I’m sorry but @RizGod__ isn’t a GOAT if he had to get a coach to make fire at the last minute. #survivor
And why was Tiff “a threat” u vote out, but Rizzo is a threat you save??? #survivor50
Only 5 Africans have won the Nobel Prize in Literature:
Professor Wole Soyinka (Nigeria 🇳🇬, 1986)
Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt 🇪🇬, 1988)
Nadine Gordimer (South Africa 🇿🇦, 1991)
John Maxwell Coetzee (South Africa 🇿🇦, 2003).
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania 🇹🇿, 2021)
What began as a love letter to Chicago’s South Side became one of the most important Black stories ever told on television.
For years, The Chi gave us community, conversation, heartbreak, healing, joy, and characters that felt like family. It made Chicago feel like home while spotlighting the beauty, complexity, and humanity of life with care and intention.
Now, as the longest-running Black drama series in premium cable and streaming history, ESSENCE honors the legacy of a cultural institution that changed the landscape of storytelling forever.
This is their final curtain call, and serves as a standing ovation to the stories, performances, and cultural impact that made The Chi a defining force in television.
Featuring Lena Waithe, Luke James, Hannaha Hall, Birgundi Baker, Jacob Latimore, and Jason Weaver, this moment is both a celebration and a thank you. To the cast. To the city. To the culture.
Some stories entertain us.
The Chi became a part of us.
Read more of our digital cover story at https://t.co/HJqw0uhsKU
Happy Birthday Lorraine Hansberry. 1st Black female author to have play performed on Broadway(A Raisin in the Sun).”The future of the planet rests on whether or not the little children of the ghetto get a chance to live,& the children of the Congo & the children of Mississippi.”
.@netflix Canada adds CBC’s @leamarin3 to content team!
The experienced producer and development executive has been appointed as manager, content - Canada.
Read more: https://t.co/3nAJaYpi5Y
Elon Musk’s DOGE “blatantly used” race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. https://t.co/hwzwfkkLBS
Lisa Davis is one of the most inspiring and insightful American minds in our culture. This details the history and intersection of Black excellence with action. May 20 it launches.
Bridging the Gap
Logline: After a high-achieving valedictorian suffers a public panic attack at graduation, he defers his Ivy League future and embarks on a gap year that forces him and his closest friends to confront identity, pressure, and what success truly means before life pulls them apart.
We’re pitching Black Ya and coming of age stories. They’re not buying.
I used this photo in a recent "lunch & learn" workshop for corporate client. Talking about the way Africa was portrayed in the West, and how that informed/informs how we look at Africa today. #africa#DEI#discussions#publicspeaking
For decades, Sleeping Car Porters were a fixture of Canada's railways.
They often dealt with racism, low pay and long hours
This led to the formation of the Order of the Sleeping Car Porters in Winnipeg, the first Black labour union in North America.
This is the story.
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If there was GOLD medal for Olympics uniform — HAITI would take it
Designed by Stella Jean, feature HAND-PAINTED artwork inspired by Edouard Duval-Carrie
Olympic neutrality rules forced last-minute changes, on top of that rain would have ruined everything
In light of today's news story by CBC on the University of Alberta's steps to end EDI in hiring policy, Professor Amir Attaran of the University of Ottawa has sent an email to the president warning of legal action.
This email has been posted publicly.
A Brampton doctor has gone viral after sharing her journey on social media while opening up her new practice, striking a chord with thousands across the GTA who have never had a Black physician.
https://t.co/2Eu7uWuJTe
For 150 years, Africville, sitting right next to Halifax, was a thriving Black Canadian community.
Halifax refused to provide city services, and eventually forced residents to move as they bulldozed their homes.
This is the story of that community.
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