News From A Colorful Perspective
Chicago-based Johnson Publishing sold its magazine portfolio Ebony and Jet three years ago and has been trying to sell its photo archives since 2015. That year, the expansive collection was appraised at $46 million. The archives have everything from Martin Luther King Jr. to Sammy Davis Jr. in more than…
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is finally getting some of the recognition that he deserves. The home of the assassinated leader has been declared a national monument. “It will always be the home that Medgar Evers and I lived, loved and reared our children in until he was shot in…
PwC is No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list (Originally published on Medium.com) I believe that to be truly inclusive, we have to be open to talking and learning about the diverse experiences of the people who make our organizations and nation so great. I’m lucky that I’ve…
By Sheryl Estrada NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton During a Black History Month event on Tuesday at The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Queens, New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton made an unexpected comment that police caused “many of the worst parts of Black history.” Bratton said…
The report is focused on the 12 most active lynching states in the United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The researchers, who participated in five years of research, distinguished “racial-terror lynchings” from hangings and mob violence that followed some…
Directors of the upcoming biopic of Black jazz singer Nina Simone created a stir in the Black online community when they cast biracial actress Zoe Saldana. There are people who are offended about this choice. While some would argue that “Black is Black,” many more are raising aprotestagainst “whitewashing,” a…
The migration of Blacks from the American South to the North is “the greatest untold story of the 20th century,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson said to an audience of CEOs and senior executives at DiversityInc’s diversity conference in Washington, D.C. Her book, “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic…
Jan. 16, 2012 – OAKLAND, Calif. – Eight years ago, Kaiser Permanente established an annual day of service on Martin Luther King Day to honor and recognize Dr. King and his advancement of civil and human rights. This has enabled thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees and physicians to provide valuable…
Did you know that the term “rock and roll” was slang for sex in the African-American community in the early 1900s You’ll find that outand moreif you are lucky enough to talk to Dr. Jacklyn Chisholm, vice president of planning and external affairs for the Rock and Roll Hall of…
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