Tag Archives: Black people

Harlemite Richard Benjamin Moore 1893 – 1978

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Richard Moore was born August 9, 1893 in Christ Church, Barbados. He moved with his family to the United States in 1909 and settled in Harlem, New York. Continue reading

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African Diaspora World Tourism Awards and Travel Expo to be Held in Atlanta

Dr-Julius-GarveyThe online magazine AfricanDiasporaTourism.com (ADT) in association with the AD King Foundation will present the African Diaspora World Tourism Awards & Travel Show Expo in Atlanta, Ga. (USA) on April 26-28, 2013. Continue reading

Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of a Slave

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“You must use the dark skin slaves vs. the light skin slaves, and the light skin slaves vs. the dark skin slaves . . .” - Willie Lynch

With the release of the movie Django last month and this month is Black History Month – we thought we would post this speech delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712.  Continue reading

Harlem Children’s Zone Campaign for Black Male Achievement

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BMA Fellows, with Geoffrey Canada of Harlem Children’s Zone, on August 3, 2012.

A note from Echoing Green, Open Society Foundation and the Harlem Children’s Zone:

Echoing Green is in the first year of its partnership with the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA). Continue reading

Kerry Washington Covers Uptown

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Kerry Washington and those lovely, pouty lips of hers and sultry eyes are posted on the cover of Uptown Magazine in Harlem. Continue reading

Harlem’s Azealia Banks Calls Dolce & Gabbana “Racist”

Azealia Banks has a bone to pick with Dolce & Gabbana. The Harlem rapper is known to take issue with tons of people but her disdain towards the fashion line might actually hold some weight. Continue reading

HW Pick: Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black and White

Carl Van Vechten was a white man with a passion for blackness who played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance, a black movement, come to understand itself. Continue reading

Denae Hannah Presents Five Star Chick

Through dance and theater, Ms. Hannah shines a satirical spotlight on the role models, stereotypes and aspirations of black women as depicted by popular hip hop music and culture. Continue reading

Black Male Student Proficiency Lower Than Expected?

An achievement gap separating black from white students has long been documented — a social divide extremely vexing to policy makers and the target of one blast of school reform after another. Continue reading