By Fisk University Newsroom, The Americana Music Association will present musical pioneers The Mavericks, Keb’ Mo’ Trina Shoemaker, Carla Thomas, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers® with Lifetime Achievement Awards during the Association’s 20th Annual Americana Honors & Awards show on Wednesday, September 22 at the Ryman Auditorium. The Fisk Jubilee Singers® will be presented with
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By Morehouse College, ATLANTA—The Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival (MCHRFF) returns Sept. 23-25 for the third year with TV and film industry experts leading several online, on-demand workshops and roundtable sessions as well as in-person, post-screening discussions at The Plaza Theatre. Programming includes sessions on developing authenticity as an actor, character development for writers,
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, The Washington National Cathedral announced Thursday it has commissioned renowned Black artist Kerry James Marshall to create “racial-justice themed windows” that will replace two stained-glass windows the church removed in 2017 that memorialized Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The church has also tapped celebrated poet Elizabeth Alexander, who was
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By Mirna Alsharif and Liam Reilly A southern Pennsylvania school board has reversed its decision to ban anti-racism books and resources. The Central York school board unanimously approved the reinstatement of a list of anti-racism books and resources, effective immediately, spokeswoman Julie Randall Romig confirmed to CNN. The reversal comes a week after a student protest and
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BY: TAMARA E. HOLMES (B.A. ’94) When Kamala Harris shattered the political glass ceiling to ascend to the vice presidency, the swell of Bison pride reached a fever pitch heard across the nation. Howard is used to experiencing #BisonPride for many of its notable alumni across the public sphere – Thurgood Marshall, Toni Morrison, Vernon Jordan,
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By Emmanuel Freeman, A recent report shows that Tennessee is ranked 7th in the nation with the number of COVID-19 cases, which is a drop from number 1 and a 21 percent decrease compared to a week ago. According to the weekly State Profile Report for Tennessee released Sept. 14, the state also fell to
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By Carma Hassan and Devon M. Sayers, The Rev. Jesse Jackson was discharged from a rehabilitation facility Wednesday following an earlier diagnosis of Covid-19. Jackson was being treated at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago after he and wife Jacqueline Jackson were hospitalized for Covid-19 in August. The couple were released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago
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By Emma Tucker and Christina Carrega, A group of former and current Black women officers filed a class action lawsuit against the Washington, DC police on Wednesday claiming racial and sexual discrimination, a hostile workplace and a culture of intimidation. The 10 women say that while on the job at the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) they were
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By Maggie Fox, The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would grant emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in people 65 and older, people at high risk of severe disease and people whose jobs put them at risk of infection. “After considering the totality of the available scientific
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By Megan Thomas, Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing African-American director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son announced Wednesday. He was 89. Van Peebles, father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles, died at his home on Tuesday night, according to a statement shared on
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