christmas ,” has died. The actor was 73. Hussey’s family announced ...
12/27/2024 - 3:09 pm | View Link - Olivia Hussey, ‘Romeo and Juliet' and ‘Black Christmas' Star, Dies at 73
Olivia Hussey, a British-Argentine actor who was scouted to lead Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the slasher classic “Black Christmas” and the 1978 ...
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The year will end with a somewhat rare black moon having in the night sky over Wyoming. While that may sound like an ominous warning of impending ...
12/27/2024 - 10:44 am | View Link - Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ serial killer Chisako Kakashi dies before execution for cyanide murders
A notorious Japanese serial killer has died on death row while awaiting execution for poisoning multiple men with cyanide to get nearly $9 million in inheritances.
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Black males age 15–44 are the only race/sex category for which homicide is a top 5 cause of death. [197] Black women are 3 times more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than white women. [208] Black children are 3 times more likely to die due to parental abuse and neglect than white children. [213]
12/27/2024 - 10:10 pm | View Website - Black
Black is a color [2] that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. [3] It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. [4]
12/27/2024 - 2:03 pm | View Website - Black History: Facts, People & Month | HISTORY
Black history is the story of African Americans in the United States and elsewhere. Learn about Black History Month, Black leaders, the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and more.
12/27/2024 - 8:12 am | View Website - African Americans | History, Facts, & Culture | Britannica
African Americans are largely the descendants of enslaved people who were brought from their African homelands by force to work in the New World. Their rights were severely limited, and they were long denied a rightful share in the economic, social, and political progress of the United States.
12/27/2024 - 3:11 am | View Website - Not all black people are African American. Here's the ...
Black Lives Matter protests have opened up conversations about the history of privilege, racism, and the lived experiences and identities of black people in America. Now, the distinction...
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