Ever since it opened its doors in 2016, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has emerged into an institution that poignantly captures the essence of the Black experience. The museum is ensuring the rich history encompassed within its walls can reach the masses through the creation of a new digital project, the Washington Post reported.
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If you want to get in on trying to reverse the capitalistic trend that was designed to favor powerful corporations over mom-and-pop shops that hold an outsized value to the communities they serve, Small Business Saturday — and every day henceforth, really — is your chance to help make a difference and know that your dollar likely won’t end up contributing to a greedy CEO’s annual multi-million dollar bonus.
The district attorney wants the nation’s highest court to intervene in a non-federal matter to overturn the state court’s decision and send Cosby back to prison.
Authorities are worried that a new variant of COVID-19, “omicron,” could possibly be even more contagious than the Delta variant and more resilient to vaccinations.
In 1959, Elder joined the United Golfers Association and dominated the all-Black group. According to BlackPast.org, Elder won four Negro National Open Championships and an eye-opening eighteen of the twenty-two tournaments in which he participated. Using the purses from those victories allowed Elder to participate in the 1967 qualifying school for the PGA TOUR.
A Black Happy Thanksgiving 2021
“This Thanksgiving, we can have an entirely different atmosphere without this hanging over our head,” Irvin stated.
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Kyle Rittenhouse escaped punishment in the shooting deaths of two men during the unrest that followed the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Jessica Watkins (pictured) is on her way to becoming the first African American woman to serve on the International Space Station’s crew, according to NASA.