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Sep 21

Visual Artist Erin Mitchell Explores Black Joy Through Portraiture and Fashion

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Pictured, Erin Mitchell. Chicago-based art educator and visual artist. Photo by @michiojames Have you ever to just enjoy your Black Life without always entertaining or debunking a political debate about what value it has or doesn’t have? I’d like you to meet Erin Mitchell, the amazing artist behind the new, captivating, and aptly titled visual art collection The Black Joy…

Dec 18

Jay Z and J. Cole Will Headline Made In America Festival 2017

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The Made in America Festival line-up was announced earlier today, and news broke that both Jay Z and J Cole would headline the festival. Continue Reading Made in America, now in its 6th year, will return to Philadelphia on September 2nd and 3rd. In addition to Jay Z and J Cole, the lineup also includes the likes of Migos, Solange,…

Dec 18

Black Buying Power Is Now $1.3 Trillion Strong And Not To Be Ignored

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Written by Nikki Igbo Black Entrepreneur recently reported that Black buying power is forecasted to be $1.3 trillion this year. Continue Reading A 2014 Nielsen report entitled “Powerful. Growing. Influential. The African-American Consumer” specifically noted that the African-American woman is “a trendsetter, social maven, head of household and business and community leader” and is “becoming more empowered with saving, spending…

Sep 21

LA 92: 25 Years After the Rodney King Riots, History is Still Repeating Itself

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Written by Sharee Silero “We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and to the future.” – Frederick Douglass, 1852 Douglass’ quote opens LA 92, a documentary film about the 25th anniversary of the Rodney King riots of 1992. It features rare footage and a raw, gripping view of King’s beating,…

Dec 18

Bridging The Gap: Fixing The Divide Between Africans And African Americans

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There is a disconnect as wide as the Atlantic Ocean between African-Americans and Africans. By and large, we don’t understand each other. We don’t communicate with each other. We don’t accept each other as the long lost family that we are and that is a shame. In our failure to overcome misunderstandings between us, we are missing out on the…